Matthew Dahlhausen joined NREL in 2018 after working as a building energy modeling consultant. His work focuses on national building stock models to evaluate buildings as a distributed energy efficiency resource for the grid, and energy model calibration to better understand how energy models deviate from reality. He maintains the openstudio-standards gem used by several building energy modeling software developers. His main interest is improving the tools architects and engineers use for building design and retrofit.

Research Interests

Zero Energy/Zero Emissions Building Design

Building Energy Model Calibration

Commercial Building Stock Modeling

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland

M.S., Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

B.E., Environmental Engineering, Dartmouth College

B.S., Engineering Science, Dartmouth College

Featured Work

End-Use Load Profiles for the U.S. Building Stock: Methodology and Results of Model Calibration, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification, NREL Technical Report (2022)

Transforming New Multifamily Construction to Zero: Strategies for Implementing Energy Targets and Design Pathways, ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2020)