Building Energy Systems

Fraunhofer CSE's Building Energy Systems group performs applied R&D to provide insights into the energy performance of building systems and develop new energy-saving technologies and practices.

Our interdisciplinary team has expertise in several core disciplines, including field monitoring, data analytics, behavioral analysis, energy modeling, and thermal and fluid science.

We create project teams tailored to the specific needs of each project to effectively and efficiently deliver for our clients. We:

Test, demonstrate, and evaluate the performance of emerging building technologies in the field
Develop building performance assessment and control algorithms
Evaluate the impact of people and behaviors on energy consumption
Characterize building energy consumption to inform policy decisions
Assess building technologies to identify high-impact opportunities

Selected Projects

Recent Building Energy Systems News

Energy Storage Networks: The Executive Director of Fraunhofer CSE talks research, renewables & energy storage.

Froese, M., Hoepfner, C., WTWH Media, August 31, 2018. In this episode of Energy Works we speak with Dr. Christian Hoepfner, the Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Center...

A Smart Grid Today podcast with Christian Hoepfner .

Spencer, S., Hoepfner, C., Smart Grid Today, August 22, 2018. Let me start out with (…) SHINES SunDial. The idea is two-fold: How can we reduce the size of the electrical battery,...

Latest Presentations & Publications

Residential retrofits at scale: opportunity identification, saving estimation, and personalized messaging based on communicating thermostat data

Zeifman, M., Lazrak, A., Roth, K. (2019). In: Energy Efficiency. : Springer, pp. 1-13.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-019-09797-9

Gas Demand Response: The Next Frontier.

Roth, K. - March 21, 2019. AEE East Energy Conference. AEE. Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA.

New trends in solar: A comparative study assessing attitudes towards the adoption of rooftop solar

Abreu, J., Wingartz, N., Hardy, N. (2019). In: Elsevier - Energy Policy. 128 : Elsevier, pp. 347-363.

The factors affecting the adoption of conventional solar PV have been broadly addressed in the recent literature....

Lab and Testing Facilities

The Building Energy Systems group conducts field testing in occupied commercial and residential buildings across the U.S. We also perform behavioral testing and data acquisition development in the Center headquarters in Boston, and have access to Fraunhofer’s outdoor testing capabilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Revere, MA.

Our Research Facilities

Partnerships

Fraunhofer CSE partners with a wide-array of leading governmental, industry, academic and research institutions around the world.

Our Partners