Posts By: BEST Center

Last January, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, MA Governor Maura Healey, and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, toured Roxbury Community College’s Center for Smart Building Technology in Boston. Kat James, Assistant Director of the Center, led the tour for the distinguished guests and showcased their Building Automation Systems training and introduced recent Building Fundamentals Program graduates. 

BEST Center will be a contractor for LBNL on the Lab’s work for the California Energy Commission (CEC) to pilot a series of light commercial heat pump installations around California with advanced grid interactive control systems.  BEST will develop interactive, on-demand instructional modules on light commercial heat pump installation and maintenance for use by community…

BEST Center will develop and provide training for building operators as part of a pilot project funded by the CEC to install grid-responsive supervisory controls for commercial buildings and EV charging stations.  Building operators will make use of SkySpark technology for fault detection and manage building systems that have automated load shedding and shifting capabilities…

BEST Center created HPBOP—now administered by the National Alliance for High-Performance Building Operations (NAHBO)—to offer a formal credential based on rigorous, internationally recognized knowledge and skill standards for building science and operations. This past May, the certification pilot exam phase concluded. We salute the first 37 candidates to earn the certificate and to write HPBOP…

The Smarter Small Buildings Campaign, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, offers technical assistance and recognition opportunities for adoption of rooftop unit (RTU) controls. The campaign helps building owners improve energy performance and occupant comfort through improved HVAC control and monitoring. Learn more at https://smartersmallbuildings.lbl.gov/