Mike's research interests are in mathematical modeling of environmental systems and quality, uncertainty analysis, value-of-information decision analysis, water-energy integrated assessment, and sensor-data fusion. Mike has a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering and an MS degree in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. He also has MS and BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA. Mike is a California-licensed Professional Engineer (Civil), and has worked at an environmental engineering firm where he conducted environmental health risk assessments. He is Leader of the Sustainable Energy Systems Group and former Leader of the Airflow and Pollutant Transport Group (Indoor Environment Dept.). Mike has been at LBNL since 1998. Mike's personal website is workbench.lbl.gov.
Michael Sohn
Awards
May 2004
Ashok Gadgil, Phil Price, Tracy Thatcher, Michael Sohn, David Lorenzetti, Rengie Chan, Emily Wood, Woody Delp, Richard Sextro, Elizabeth Finlayson, Buvaneswari Jayaraman, Sheng-Chieh Chang, Suengbae Hong, and Sondra Jarvis
Publications
2018
. "A Bayesian network model for the optimization of a chiller plant’s condenser water set point." Journal of Building Performance Simulation 11.1 (2018) 36 - 47.
. "Improving the Estimated Cost of Sustained Power Interruptions to Electricity Customers." Energy 153.15 June 2018 (2018) 1038-1047. 
Pre-Print Article PDF (1.08 MB)
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Pre-Print Article PDF (1.08 MB) . "A Bayesian Network model for predicting cooling load of commercial buildings." Building Simulation 11.1 (2018) 87 - 101.
2017
. "Coupling fast fluid dynamics and multizone airflow models in Modelica Buildings library to simulate the dynamics of HVAC systems." Building and Environment 122 (2017) 269 - 286.
. Demand Response Potential for California SubLAPs and Local Capacity Planning Areas: An Addendum to the 2025 California Demand Response Potential Study - Phase 2. 2017. LBNL-2001114. PDF (8.16 MB)
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PDF (8.16 MB) . "Experience curve development and cost reduction disaggregation for fuel cell markets in Japan and the US." Applied Energy 191 (2017) 346 - 357.
. 2025 California Demand Response Potential Study - Charting California's Demand Response Future: Final Report on Phase 2 Results. 2017. LBNL-2001113. PDF (11.47 MB)
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PDF (11.47 MB) . "Improved cooling tower control of legacy chiller plants by optimizing the condenser water set point." Building and Environment 111 (2017) 33 - 46.
2016
. "A retrospective analysis of compact fluorescent lamp experience curves and their correlations to deployment programs." Energy Policy 98 (2016) 505 - 512.
. "A retrospective analysis of compact fluorescent lamp experience curves and their correlations to deployment programs." Energy Policy 98 (2016) 505 - 512.
. "A regression-based approach to estimating retrofit savings using the Building Performance Database." Applied Energy 179 (2016) 996 - 1005.
. Exploring the Energy Benefits of Advanced Water Metering. 2016. LBNL-1005988. PDF (958.12 KB)
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PDF (958.12 KB) . "Accuracy of Automated Measurement and Verification (M&V) Techniques for Energy Savings in Commercial Buildings." Applied Energy 173 (2016) 296-308. LBNL-1005181. PDF (3.31 MB)
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PDF (3.31 MB) . "Evaluating the Performance of the IEEE Standard 1366 Method for Identifying Major Event Days View Document." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 32.2 (2016). LBNL-1006405.
. "Providing pressure inputs to multizone building models." Building and Environment 101 (2016) 32 - 44.
. "Providing pressure inputs to multizone building models." Building and Environment 101 (2016) 32 - 44.
. 2015 California Demand Response Potential Study - Charting California's Demand response Future: Interim Report on Phase 1 Results. 2016. LBNL-2001115. PDF (8.08 MB)
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PDF (8.08 MB) . "Amelioration of the cooling load based chiller sequencing control." Applied Energy 168 (2016) 204 - 215.
2015
. "An integrated assessment of water-energy and climate change in Sacramento, California: How strong is the nexus?." Climatic Change 132.2 (2015) 223-235.
. "Non-Constant Learning Rates in Retrospective Experience Curve Analyses and their Correlation to Deployment Programs." Energy Policy 107 (2015) 356–369. LBNL-186336. PDF (483.09 KB)
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PDF (483.09 KB) . Assessment of Automated Measurement and Verification (M&V) Methods. Berkeley: LBNL, 2015. LBNL-187225. PDF (6.27 MB)
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PDF (6.27 MB) . "M & V Shootout: Setting the Stage For Testing the Performance of New Energy Baseline." 2015 International Energy Program Evaluation Conference. Long Beach, CA, 2015. LBNL-1003782. PDF (758.54 KB)
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PDF (758.54 KB) . "Characterization of demand response in the commercial, industrial, and residential sectors in the United States." Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment 5.3 (2015) 288 - 304.
. "Automated Measurement and Verification: Performance of Public Domain Whole-Building Electric Baseline Models." Applied Energy 144 (2015) 106-113. LBNL-187596. PDF (415.32 KB)
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PDF (415.32 KB) . "Big-data for building energy performance: Lessons from assembling a very large national database of building energy use." Applied Energy 140 (2015) 85 - 93.