Jon joined NREL in 2009 and works in the Building Energy Science group. Jon’s area of expertise is residential heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems (HVAC), including installation quality, cold-climate heat pumps, dehumidification systems, high-performance home cooling loads, occupant thermal comfort, and building energy modeling.

Prior to working at NREL, Jon was a faculty research assistant in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Maryland, where he co-led the development effort of vapor compression system simulation and optimization software used by HVAC manufacturers.

Research Interests

Residential heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and dehumidification systems

Residential air conditioner and heat pump installation quality

High-performance home cooling and dehumidification loads

Cold-climate heat pumps

Occupant thermal comfort

Building energy modeling

Residential equipment performance mapping

Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland

B.S. Integrated Science and Technology, James Madison University

Featured Work

Effect of occupant behavior on peak cooling and dehumidification loads in typical and high-efficiency homes, Energy and Buildings (2019)

Effect of occupant behavior and air-conditioner controls on humidity in typical and high-efficiency homes, Energy and Buildings (2018)

Field measurement of moisture-buffering model inputs for residential buildings, Energy and Buildings (2016)

Procedures for calculating residential dehumidification loads, NREL Technical Report (2016)