Rich Brown
Academic Researcher at Berkeley Lab
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolRich Brown is an academic researcher and energy systems expert with over three decades of experience translating building-energy research into practical technologies and policy guidance. He led research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on controls, DC power distribution, interoperability, and load flexibility to advance carbon-free buildings, and contributed technical analysis to EPA ENERGY STAR programs and the landmark 2007 EPA report on data center efficiency. Based in Berkeley, he now supports the Oakland EcoBlock pilot and remains a retiree research affiliate focused on neighborhood-scale retrofits and integrating distributed energy resources. His work uniquely blends hands-on software tools (including engines behind DOE’s Home Energy Score and consumer sites like Home Energy Saver) with systems-level analysis, reflecting both technical depth and policy impact. A former US Air Force project engineer, he brings experience in large-scale simulation and systems engineering to complex energy transitions.
11 years of coding experience
37 years of employment as a software developer
MA, Energy and Resources Group (ERG), MA, Energy and Resources Group (ERG) at University of California, BerkeleyBSE, Engineering and Management Systems, BSE, Engineering and Management Systems at Princeton University
Github Skills (7)
energy10
energy-efficiency10
seed10
commercial9
solaris2
ipmi2
abstraction2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
SEED-platform/seed
Oct 2014 - Dec 2015
Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED) Platform™ is a web-based application that helps organizations easily manage data on the energy performance of large groups of buildings.
Contributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 year 2 months
groupsenergy-efficiencyweb-baseddata-efficiencyseed
LBNL-ETA/LPDM
Dec 2018 - Dec 2018
Local Power Distribution Manager (LPDM)
Contributions:4 commits in 1 day
ipmipowersolarisabstractiondistribution
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