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Michael Rosenberg

Michael Rosenberg

(509) 375-1995

Biography

Michael Rosenberg is a Chief Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He is the Program Manager for PNNL's Building Energy Codes Program, leading the team that provides technical analysis and support for development and implementation of energy codes and standards. Mr. Rosenberg has worked for over 25 years upgrading building energy codes, designing high performance buildings, analyzing complex building systems, providing training to code officials and design professionals, and developing and managing beyond-code energy programs. He has combined his expertise in code development and building simulation to become a national leader in the effort to transition energy codes to a performance basis. He is a member of the ASHRAE Standard 90.1 Committee, the ASHRAE Standard 90.1 Energy Cost Budget Subcommittee, the ASHRAE Advanced Energy Standards Working Group, the Canadian Standards Association Technical Committee on Building Energy Systems, and a former member of the USGBC's LEED Energy and Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group.

Research Interests

  • Building Energy Simulation
  • Building Energy Codes
  • High-Performance Buildings

Education and Credentials

  • M.S., Physiology, University of Oregon
  • B.S., Biology, Oregon State University
  • Certified Energy Manager / LEED Accredited Professional
  • Certified Sustainable Development Professional

PNNL Publications

2023

  • Tyler M.T., E.A. Poehlman, D.W. Winiarski, J.M. Niemeyer, and M.I. Rosenberg. 2023. Impacts of Model Building Energy Codes. PNNL-33251. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Impacts of Model Building Energy Codes
  • Xie Y., M.T. Tyler, J.C. Huckett, R. Bartlett, Y. Chen, V.R. Salcido, and V.V. Mendon, et al. 2023. "A Review of The Evaluation of Building Energy Code Compliance in the United States." Energies 16, no. 16:Art. No. 5874. PNNL-SA-185704. doi:10.3390/en16165874

2022

  • Chen Y., J. Lerond, X. Lei, M.I. Rosenberg, and D.L. Vrabie. 2022. "A Knowledge-based Framework for Building Energy Model Performance Verification." In Proceedings of Building Simulation 2021: 17th Conference of IBPSA, September 1-3, 2021, Bruges, Belgium, edited by D. Saelens, et al, 17, 1943-1950. PNNL-SA-159510. doi:10.26868/25222708.2021.30725

2021

2020

  • Cheslak K., M.I. Rosenberg, R. Hart, M.T. Tyler, and J. Williams. 2020. "Commercial Energy Code Compliance - Just the Facts, Ma'am." In 2020 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 17-21, 2020, Virtual, 4-29 - 4-44. Washington Dc:American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. PNNL-SA-152255.
  • Erbe D., L. Sciarra, J. Glazer, K. Seeger, J. Boldt, R. Hart, and M.I. Rosenberg. 2020. "A Conversation on Standard 90.1-2019." ASHRAE Journal 62, no. 5:24-31. PNNL-SA-152341.
  • Franconi E.M., J. Lerond, C. Chandrasekharan Nambiar, D. Kim, M.I. Rosenberg, and J. Williams. 2020. "Opening the Door to Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings with Energy Codes." In ACEEE 2020 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 17-21, 2020, Virtual, Online, 10-117 - 10-130. Washington Dc:American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. PNNL-SA-151838.
  • Goel S., M.M. Tillou, and M.I. Rosenberg. 2020. "A Simplified Building Modeling Approach for Identifying Whole Building Retrofits." In ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 17, 21, 2020. Virtual, Online, 5-144 - 5-157. Washington, District Of Columbia:American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. PNNL-SA-152406.
  • Hart R., M. Myer, M.A. Halverson, Y. Chen, M.I. Rosenberg, Y. Xie, and M.T. Tyler, et al. 2020. National Cost-effectiveness of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2016. PNNL-28206. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. National Cost-effectiveness of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2016
  • Karpman M., M.I. Rosenberg, B. Liu, and J. Williams. 2020. "All Hands On Deck: Raising the Bar on Whole Building Performance-Based Code Compliance and Above-Code Programs." In ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 17, 21, 2020. Virtual, Online, 10-162 - 10-177. Washington, Indiana:American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. PNNL-SA-152372.
  • Lei X., J.B. Butzbaugh, Y. Chen, J. Zhang, and M.I. Rosenberg. 2020. Development of National New Construction Weighting Factors for the Commercial Building Prototype Analyses (2003-2018). PNNL-29787. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. doi:10.2172/1660807.Development of National New Construction Weighting Factors for the Commercial Building Prototype Analyses (2003-2018)
  • Liu B., N. Grigsby, S. Goel, M.I. Rosenberg, H. Burpee, and D. Jonlin. 2020. "A New Gold Mine? Achieving HVAC Energy Efficiency Through a System Metric." In ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 17, 21, 2020. Virtual, Online, edited by 10-220 - 10-235. Washington, District Of Columbia:American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. PNNL-SA-152179.
  • Rosenberg M.I., S. Goel, M.M. Tillou, and R. Hart. 2020. "Paving the Way for Net Zero Energy Codes through Performance Based Approaches." In ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 17-21, 2020. Virtual, Online, 10-308 - 10-323. Washington, Dc:American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. PNNL-SA-152343.
  • Xie Y., M.A. Halverson, R. Bartlett, Y. Chen, M.I. Rosenberg, Z.T. Taylor, and J. Williams, et al. 2020. "Evaluating Building Energy Code Compliance and Savings Potential through Large-Scale Simulation with Models Inferred by Field Data." Energies 13, no. 9:Article No. 2321. PNNL-SA-151649. doi:10.3390/en13092321

