Building Energy Regulatory Analysis Group
The Building Energy Regulatory Analysis Group (BERA) is part of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Energy and Environment Directorate. Our group focuses on building energy research and analysis in a regulatory environment, with staff having backgrounds in engineering, economics, policy, applied building science, regulatory writing, and whole-building energy simulation. These core capabilities are applied to support the development of building energy codes, energy efficiency standards, and appliance and equipment test procedures.
BERA Mission:
To improve the energy efficiency in buildings by providing key analyses and tools that promote building equipment and systems that are technologically feasible, economically justifiable, and save energy.
BERA Vision:
PNNL will be the leading laboratory and national resource for building energy codes and appliance standards research and analysis.