Dr. Wanyu (Rengie) Chan is a Research Scientist and Deputy Indoor Environment Group Leader in Energy Analysis and Environmental Impact Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Her work focus on characterizing indoor air quality and implications to human exposures in residential and commercial buildings. She led a recently completed field study to evaluate the role of mechanical ventilation on indoor air quality in 70+ new California homes. The project was funded by California Energy Commission (CEC), involving multiple collaborators including two California’s Investor Owned Utilities. Dr. Chan is part of an ongoing project funded by Department of Energy, Building America Program to study indoor air quality in new homes across different U.S. regions. Dr. Chan has ongoing research studying indoor air quality and ventilation in California classrooms, working in collaboration with UC Davis Western Cooling Efficiency Center. She was the co-PI of Healthy Zero Energy Buildings project that aimed to inform commercial building ventilation standards, balancing energy efficiency objectives and the need to maintain acceptable indoor air quality. Dr. Chan joined the Laboratory as a graduate student and worked on the evaluation of shelter-in-place effectiveness. She collaborated with the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center to develop an operational indoor model that has been applied in advising emergency responders on protecting buildings against accidental or intentional chemical or biological releases. Dr. Chan earned her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of California, Berkeley in 2006.
Rengie Chan
Awards
May 2018
Energy Technologies Area
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
2014
2013
"Analysis of Air Leakage Measurements of US Houses." Energy and Buildings (2013) 616-625. .
"Applying Large Datasets to Developing a Better Understanding of Air Leakage Measurement in Homes." International Journal of Ventilation 11.4 (2013) 323-338. LBNL-1005795. .
Evaluation of the Indoor Air Quality Procedure for Use in Retail Buildings. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2013. LBNL-6079E. .
2012
Air Leakage of US Homes: Regression Analysis and Improvements from Retrofit. 2012. LBNL-5966E. .
Analysis of Air Leakage Measurements from Residential Diagnostics Database. 2012. LBNL-5967E. .
"Modeling indoor exposures to VOCs and SVOCs as ventilation rates vary." Healthy Buildings 2012 - 10th International Conference. Brisbane, Queensland, 2012. .
"Contaminant levels and source strengths in U.S. retail stores — A pilot study." Healthy Buildings 2012 - 10th International Conference. Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, 2012. .
Healthy Zero Energy Buildings (HZEB) Program– Interim Report on Cross‐Sectional Study of Contaminant Levels, Source Strengths, and Ventilation Rates in Retail Stores. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2012. .
2011
"Preliminary Analysis of U.S. Residential Air Leakage Database v.2011." 2011 32nd AIVC Conference and 1st TightVent Conference: Towards Optimal Airtightness Performance 2011. LBNL-5552E. .
Side‐by‐Side Comparison of Particle Count and Mass Concentration Measurements in a Residence. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2011. .
2008
"Effectiveness of Urban Shelter-in-Place III: Urban Districts." Building Simulation 1 (2008) 144-157. .
2007
"Effectiveness of Urban Shelter-in-Place I: Idealized Conditions." Atmospheric Environment 41 (2007) 4962-4976. .
"Effectiveness of urban shelter-in-place. II: Residential Districts." Atmospheric Environment 41 (2007) 7082-7095. .
2006
"Assessing the effectiveness of shelter-in-place as an emergency response to large-scale outdoor chemical releases." University of California, Berkeley, 2006. .
Indoor-Outdoor Air Leakage of Apartments and Commercial Buildings. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2006. .
2005
"Analyzing a database of residential air leakage in the United States." Atmospheric Environment 39.19 (2005) 3445 - 3455. .
"Analyzing a Database of Residential Air Leakage in the United States." Atmospheric Environment 39.19 (2005) 3445-3455. .
"Distribution Of Residential Air Leakage: Implications For Health Consequences Of An Outdoor Toxic Release." Proceedings of The 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Indoor Air 2005 2005: 1729-1733. .
2004
"Modeling shelter-in-place including sorption on indoor surfaces." 84th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, January 11-14, 2004 2004. .