Publications and Presentations
2024
- Robert Flores, Sammy Houssainy, Weixi Wang, Khanh Nguyen Cu, Xiao Nie, Noah Woolfolk, Ben Polly, Ramin Faramarzi, Jim Maclay, Jaeho Lee, Jack Brouwer (2024) Addressing building related energy burden, air pollution, and carbon emissions of a low-income community in Southern California Advances in Applied Energy Volume 14, 100169, ISSN 2666-7924
2023
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Jing Wang, Rawad El Kontar, Xin Jin, Jennifer King (2023) Decarbonizing all-electric communities via carbon-responsive control of behind-the-meter resources Advances in Applied Energy, Volume 10, 100139, ISSN 2666-7924
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Kaiyu Sun, Wanni Zhang, David Goldwasser, Tanushree Charan, Katherine Fleming, Lauren Klun, Ben Polly, Tianzhen Hong (2023) Development of Prototypical District-Scale Models NREL
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Robert Flores, Sammy Houssainy, Weixi Wang, Joseph Robertson, Khanh Nguyen Cu, Ben Polly, Ramin Faramarzi, Jim Maclay, Jack Brouwer (2023) Developing and tuning a community scale energy model for a disadvantaged community Energy and Buildings, Volume 285, 112861, ISSN 0378-7788
2022
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Peter Schneider,Leslie Badger, Dusan Brhlik, David Goldwasser, Ben Polly (2022) Resilient, Rural, and Revolutionary: Salisbury Square’s Direct-Current Affordable Microgrid Community NREL
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Rawad El Kontar, Jing Wang, Xin Jin, Jennifer King, Tarek Rakha (2022) Probabilistic Modeling of Commercial Building Occupancy Patterns Using Location-Based Map Data NREL
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Jing Wang, Rawad El Kontar, Xin Jin, Jennifer King (2022) Electrifying High-Efficiency Future Communities: Impact on Energy, Emissions, and Grid Advances in Applied Energy, Volume 6, 100095, ISSN 2666-7924
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Allen, A., Henze, G., Baker, K., Pavlak, G, and Murphy, M. (2022). An optimization framework for the network design of advanced district thermal energy systems, Energy Conversion and Management, 266, 115839.
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Lämmle, M., Allen, A., Henze, G., Pless, S. (2022). Valuation of Novel Waste Heat Sources and a Path Towards Adoption. ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
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Zahra Fallahi, P., Houssainy, S., Ling, J., Leach, M., Klun, L., Slovensky, M. (2022). Designing for Zero Energy and Zero Carbon on a Multi-Building Scale using URBANopt. ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
2021
Meyer, Ryan, Bridgeland, Brett, Woldekidan, Korbaga, Webster, Brett, Charan, Tanushree, Lewe, Jung-Ho, Olgyay, Victor, & Zaleski, Sarah. (2021) GT Flex: A Coordinated Multi-Building Pilot Study.
Charan, T., Mackey, C., Irani, A., Polly, B., Ray, S., Fleming, K., El Kontar, R., Moore, N., Elgindy, T., Cutler, D., Roudsari, M. S., & Goldwasser, D. (2021). Integration of Open-Source URBANopt and Dragonfly Energy Modeling Capabilities into Practitioner Workflows for District-Scale Planning and Design.
De Rosa, L., Domingo, C. M., Gómez, T., Roman, S., Kontar, R. El, Polly, B., Fleming, K., & Elgindy, T. (2021). Integrated models for electrical distribution network planning and district-scale building energy use. IEEE Madrid PowerTech.
Hinkelman, Kathryn, Jing Wang, Wangda Zuo, Antoine Gautier, Michael Wetter, Chengliang Fan, and Nicholas Long. (2021). Modelica-Based Modeling and Simulation of District Cooling Systems: A Case Study. Applied Energy.
Allen, A., Long, N. L., Moore, N., & Elarga, H. (2021). URBANopt District Energy Systems HVAC Measures. National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Long, Nicholas, Antoine Gautier, Hagar Elarga, Amy Allen, Ted Summer, Lauren Klun, Nathan Moore, and Michael Wetter. (2021). Modeling District Heating and Cooling Systems with URBANopt, GeoJSON to Modelica Translator, and the Modelica Buildings Library. In Building Simulation 2021. Bruges, Brussels.
2020
Rawad El Kontar, Ben Polly, Tanushree Charan, Katherine Fleming, Nathan Moore, Nicholas Long, & David Goldwasser. (2020) URBANopt: An Open-Source Software Development Kit for Community and Urban District Energy Modeling. ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA Building Performance Modeling Conference And SimBuild.
Houssainy, Sammy, Faramarzi, Ramin, Farahmand, Farhad, Pande, Abhjieet, and Griesser, Jon. (2020). Community-Scale Energy Efficiency Assessment for Zero Net Energy Using the URBANopt Simulation Platform. ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, 17-21 August 2020.
Shanti Pless, Ben Polly, Sammy Houssainy, Paul Torcellini, William Livingood, Sarah Zaleski, Matt Jungclaus, Tom Hootman, & Mindy Craig. (2020). A Guide to Energy Master Planning of High-Performance Districts and Communities. Technical Report, NREL.
Earlier Publications
Polly, Benjamin J. (2018). “Zero Energy Districts”. United States. IMPACT Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota. Presentation.
Polly, B., Kutscher, C., Macumber, D., & Schott, M. 2016. From Zero Energy Buildings to Zero Energy Districts. (2016) ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August, 1–16.
Macumber, D., Gruchalla, K., Brunhart-lupo, N., Gleason, M., Robertson, J., Polly, B., Fleming, K., & Schott, M. (2016). City Scale Modelling with OpenStudio. ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2016 Building Performance Modeling Conference, September, 133–140.
Additional Publications
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