Francis Rubinstein is a retired Staff Scientist within the Building Technology and Urban Systems Division. He led a team whose research focuses on digital lighting controls and energy-efficient buildings. He developed a low-cost building equipment control network (IBECS) that will allow lighting fixtures and other building equipment to be operated and controlled wirelessly from the Internet. He is an internationallyrecognized expert in advanced lighting controls research and has managed several major demonstrations of lighting control systems including the Philip Burton Federal Building for which he was awarded the Vice-Presidential National Performance Award. He was DOE’s lighting expert for the Greening of the White House Initiative under President Clinton in 1993. He is a Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) and is current Chair of the IESNA Research Committee. Before joining LBNL in 1979, he spent two years as a photometric test engineer for Prescolite. He received a BA in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1976.
Francis Rubinstein
Awards
October 2012
Alison Williams, Barbara Atkinson, Karina Garbesi, Erik Page, Francis Rubinstein
November 2011
Francis Rubinstein and Dennis DiBartolomeo
April 2008
Demand Response Research Center, Pacific Gas & Electric, Global Energy Partners LLC, and Akuacom
September 1999
Francis Rubinstein
February 1999
Francis Rubinstein, et al.
October 1996
EETD staffers Francis Rubinstein, Dale Sartor, Doug Avery, and Rick Diamond, Judy Jennings, Steve Kromer, and other agencies
April 1990
Michael Siminovitch and Francis Rubinstein
March 1989
Stephen Selkowitz, Dariush Arasteh, Michael Wilde, Bob Sullivan and Francis Rubenstein
Publications
1992
Technology Reviews: Shading Systems. 1992. LBL-33201. .
1991
"Considering Lighting System Performance and HVAC Interactions in Lighting Retrofit Analysis." IEEE-IAS Annual Conference. Houston, TX, 1991. LBL-33475. .
"A Spreadsheet for Analyzing the In-Situ Performance of Fluorescent Luminaries." Illuminating Engineering Society Annual Conference 1991. Montreal, Canada, 1991. LBL-30648. .
Automatic Lighting Controls Demonstration: Long-term Results. 1991. LBL-28793. .
"Fixture Efficiency Program." Association of Energy Engineers Conference. Anaheim, CA, 1991. LBL-30646. .
1990
"Thermal Performance Characteristics of Compact Fluorescent Fixtures." 1990 HVAC and Building Systems Congress, October 7-12, 1990. Seattle, WA, 1990. LBL-28791. .
"50% Energy Savings with Automatic Lighting Controls." IEEE-IAS Annual Conference, October 7-1, 1990. Vol. 2. Seattle, WA: IEEE, 1990. LBL-30179. .
"Thermally Efficient Compact Fluorescent Fixtures." IEEE-IAS Annual Conference. Seattle, WA, 1990. LBL-29294. .
"Thermally Efficient Compact Fluorescent Fixture Systems." IEA/ENEL Conference on Advanced Technologies for Electric Demand-Side Management. Sorrento, Italy, 1990. LBL-30180. .
"Using CAD for Lighting Design Helps Predict the Unpredictable." Electrical Systems Design 70 (1990) 26-31. LBL-28499. .
1989
"The Effect of Luminaire Type and Spacing on Visibility Levels in Unobstructed Spaces." IEEE-IAS Annual Conference. San Diego, CA, 1989. LBL-30178. .
"The Energy Conservation Potential Associated with Thermally Efficient Fluorescent Fixtures." AEE-World Energy Engineering Congress. Atlanta, GA, 1989. LBL-27315. .
"Luminance in Computer-Aided Lighting Design." Building Simulation Conference. Vancouver, Canada, 1989. LBL-33404. .
Photoelectric Control of Daylight-Following Lighting Systems. 1989. LBL-24872. .
1988
"Control of Lamp Wall Temperature." IEEE-IAS Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN, 1988. LBL-25430. .
"Performance of Electronic Ballast and Controls with 34 and 40 Watt F40 Fluorescent Lamps." IEEE-IAS Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN, 1988. LBL-25429. .
"Improving the Performance of Photo-Electrically Controlled Lighting Systems." Annual IES Conference. Minneapolis, MN, 1988. LBL-24871. .
"A Ray Tracing Solution for Diffuse Interreflection." Computer Graphics 22 (1988). LBL-22789. .
1987
"Measurement of Optical Efficiency of Fluorescent Luminaires." 1987 IES National Conference. Scottsdale, AZ, 1987. LBL-23169. .
"A New Technique for Computer Simulation of Illuminated Spaces." Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society 17 (1987) 80-91. LBL-23042. .
1986
"The Effect of Control Algorithm Photosensor Response on the Performance of Daylight Linked Lighting Systems." 1986 International Daylighting Conference. Los Angeles, CA, 1986. LBL-20562. .
"The Integration of Operable Shading Systems and Lighting Controls." International Daylighting Conference Proceedings. Long Beach, CA, 1986. LBL-20536. .
"The Effect of Lighting System Components on Lighting Quality, Energy Use, and Life-Cycle Cost." 1986 IEEE-IAS National Conference. Denver, CO, 1986. LBL-21884. .
"The Effects of Fixture Type and HVAC Integration on Fluorescent Lamp-Ballast Performance." 1986 IEEE-IAS National Conference. Denver, CO, 1986. LBL-21775. .
"Maintaining Optimum Fluorescent Lamp Performance Under Elevated Temperature Conditions." Lighting Design + Application 17 (1986) 35-41. LBL-21004. .