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Personal Profile
Ben Polly joined NLR in 2009. His work is primarily focused on high performance buildings, neighborhoods, campuses, and districts, including energy master planning, design, and optimization (see related NLR Guide). Polly is the principal investigator for URBANopt™, an open-source software development kit for district- and campus-scale thermal and electrical energy analysis. Polly specializes in the development, validation, and application of energy analysis approaches for individual buildings and collections of buildings interacting with district-scale energy systems (e.g., distributed energy resources, district thermal systems, and electrical distribution systems).
Research Interests
High performance buildings, neighborhoods, campuses, and districts
Energy master planning, design, and optimization (e.g., see URBANopt and related NLR Guide)
Building- and district-scale demand flexibility, resilience, reliability
Advanced evaluation, measurement, and verification methods.
Professional Experience
In addition to his work at NLR, Polly has an affiliate joint appointment in the Department of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University. Polly has also served on the Building Performance Institute (BPI) Data & Modeling Standards Technical Committee and industry working groups/subcommittees for BPI, the Residential Energy Services Network, and the International Building Performance Simulation Association.
Education/Academic Qualification
Master, Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Active and Passive Cooling Approaches for a Southern California Residential Community: Article No. 100234
Flores, R., Cu, K. N., Houssainy, S., Wang, W., Nie, X., Woolfolk, N., Polly, B., Faramarzi, R., Maclay, J., Lee, J. & Brouwer, J., 2025, In: Advances in Applied Energy. 19, 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lahaina Energy Partnership: Community Priorities and Technical Assistance Scope of Work
Burton, R., Rosenlieb, E., Daw, J., Speer, B., Kiboma, L., Sumner, J., Levine, A., Farthing, A., Palmintier, B., Polly, B., Baring-Gould, I., Hunt, M., Rego, L., Kiakona, P., de Roode, A., Peila, H., Torres Belfort Rezende, M., Andrews, A., Luczak, S. & Selarque, S., 2025, 71 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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Lahaina Energy Partnership: Community Priorities and Technical Assistance Scope of Work
Burton, R., Rosenlieb, E., Daw, J., Speer, B., Kiboma, L., Sumner, J., Levine, A., Farthing, A., Palmintier, B., Polly, B., Baring-Gould, E., Hunt, M., Rego, L., Kiakona, P., de Roode, A., Peila, H., Torres Belfort Rezende, M., Andrews, A., Luczak, S. & Selarque, S., 2025, 40 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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Addressing Building Related Energy Burden, Air Pollution, and Carbon Emissions of a Low-Income Community in Southern California: Article No. 100169
Flores, R., Houssainy, S., Wang, W., Cu, K. N., Nie, X., Woolfolk, N., Polly, B., Faramarzi, R., Maclay, J., Lee, J. & Brouwer, J., 2024, In: Advances in Applied Energy. 14, 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Open-Source Decarbonization Analytics Framework: Designing for Low-Carbon Emission Districts and Communities: Preprint
El Kontar, R., Huynh, C., Polly, B., Long, N., Wang, J., Jin, X. & Rakha, T., 2024. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper