Wanni Zhang

Wanni Zhang
Technology Researcher II
(510) 486-4079
Education
Building Science and Technology, Bachelor of Science, Tsinghua University, 2016
Building Performance and Diagnostics, Master of Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 2018
Awards
2022 R&D 100 Award: City Buildings, Energy, and Sustainability (CityBES) Web Tool for Climate Change Strategies - August 22nd 2022
Buildings generate 39% of global CO2 emissions, but evaluating and prioritizing cost-effective technical solutions for individual buildings at city scale poses a significant challenge for city stakeholders. CityBES is a free, powerful modeling and analysis tool that enables quick and quantitative assessments of actionable recommendations for decarbonizing buildings and improving their thermal resilience against extreme weather at the urban scale. CityBES builds upon open city datasets, international data standards, the powerful EnergyPlus simulation engine, a library of mitigation and adaptation measures, and 3D-GIS visualization to inform decision making on city buildings, energy, and sustainability.
Publications
2022
Exploring Decarbonization and Clean Energy Pathways for Disadvantaged Communities in California
07/2022
2021
2020
Extract useful information from building permits data to profile a city’s building retrofit history
08/2020
State-of-the-art on research and applications of machine learning in the building life cycle
04/2020