Samuel Fernandes

Samuel Fernandes

Sam is an impact-driven, people-focused researcher and technical program manager with 15+ years of experience leading multi-million dollar research initiatives in scientific computing applications. He has proven track record of managing complex projects, building strategic partnerships with government institutions and utilities, and translating cutting-edge research into scalable, real-world solutions that advance science and society.

Contact Information

Phone: 510-486-4048

Awards

2025 Director’s Awards for Exceptional Achievement: Societal Impact -  November 12th 2025

To the EMIS Research Team, for steering and piloting energy management and information system (EMIS) analytics from what was in the early 2000s a raw, unproven emerging technology, to a widely adopted tool to deliver significant energy and cost savings for large commercial building owners.

2020 Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer -  February 20th 2020

The Retro-Commissioning Sensor Suitcase, an innovative technological solution developed through a Department of Energy (DOE) national lab-industry partnership to improve a building’s operating costs, comfort and energy performance, was recently honored with the 2020 Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer.

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2017 Director’s Award for Exceptional Achievement: Technology Transfer -  April 3rd 2018

Berkeley Lab is pleased to recognize the Building Technology and Urban Systems Division’s Retro-commissioning Sensor Suitcase Commercialization Team with the 2017 Director’s Award for Exceptional Achievement in Technology Transfer.

Publications

2026

A hybrid statistical-engineering approach to enhance the performance of non-routine event detection in building energy savings estimation

Authors: Granderson, Jessica; Samuel Fernandes, and Eliot Crowe.
06/2026

2024

Potential Urban Heat Island Countermeasures and Building Energy Efficiency Improvements in Los Angeles County

Authors: Robinson, Alastair; Samuel Fernandes; Tianzhen Hong; Sang Hoon Lee; Ronnen M Levinson, and Mary Ann Piette.
06/2024

Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) Technology Transfer Guidance for Implementing Smart Building Data Analytics

Authors: Fernandes, Samuel; Eliot Crowe; Jessica Granderson; Brian Clarke; Jason Rodriguez; Robert Renz; Xiaohui Zhou, and Scott Hackel.
11/21/2024

2023

Accuracy of hourly energy predictions for demand flexibility applications

Authors: Granderson, Jessica; Samuel Fernandes; Eliot Crowe; Mrinalini Sharma; David A Jump, and Devan Johnson.
06/2023

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Image Dataset of the Built Environment for 3D reconstruction (UAVID3D)

Authors: Granderson, Jessica; Samuel Fernandes, and Anand Prakash.
02/2023

2022

Scaling Building Energy Audits through Machine Learning Methods on Novel Drone Image Data

Authors: Singh, Reshma; Samuel Fernandes; Anand Prakash; Paul A Mathew; Jessica Granderson; Colman Snaith; Rahul Pusapati; Pratap Jadhav; Avideh Zakhor; Rishi Upadhyay; Ozgur Gonen, and Harry Bergmann.
08/2022

Detecting the undetected: Dealing with non-routine events using advanced M&V meter-based savings approaches

Authors: Fernandes, Samuel; Eliot Crowe; Samir Touzani, and Jessica Granderson.

2021

A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH TO ESTIMATE WINDOWS-TO-WALL RATIO USING DRONE IMAGER

Authors: Touzani, Samir; Marc Wudunn; Samuel Fernandes; Avideh Zakhor; Rohullah Najibi, and Jessica Granderson.
09/2021

Assessment of Model-Based Peak Electric Consumption Prediction for Commercial Buildings

Authors: Granderson, Jessica; Mrinalini Sharma; Eliot Crowe; David A Jump; Samuel Fernandes; Samir Touzani, and Devan Johnson.
08/2021

2020

Spatio-temporal impacts of a utility’s efficiency portfolio on the distribution grid

Authors: Granderson, Jessica; Samuel Fernandes; Samir Touzani; Chih-Cheng Lee; Eliot Crowe, and Margaret Sheridan.
12/2020

Detecting the undetected: Dealing with non-routine events using advanced M&V meter-based savings approaches

Authors: Fernandes, Samuel; Eliot Crowe; Samir Touzani, and Jessica Granderson.
08/2020

Meter-Based Assessment of the Time and Locational Benefits of a Large Utility’s DSM Portfolio

Authors: Granderson, Jessica; Eliot Crowe; Samir Touzani, and Samuel Fernandes.
07/2020

2019

Realizing high-accuracy low-cost measurement and verification for deep cost savings

Authors: Granderson, Jessica; Samir Touzani; Eliot Crowe; Samuel Fernandes; Shankar Earni, and Kaiyu Sun.
09/2019

From Theory to Practice: Lessons Learned from an Advanced M&V Commercial Pilot

Authors: Crowe, Eliot; Jessica Granderson, and Samuel Fernandes.
08/2019

2018

BuildingIQ Technology Field Validation

Authors: Granderson, Jessica; Guanjing Lin; Rupam Singla; Samuel Fernandes, and Samir Touzani.
11/2018

Field evaluation of performance of HVAC optimization system in commercial buildings

Authors: Granderson, Jessica; Guanjing Lin; Rupam Singla; Samuel Fernandes, and Samir Touzani.
08/2018

Corporate Delivery of a Global Smart Buildings Program

Authors: Fernandes, Samuel; Jessica Granderson; Rupam Singla, and Samir Touzani.
01/2018

Gradient boosting machine for modeling the energy consumption of commercial buildings

Authors: Touzani, Samir; Jessica Granderson, and Samuel Fernandes.
01/2018

2017

The State of Advanced Measurement and Verification Technology and Industry Application

Authors: Fernandes, Samuel, and Jessica Granderson.
10/2017

Application of Automated Measurement and Verification to Utility Energy Efficiency Program Data

Authors: Granderson, Jessica; Samir Touzani; Samuel Fernandes, and Cody Taylor.
02/2017

2016

Will the Measurement Robots Take Our Jobs? An Update on the State of Automated M&V for Energy Efficiency Programs

Authors: Granderson, Jessica; Samir Touzani; Cody Taylor, and Samuel Fernandes.
08/2016

Accuracy of Automated Measurement and Verification (M&V) Techniques for Energy Savings in Commercial Buildings

Authors: Granderson, Jessica; Samir Touzani; Claudine Y Custodio; Michael D Sohn; David A Jump, and Samuel Fernandes.
07/2016

Unlocking Energy Efficiency in Small Commercial Buildings through Mechanical Contractors

Authors: Granderson, Jessica; Erin L Hult; Samuel Fernandes; Paul A Mathew, and Robin Mitchell.
07/2016

2015

Assessment of Automated Measurement and Verification (M&V) Methods

Authors: Granderson, Jessica; Samir Touzani; Claudine Y Custodio; Michael D Sohn; Samuel Fernandes, and David A Jump.
07/2015

M & V Shootout: Setting the Stage For Testing the Performance of New Energy Baseline

Authors: Touzani, Samir; Claudine Y Custodio; Michael D Sohn; Samuel Fernandes; Jessica Granderson; David A Jump, and Cody Taylor.
07/2015