2019

  • Xie Y., V.V. Mendon, M.A. Halverson, R. Bartlett, J.E. Hathaway, Y. Chen, and M.I. Rosenberg, et al. 2019. "Assessing overall building energy performance of a large population of residential single-family homes using limited field data." Journal of Building Performance Simulation 12, no. 4:480-493. PNNL-SA-127035. doi:10.1080/19401493.2018.1477833

2018

  • Baker C., S. Goel, N. Wang, M.I. Rosenberg, D. Wolf, and P. Henderson. 2018. "A SIMPLIFIED ENERGY MODELING APPROACH FOR BUILDINGS." In ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA Building Simulation Conference (SimBuild 2018), September 26-28, 2018, Chicago, IL, 53 - 59. Atlanta, Georgia:ASHRAE. PNNL-SA-132277.
  • Boldt J., and M.I. Rosenberg. 2018. "Achieving Compliance with ASHRAE 90.1." Consulting-specifying engineer 55, no. 1:26-31. PNNL-SA-129723.
  • Jonlin D., M.I. Rosenberg, and S. Goel. 2018. "TSPR: The Total System Performance Ratio as a Metric for HVAC System Efficiency." In ACEEE 2018 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 12-17, 2018, Pacific Grove, CA. Washington Dc:American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. PNNL-SA-133468.
  • Liu B., M.I. Rosenberg, and R. Athalye. 2018. "National Impact of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2016." In ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA Building Simulation Conference (SimBuild 2018), September 26-28, 2018, Chicago, IL, 45 - 52. Atlanta, Georgia:ASHRAE. PNNL-SA-151019.
  • Liu B., M.I. Rosenberg, and R.A. Athalye. 2018. "NATIONAL IMPACT OF ANSI/ASHRAE/IES STANDARD 90.1-2016." In 2018 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild, September 26-28, 2018, Chicago, IL, 45-52. Atlanta, Georgia:ASHRAE. PNNL-SA-132249.
  • Xie Y., V.V. Mendon, M.A. Halverson, R. Bartlett, J.E. Hathaway, Y. Chen, and M.I. Rosenberg, et al. 2018. "Assessing Overall Building Energy Performance of a Large Population of Residential Single-Family Homes Using Limited Field Data." Journal of Building Performance Simulation 12, no. 4:480-493. PNNL-SA-131346. doi:10.1080/19401493.2018.1477833

2017

  • Eley C., S. Gupta, P. Torcellini, J. Mchugh, B. Liu, C. Higgins, and J. Iplikci, et al. 2017. "A Conversation on Zero Net Energy Buildings." ASHRAE Journal 59, no. 6:38 - 49. PNNL-SA-128289.
  • Goel S., M.I. Rosenberg, B. Liu, and C. Eley. 2017. "STREAMLINING CODE COMPLIANCE THROUGH A FIXED BASELINE APPROACH AND AUTOMATED BASELINE MODEL GENERATION." In Building Simulation 2017, August 7-9, 2017, San Francisco, California. Las Cruces, New Mexico:International Building Performance Simulation Association. PNNL-SA-122947.
  • Richman E.E., and M.I. Rosenberg. 2017. "Lighting Efficiency Changes On Horizon." Facility Executive 30, no. 2:Article No. 5. PNNL-SA-124704.

