Woody Delp received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri Rolla in 1995. His graduate work involved modeling how much ventilation (outside air) comes into variable air volume (VAV) systems as they operate across a range of climates and seasons. Woody grew up in Rolla working in a family-owned HVAC contracting business. In his dad’s business he worked in every capacity, from service calls at a young age, to designing and installing complex systems for local laboratories. HVAC is very much in his blood.
Woody has been at LBNL since 1995 and has worked in various project areas involving HVAC systems, and how these systems actually operate in real buildings. His work has ranged from measuring duct leakage in light commercial buildings to understanding how pollutants move in large buildings. He is equally at home working with residential HVAC systems as well as systems found in the largest buildings.
Woody Delp
Awards
October 2019
Woody Delp, Brennan Less, Brett Singer, Iain Walker
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
2020
"Factors Impacting Range Hood Use in California Houses and Low-Income Apartments." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (2020). .
Measured Performance of Over the Range Microwave Range Hoods. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2020. LBNL-2001351. .
"Performance of low-cost indoor air quality monitors for PM2.5 and PM10 from residential sources." Building and Environment 171 (2020). .
2019
"Analysis of a series of urban-scale chlorine dispersion experiments and implications on indoor health consequences." Atmospheric Environment 212 (2019) 83 - 89. .
"Are low-cost sensors good enough for IAQ controls?." Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations (REHVA) Journal 56.1 (2019). .
2018
"Response of consumer and research grade indoor air quality monitors to residential sources of fine particles." Indoor Air 28.4 (2018) 624-639. .
"An Estimate of Natural Gas Methane Emissions from California Homes." Environmental Science & Technology (2018). .
"Development of a standard capture efficiency test method for residential kitchen ventilation." Science and Technology for the Built Environment 24 (2018) 176–187. .
"Are low-cost sensors good enough for IAQ controls?." 39th AIVC Conference. 2018. 2001247. .
2017
"Pollutant concentrations and emission rates from natural gas cooking burners without and with range hood exhaust in nine California homes." Building and Environment 122 (2017) 215 - 229. LBNL-1006385. .
2016
2014
"Capture Efficiency of Cooking- Related Fine and Ultrafine Particles by Residential Exhaust Hoods." Indoor Air (2014). LBNL-6664e. .
2013
Integrating Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality Retrofits in Apartments. 2013. LBNL-6613E. .
"Indoor environmental quality benefits of apartment energy retrofits." Building Environment 68 (2013) 170–178. LBNL-6373E. .
Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roofs for sustainability and energy efficiency. Naval Facilities Engineering Command - Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center, 2013. .
"Protocol for maximizing energy savings and indoor environmental quality improvements when retrofitting apartments." Energy and Buildings 61 (2013) 378-386. LBNL-6147E. .
"Electricity production and cooling energy savings from installation of a building-integrated photovoltaic roof on an office building." Energy and Buildings 56 (2013) 210 - 220. .
2012
"Performance of Installed Cooking Exhaust Devices." Indoor Air 22.3 (2012) 224-234. LBNL-5265E. .
"Performance Assessment of U.S. Residential Cooking Exhaust Hoods." Environmental Science & Technology 46.11 (2012) 6167-6173. LBNL-5545E. .
2011
Support to DHS Chemical Detection Field Testing and Countermeasures Studies: Report to Sponsors. Berkeley, 2011. LBNL-6891E. .