For the past several weeks two groups, the Ventilation Working Group and the Indoor Air Quality Working Group have delved into air quality issues related to COVID-19 and to the impact of wildfire smoke on indoor air quality. The charter of the Ventilation Working Group was to determine if engineering controls such as adjustments to the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, … [Read more...]
Three Questions for Emergency Manager James Nunez
James Nunez joined the Lab as the Emergency Manager two months ago and had the experience of moving from Alaska to the Bay Area in the middle of a pandemic. James spent the last 25 years in the Coast Guard, most recently in Alaska as the Chief of Incident Management. Prior to that, he spent active duty tours on the East, Gulf, and West Coasts - including a four-year tour in San Francisco. As … [Read more...]
Design This Year’s Runaround T-shirt
Grab your chance at history by designing the t-shirt for the Lab’s annual RunAround. Your design must include the Lab logo, the words “Berkeley Lab”, the year 2020, and “43rd Annual Runaround”. Your design must be a one-color vector PDF file at 300 DPI or higher resolution. It should be on a white or light background. The deadline for entries is Oct. 21. Submit your entry at … [Read more...]
Three Questions for Joselyn Delgado
Joselyn Delgado, an administrator for the Government and Community Relations Office, has worked at the Lab for only seven months, but has already had an important impact on the Lab’s outreach efforts: translating key materials into Spanish to help reach more people in the community. She also enjoys learning about the Lab’s scientific innovations. As part of Latin American Heritage Month, … [Read more...]
Latin American Heritage Month: Three Questions for Armando Casillas
Armando Casillas of the Building Technology and Urban Systems Division in the Energy Technologies Area, has worked at the Lab for a little over one year. He is a Scientific Engineering Associate working on a few projects related to grid-interactive efficient buildings. Casillas is partnering with other national labs to improve fault detection and diagnostic algorithms for heating ventilation and … [Read more...]