Luis Fernandes

Luis Fernandes

Head: Building Technologies Department
Energy/Environmental Policy Research Scientist/Engineer
510-495-8892

Bio

Dr. Luís Fernandes has over two decades of experience in researching, developing and demonstrating the energy and visual performance of daylighting and electric lighting technologies, using a variety of methods including computer simulation, optimization, laboratory tests and field demonstrations. Fernandes holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Building Systems Program of the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has authored 30 publications. Currently Department Head for the Building Technology Department in the Building Technology and Urban Systems Division.

Education

Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 2006
Physics Engineering, Lic.Eng., Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon, Portugal), 1995

Awards

2018 Director’s Award for Exceptional Achievement: Technology Transfer -  August 8th 2018

A Living Lab partnership with Goldman Sachs (GS) leveraged LBNL's world-class science to obtain an objective assessment of innovative daylighting and lighting energy efficiency technologies and promote lessons learned strategies throughout the worldwide GS organization and the broader buildings industry.

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