Jessica Granderson

Director, Building and industrial energy Systems Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

2015 Research Award Winner

Jessica Granderson is a Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the Director of the Building and Industrial Energy Systems Division in the Energy Technologies Area. The division focuses on technologies and analysis for energy system reliability, commercial and residential cost savings, and industrial productivity, and Granderson guides its scientific direction. She leads a team conducting cutting-edge research on building and industrial controls, analytics, and demand flexibility, and provides technical expertise and knowledge transfer to advance the energy management initiatives of the nation’s largest enterprises, national accounts, and public-sector entities. Granderson was the co-developer of a commercially licensed turnkey hardware–software solution—the “Sensor Suitcase”—which automatically identifies cost-effective energy savings in small commercial buildings. She also developed methodologies that are now being used by the utility program industry to improve and verify the rigor of meter-based savings estimates. Granderson is currently developing and commercializing the next generation of software technologies for high-performance, demand-flexible buildings and industrial facilities. She is dedicated to the growth and mentoring of students and junior staff and particularly supports those from groups historically underrepresented in engineering and science. She holds an AB in Mechanical Engineering from Harvard University and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.