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Gabe Arnold joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in 2020 and is a senior systems engineer in the Energy and Environmental Directorate. Within this role he leads a portfolio of research to advance healthier buildings with lower energy use through improved indoor air quality. He is also a principal investigator on PNNL’s research, evaluation, and deployment team supporting both the Department of Energy Emerging Technologies and the Commercial Buildings Integration program.

Arnold has experience in the commercial building energy efficiency industry since 2000, improving technology performance and accelerating technology adoption. 

• Integrated building systems
• Indoor air quality
• Embodied carbon and sustainability
• HVAC systems and controls
• Germicidal ultraviolet systems
• Advanced lighting systems

• BS in engineering - electrical specialty, Colorado School of Mines
• Professional Engineer, State of Vermont

2024

• Faulkner, C. A., T. Salsbury, B. K. Abboushi, C. N. Mouchref, B. C. Singer, M. D. Sohn, and G. E. Arnold. 2024. "Comparison of Effectiveness and Energy Use of Airborne Pathogen Mitigation Measures to Meet Clean Air Targets in Office Buildings." Building and Environment 257. PNNL-SA-193005. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111466 
• Tuenge, J., G. Arnold, M. Axelson, and E. Rodriguez-Feo Bermudez. 2024. Radiometric Testing of Germicidal UV Products, Round 2: Upper-Room Luminaires (CALiPER Report). doi.org/10.2172/2476236

2023

• Tuenge, J., G. Arnold, M. Axelson, and J. Tan. 2023. Radiometric Testing of Germicidal UV Products, Round 1: UV-C Towers and Whole-Room Luminaires (CALiPER Full Report). doi.org/10.2172/2282860
• Tuenge, J., G. Arnold, M. Axelson, and J. Tan. 2023. Radiometric Testing of Germicidal UV Products, Round 1: UV-C Towers and Whole-Room Luminaires (CALiPER Summary Report). doi.org/10.2172/2282859

2022

• Abboushi, B., G. Arnold, J. Tuenge, T. Salsbury, J. DeGraw, and E. Nardell. 2022. "Energy Implications of Using Upper Room Germicidal Ultraviolet Radiation and HVAC Strategies to Combat SARS-CoV-2." 2022 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Pacific Grove, USA.
• Vossos, V., D. Gerber, M. Gaillet-Tournier, B. Nordman, R. Brown, W. Bernal, O. Ghatpande, et al. 2022. "Adoption Pathways for DC Power Distribution in Buildings." Energies 15(3):786. PNNL-SA-163869. doi:10.3390/en15030786

2018

• Arnold, G. 2018. Final Technical Report: Commercial Advanced Lighting Control (ALC) Demonstration and Deployment.Effiency Forward, Inc./DesignLights Consortium. doi.org/10.2172/1421917