2016

  • Boldt J., L. Sciarra, M.I. Rosenberg, and E.E. Richman. 2016. "Updates to ASHRAE 90.1." Consulting-specifying engineer. PNNL-SA-113831.
  • Erbe D., R. Lord, L. Sciarra, E.E. Richman, M.I. Rosenberg, R.A. Athalye, and B. Liu, et al. 2016. "A Conversation on Standard 90.1-2016." ASHRAE Journal 58, no. 12:34-38. PNNL-SA-122757.
  • Hart R., R.A. Athalye, M.I. Rosenberg, and J. Zhang. 2016. "Developing Commercial Code Precalculated Packages." In 2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings:Form Components to Systems, From Buildings to Communities, August 21-26, 2016, Pacific Grove, California, 5-1 - 5-12. PNNL-SA-116430.
  • Jonlin D., B.A. Thornton, and M.I. Rosenberg. 2016. "Can High-Performance Equipment Lead to a Low-Performance Building?." In 2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings: From Components to Systems, From Buildings to Communities, August 21-26, 2016, Pacific Grove, California, 3-1 - 3-13. Washington Dc:American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. PNNL-SA-120360.
  • Rosenberg M.I. 2016. "New Path for Building Compliance in ASHRAE Model Energy Efficiency Standard." Energy Priorities Magazine. PNNL-SA-115857.
  • Rosenberg M.I. 2016. "What a New Energy Efficiency Measure for Commercial Buildings Means to You." Green Building & Design. PNNL-SA-122234.
  • Rosenberg M.I., and C. Eley. 2016. "A Stable Whole Building Performance Method for Standard 90.1-Part II." ASHRAE Journal 58, no. 6:28-42. PNNL-SA-116554.
  • Rosenberg M.I., D. Jonlin, and S. Nadel. 2016. "A Perspective of Energy Codes and Regulations for the Buildings of the Future." Journal of Solar Energy Engineering--Transactions of the ASME 139, no. 1:Article No. 010801; Paper No: SOL-16-1202. PNNL-SA-117864. doi:10.1115/1.4034825A Perspective of Energy Codes and Regulations for the Buildings of the Future
  • Rosenberg M.I., R. Hart, R.A. Athalye, J. Zhang, and D.F. Cohan. 2016. "Potential Energy Cost Savings from Increased Commercial Energy Code Compliance." In 2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings: From Components to Systems, From Buildings to Communities, August 21-26, 2016, Pacific Grove, California, 5-1 - 5-16. Washington Dc:American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. PNNL-SA-116431.
  • Zhang J., R. Hart, and M.I. Rosenberg. 2016. "Energy Cost Impact of Non-Residential Energy Code Requirements." In ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings: From Components to Systems, From Buildings to Communities, August 21-26, 2016, Pacific Grove, California, 5-1 - 5-17. Washington Dc:American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. PNNL-SA-116617.

2015

  • Hart R., and M.I. Rosenberg. 2015. "Increasing Flexibility in Energy Code Compliance: Performance Packages." ASHRAE Transactions 121, no. 2:Article No. AT-15-C013. PNNL-SA-107422.

2014

  • Rosenberg M.I., and R. Hart. 2014. "Roadmap Toward a Predictive Performance-based Commercial Energy Code." In ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. The Next Generation: Reaching for High Energy Savings, August 17-22, 2014, Pacific Grove, California, 8-328-8-343. Washington Dc:American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. PNNL-SA-101329.

2013

  • Rosenberg M.I., and C. Eley. 2013. "A Stable Whole Building Performance Method for Standard 90.1." ASHRAE Journal 55, no. 5:33-45. PNNL-SA-94053.

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