Max Wei
Max Wei
Bio
Max Wei is a Research Scientist for the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Max's projects are with the Energy Efficiency Standards Group, as well as with the Sustainable Energy Systems Group.
For Energy Efficiency Standards, Max analyzes the geographical dependence of CO2 and health impacts from energy efficiency standards in HVAC. In his current work for Sustainable Energy Systems, Max analyzes total cost of ownership modeling for stationary fuel cell systems, and the learning curve and cost reduction analysis of energy-related technologies.
Max has five years of experience in energy analysis and 10 years of industry experience in advanced manufacturing and technology development.
Max has expertise in the areas of techno-economic analysis and life-cycle cost analysis of existing and emerging technology applications; manufacturing cost analysis and total cost of ownership modeling of existing and emerging energy technologies; and modeling future energy systems and scenarios.
Curriculum Vitae
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2022 R&D 100 Award: City Buildings, Energy, and Sustainability (CityBES) Web Tool for Climate Change Strategies - August 22nd 2022
Buildings generate 39% of global CO2 emissions, but evaluating and prioritizing cost-effective technical solutions for individual buildings at city scale poses a significant challenge for city stakeholders. CityBES is a free, powerful modeling and analysis tool that enables quick and quantitative assessments of actionable recommendations for decarbonizing buildings and improving their thermal resilience against extreme weather at the urban scale. CityBES builds upon open city datasets, international data standards, the powerful EnergyPlus simulation engine, a library of mitigation and adaptation measures, and 3D-GIS visualization to inform decision making on city buildings, energy, and sustainability.
Spot: Gerald Robinson, Max Wei, Doug Black, Erin Harbin - April 26th 2021
For the team's extraordinary efforts in the successful development and submission of the CEC EPIC Mobile Renewable Backup Generation (MORBUGS) proposal.
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Award: Max Wei - June 14th 2018
Max Wei, program manager for the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, recently received a Hydrogen and Fuel Cell award as part of his work with the H2@Scale Team.
The award recognizes multiple visionary researchers from several national labs for their leadership in the development of the groundbreaking H2@Scale initiative. H2@Scale aims to advance affordable widescale hydrogen production, transport, storage, and utilization to unlock revenue potential and value across sectors.
Hydrogen can enable grid services, gigawatt-hour energy storage, and energy generation through multiple technologies that can be geographically widespread. The H2@Scale team has worked tirelessly to develop world-class grid simulation and electrolyzer testing capabilities, conduct outreach to engage key stakeholders from industry in developing the H2@Scale vision and supporting research and development (R&D) efforts, and complete techno-economic analysis to define the value proposition of H2@Scale.
Each year, the Department of Energy presents these Merit Review Awards at the DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting, known as the AMR.
All members of the H2@Scale team included:
Mark Ruth, Paige Jadun, Josh Eichman, Bryan Pivovar, Wesley Cole, James McCall, Elizabeth Connelly, and Nick Gilroy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Amgad Elgowainy, Argonne National Laboratory
Max Wei, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Richard Boardman and Rob Hovsapian, Idaho National Laboratory
Jeongwoo Han, ExxonMobil (formerly with Argonne National Laboratory)
Chris Ainscough, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Andrew Martinez, California Air Resources Board
Jean Baronas, California Energy Commission
Joel Rinebold, Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology
Spot: Max Wei - April 26th 2016
Outstanding contributions to the preparation and completion of the Electricity End Uses, Energy Efficiency, and Distributed Energy Resources Baseline Report.