Max Sherman is a retired Senior Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with over 30 years of experience in building physics. He has a Ph.D. in physics from Berkeley and is an international expert in air leakage, HVAC, indoor air quality, infiltration, moisture, energy efficiency, and related topics. He is a well-regarded member of ASHRAE having served on the Board of Directors and many technical positions and is currently a Distinguished Lecturer; he is a recipient of ASHRAE’s Exceptional Service Award and ASHRAE’s highest technical award as a Holladay Distinguished Fellow. He has also been elected a Fellow of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ). He represents the United States on International Energy Agency tasks such as the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Center. He serves on national and international committees and editorial boards and does outside consulting.
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Awards
October 2014
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June 2005
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January 1997
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February 1994
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January 1993
Max Sherman and Nance Matson
Publications
1998
. "Saving Tons at the Register." Proceedings of the 1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Effciency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA 1998: 367-383. LBNL-41957. 
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PDF (3.34 MB)1997
. "Residential Ventilation and Energy Characteristics." ASHRAE Transactions 103.1 (1997) 717-730. LBNL-39036. PDF (901.94 KB)
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PDF (901.94 KB) . "Energy Conservation in Buildings." CRC Handbook of Conservation and Renewable Energy Systems. CRC Press, 1997. 269-304.
1996
. Metrics for Building Performance Assurance. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1996. LBNL-39203.
. "Renewables in Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality." World Renewable Energy Conference; Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and the Environment 1996: 236-240. LBL-38258. PDF (882.14 KB)
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PDF (882.14 KB)1995
. "Simplified Multizone Blower Door Techniques for Multifamily Buildings." NYSERDA Report 95.16 (1995).
. "The Role of Building Life-Cycle Information Systems in the Delivery of Energy Services." Proceedings. NIST/EPRI: ATP: Information and Telecommunications for the U.S. Utilities Industry Focused Program Development 1995: 01/1995. LBL- 36745.
. "The Use of Blower-Door Data." Indoor Air 5 (1995) 215-224. LBL-35173. PDF (848.44 KB)
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PDF (848.44 KB) . "Utility-Related Research." 1995.
1994
. "Air Tightness of U.S. Dwellings." Proceedings 15th Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre Conference 1994. LBL-35700.
. "Airflow Performance of Envelopes, Components and Systems." Airflow Performance of Envelopes, Components and Systems STP 1255 (1994) 7-22. LBL-32116.
. "Uncertainty in Fan Pressurization Measurements." . Airflow Performance of Envelopes, Components and Systems STP 1255 (1994) 262-283. LBL- 32115.
. "ACEEE 1994 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings." Vol. 10. Washington D.C., 1994.
. "Monitoring Ventilation and Air Leakage in a Low-Rise Commercial Building." Solar Engineering (Klett, Hogan, Tanaka Eds.) G00837 (1994) 291-297. LBL-34562.
1993
. "Ventilation-Energy Liabilities in U.S. Housing." Proceedings 14th Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre Conference 1993. LBL- 33890.
1992
. A Coupled Multi-zone Flow and Radon Transport Model of Radon Entry and Concentrations in a Crawlspace House. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1992.
. "A Power-Law Formulation of Laminar Flow in Short Pipes." Journal of Fluids Engineering 114 (1992) 601-605. LBL-29414.
. "Simplified Modeling for Infiltration and Radon Entry." ASHRAE/ DOE/BTECC Conference, Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings Conference V (addendum) 1992. LBNL-31305. PDF (1.26 MB)
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PDF (1.26 MB) . "Single-Zone Stack-Dominated Infiltration Modeling." Indoor Air 2.4 (1992). LBL-30147. PDF (728.65 KB)
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PDF (728.65 KB) . "Superposition in Infiltration Modeling." Indoor Air 2 (1992) 101-114. LBL-29116. PDF (848.16 KB)
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PDF (848.16 KB) . Chelsea Public Housing Study: Ventilation and Infiltration Survey. Interim Report to DOE on DOE-HUD Initiative. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1992.
1991
. ACT2 Project Report: Ventilation and Air Tightness Measurements of the Sunset Building. 1991. 31638. PDF (1.72 MB)
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PDF (1.72 MB)1990
. "A Multi-Tracer System for Multizone Ventilation Measurements." Review of Scientific Instruments 61.9 (1990) 2457-2461. LBL-29010. PDF (475.86 KB)
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PDF (475.86 KB) . "Description of a System for Measuring In-terzonal Air Flows using Multiple Tracer Gases." Heat and Mass Transfer in Building Materials and Structures (Chaddock and Todorivic Eds) (1990) 781-790. PDF (1.27 MB)
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PDF (1.27 MB) . "Reduction of the Effective Leakage Areas of Single Section HUD-Code Manufactured Homes Due to Air Infiltration Barriers." ASHRAE Transactions 96.1 (1990).