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Jon Winkler is a senior researcher in the Advanced Buildings Equipment Research Group. Winkler’s research is focused on residential heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems, including installation quality and fault detection and diagnostics, cold-climate heat pumps, dehumidification systems, high-performance home cooling and heating loads, occupant thermal comfort, and building energy modeling. Winkler leads multiple types of projects, spanning national scale modeling analysis, field demonstrations, and laboratory investigations.
 
Prior to working at NREL in 2009, Winkler was a faculty research assistant in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Maryland, where he co-led the development effort of vapor compression system simulation and optimization software used by HVAC manufacturers.

Research Interests

Residential heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and dehumidification systems

Residential air conditioner and heat pump installation quality

High-performance home cooling and dehumidification loads

Cold-climate heat pumps

Occupant thermal comfort

Building energy modeling

Residential equipment performance mapping

Education/Academic Qualification

Bachelor, Integrated Science and Technology, James Madison University

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland

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