Soil pores are reorganized when newly thawed permafrost soils experience freeze-thaw cycling.

New work developed a methodology to generate building temperature setpoint schedules for use by modelers in large-scale building energy simulations.

Applying new approaches in energy codes may support improved building efficiency and decarbonization in the Big Apple and beyond.

COVID-19 changed when and where we use electricity. Researchers showed that commonly available total demand data masked the actual changes.

Combining aircraft measurements and regional modeling allowed researchers to identify the role of in-plant biochemistry in secondary organic aerosol formation.

The PNNL-developed Eclipse VOLTTRON™ software platform continues to support new applications in energy efficiency and clean energy.

Recognizing how innovation and clean technologies at the very edge of the grid can work together to transition the electricity system, PNNL takes a multidisciplinary approach to advancing and integrating renewable energy solutions.

A review article examined over 500 publications covering nearly 200 years of research on the influence of urban environments on weather and climate, setting the stage for future research.

Storage Targets and Release Function Inference Tool uses data to infer the operating policies of large reservoirs on a national scale.

PNNL lighting research scientist Kate Hickcox will contribute her expertise to help guide industry lighting standards.

A new hexagonal framework helps more accurately model watersheds at a range of scales.

Next generation triple-pane windows provide builders with lower cost options and help homeowners conserve energy, reduce noise, and lower home energy bills.

Using unique laboratory single-particle measurements to understand some of the most uncertain processes affecting secondary organic aerosol formation.

A multisectoral analysis that combines land use data with hydrological simulations reveals wide disparities in potential source water contamination.

Study reveals importance of accounting for micrometer scale distribution of substrates to predict carbon emissions from soil.

Four research staff from PNNL are part of an international team that earned top honors for a journal paper focused on a new algorithm-evaluation approach for buildings.

PNNL scientist Brian O’Neill led the compilation of an IPCC chapter about climate-related risks.

Members of a geothermal energy collaboration go deep—real deep—to install a first-of-its kind system for evaluating interactions among water and rock.

The eighth Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium, co-organized by PNNL engineer and research line manager Leonard Pease, brought together multi-disciplinary researchers from around the globe.

PNNL will provide technical resources and support to a national coalition of states and cities focused on implementing building performance standards to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.