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1. Quantifying fine particle emission events from time‐resolved measurements: Method description and application to 18 California low‐income apartments

Author

Chan, WR, Logue, JM, Wu, X, Klepeis, NE, Fisk, WJ, Noris, F, and Singer, BC

Subjects
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Health Sciences, Clinical Research, Climate Action, Air Pollution, Indoor, Algorithms, California, Housing, Humans, Particulate Matter, Poverty, cooking, exposure, multifamily, PM2.5, residential, Medical and Health Sciences, Building & Construction, Earth sciences, Health sciences
Abstract

PM2.5 exposure is associated with significant health risk. Exposures in homes derive from both outdoor and indoor sources, with emissions occurring primarily in discrete events. Data on emission event magnitudes and schedules are needed to support simulation-based studies of exposures and mitigations. This study applied an identification and characterization algorithm to quantify time-resolved PM2.5 emission events from data collected during 224 days of monitoring in 18 California apartments with low-income residents. We identified and characterized 836 distinct events with median and mean values of 12 and 30 mg emitted mass, 16 and 23 minutes emission duration, 37 and 103 mg/h emission rates, and pseudo-first-order decay rates of 1.3 and 2.0/h. Mean event-averaged concentrations calculated using the determined event characteristics agreed to within 6% of measured values for 14 of the apartments. There were variations in event schedules and emitted mass across homes, with few events overnight and most emissions occurring during late afternoons and evenings. Event characteristics were similar during weekdays and weekends. Emitted mass was positively correlated with number of residents (Spearman coefficient, ρ=.10), bedrooms (ρ=.08), house volume (ρ=.29), and indoor-outdoor CO2 difference (ρ=.27). The event schedules can be used in probabilistic modeling of PM2.5 in low-income apartments.

Published
2018

2. Principal Evaluation--Linking Individual and Building-Level Progress: Making the Connections and Embracing the Tensions

Author

Zepeda, Sally J., Lanoue, Philip D., Price, Noris F., and Jimenez, Albert M.

Abstract

The article examines the tensions one superintendent in the USA experienced as he evaluated principals in a high-stakes environment that had undergone numerous transformations at the central office. Using qualitative methods, primarily, shadowing techniques, observations and debriefing, the following tensions emerged and were examined in light of the work of the superintendent evaluating principal performance: (1) discrepancies between principal performance when compared to performance data, (2) length of time in the principalship compared to results, (3) finding the right balance between student achievement data and other indicators of principal performance, (4) what types of achievement data are important and when these data are made available, (5) credence paid to complaints about structural changes implemented by the principal, (6) balancing the principal self-evaluation rating scores with the final evaluator scores and (7) accounting for personal factors such as relationship to principals and knowledge about principal capabilities. Each of these tensions contributes to the difficulty a superintendent may feel when conducting the principal evaluation process.

Published
2014
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4. Supporting Market Uptake of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Technologies with the PVSITES Project

Author

Machado, M., Challet, S., Weiss, I., Román Medina, E., Espeche, J.M., Noris, F., Reijenga, T., Rico, E., Huerta, I., Assoa, Y.B., Burgun, F., Esteban, J.C., Escribano Troncoso, J., Alamy, P., and Nguyen, V.K.

Subjects
PV Economics, Markets and Policies, PV-Related Policies, Strategies and Societal Issues
Abstract

In the framework of increasingly demanding legislation related to energy performance in buildings, the integration of photovoltaic systems in the building skin offers many possibilities. However, a continuous development of the building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) market in the next years necessarily demands the compliance with strict requirements in terms of design flexibility, aesthetics, durability, cost reduction, grid integration, testing standards and operation & maintenance. Within this context, a European consortium of 15 partners is developing the H2020 PVSITES project, “BIPV technologies and systems for large-scale market deployment”. The project will demonstrate an ambitious set of BIPV solutions, specially tailored to provide a comprehensive and robust answer to market demands. This paper focuses on some of the major results achieved at the time of writing. These include a detailed BIPV market and regulatory framework analysis and recommendations for the standardization of BIPV products. Novel developments of glazed crystalline silicon modules for BIPV integration are presented, with both opaque and see-thru variations. Also included are the selection of a battery technology best suited for inclusion in a custom-made building energy management system (BEMS), as well as a BIM-compatible software tool to assist the design of BIPV projects.

Published
2017

5. Principal evaluation – linking individual and building-level progress: making the connections and embracing the tensions

Author

Albert M. Jimenez, Philip D. Lanoue, Noris F. Price, and Sally J. Zepeda

Subjects
Strategy and Management, Credence, Debriefing, Principal (computer security), Applied psychology, Capacity building, Data interpretation, Academic achievement, Education, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Student achievement, Psychology, Social psychology, Qualitative research
Abstract

The article examines the tensions one superintendent in the USA experienced as he evaluated principals in a high-stakes environment that had undergone numerous transformations at the central office. Using qualitative methods, primarily, shadowing techniques, observations and debriefing, the following tensions emerged and were examined in light of the work of the superintendent evaluating principal performance: (1) discrepancies between principal performance when compared to performance data, (2) length of time in the principalship compared to results, (3) finding the right balance between student achievement data and other indicators of principal performance, (4) what types of achievement data are important and when these data are made available, (5) credence paid to complaints about structural changes implemented by the principal, (6) balancing the principal self-evaluation rating scores with the final evaluator scores and (7) accounting for personal factors such as relationship to principals and knowled...

Published
2014

11. Supporting Market Uptake of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Technologies with the PVSITES Project

Author

Machado, M., Challet, S., Weiss, I., Román Medina, E., Espeche, J.M., Noris, F., Reijenga, T., Rico, E., Huerta, I., Assoa, Y.B., Burgun, F., Esteban, J.C., Escribano Troncoso, J., Alamy, P., and Nguyen, V.K.

Subjects
PV Economics, Markets and Policies, PV-Related Policies, Strategies and Societal Issues, 7. Clean energy
Abstract

33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 2882-2887, In the framework of increasingly demanding legislation related to energy performance in buildings, the integration of photovoltaic systems in the building skin offers many possibilities. However, a continuous development of the building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) market in the next years necessarily demands the compliance with strict requirements in terms of design flexibility, aesthetics, durability, cost reduction, grid integration, testing standards and operation & maintenance. Within this context, a European consortium of 15 partners is developing the H2020 PVSITES project, “BIPV technologies and systems for large-scale market deployment”. The project will demonstrate an ambitious set of BIPV solutions, specially tailored to provide a comprehensive and robust answer to market demands. This paper focuses on some of the major results achieved at the time of writing. These include a detailed BIPV market and regulatory framework analysis and recommendations for the standardization of BIPV products. Novel developments of glazed crystalline silicon modules for BIPV integration are presented, with both opaque and see-thru variations. Also included are the selection of a battery technology best suited for inclusion in a custom-made building energy management system (BEMS), as well as a BIM-compatible software tool to assist the design of BIPV projects.

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