Center for the Built Environment

[4][5] Facilities include a controlled environment chamber (designed to resemble a contemporary office, while allowing control over the levels of temperature, humidity, ventilation, and lighting in the space), and a collection of portable equipment for acquiring and analyzing data from field experiments.

The CBE Advisory Board includes manufacturers, building owners, facility managers, contractors, architects, engineers, government agencies, and professional associations.

He has been principal investigator for a large number of state, federal, and industry grants addressing building energy performance, indoor environmental quality criteria, field monitoring procedures, and architectural aerodynamics.

Professor Arens started UC's Building Science Laboratory in 1980 after heading the Architectural Research Section at the National Bureau of Standards.

Brager is the Director of the Center for Environmental Design Research and Associate Dean of the Graduate Division at University of California, Berkeley.

[23][24] The CBE has multiple partners from industry and government organizations, which contribute to research activity by keeping the Center focused on current issues/research.