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Personal Profile
Lixi Liu is an applied science researcher in building and energy modeling. Liu first joined the Building Technologies and Science Center in 2019 and works to advance energy affordability, comfort, and resilience by expanding the modeling capability for buildings and, increasingly, the nexus between building and power system as a developer of BuildStock, dsgrid, and other tools. She also applies the research to improve decision-making for consumers, program designers, and other stakeholders. Her prior research experience includes equipment replacement schedule optimization, smart meter load disaggregation, and life cycle assessment of rare-earth metal recovery from commercial lighting.
Research Interests
Data science
Building technologies
Grid resilience
Energy affordability
Energy comfort
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering, Kettering University
PhD, Mechanical Engineering and Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan
Master, Mechanical Engineering and Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Achieving Equitable Widespread Residential Building Electrification - Examining Barriers, Strategies, and Opportunities Using Los Angeles As a Case Study: Article No. 125498
Sandoval, N., Harris, C., Reyna, J., Fontanini, A., Liu, L., Stenger, K., White, P. & Landis, A., 2025, In: Applied Energy. 384, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Alaska's Rural Building Stock: a Validation Study Using ResStock and Field Data
Guillante, P., Stenger, K., Adhikari, R., Fontanini, A., Wiltse, N., Liu, L. & Cetin, K., 2025, 32 p.Research output: NREL › Technical Report
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Highly Resolved Reference Projections of Building Energy Use for the Contiguous United States: Building Sector Energy Baselines, Projection Methods, and Results
Liu, L., Hale, E., Bianchi, C., Parker, A., Fontanini, A., Horsey, H., Sandoval, N., Van Sant, A. & Reyna, J., 2025, 50 p.Research output: NREL › Technical Report
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ResStock Technical Reference Documentation v3.3.0
Reyna, J., Fontanini, A., Present, E., Liu, L., Adhikari, R., Bianchi, C., Brossman, J., Chintala, R., Clark, K., Harris, C., Horowitz, S., Lou, Y., Maguire, J., Merket, N., Moore, N., Munankarmi, P., Robertson, J., Sandoval, N., Speake, A. & Stenger, K. & 2 others, , 2025, 252 p.Research output: NREL › Technical Report
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Achieving Equitable Space Heating Electrification: A Case Study of Los Angeles: Article No. 114422
Sandoval, N., Harris, C., Reyna, J., Fontanini, A., Liu, L., Stenger, K., White, P. & Landis, A., 2024, In: Energy and Buildings. 317, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus Citations
Awards and Honors
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NREL President's Award
Osorio, J. (Recipient), Ugirumurera, J. (Recipient), Gasper, P. (Recipient), Martin, J. (Recipient), Blair, A. (Recipient), Yao, Y. (Recipient), Tolbert, I. (Recipient), Taverna, N. (Recipient), Horsey, R. (Recipient) & Liu, L. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Honorary award
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NREL President's Award
Kumar, U. (Recipient), Hoehne, C. (Recipient), Calvey, C. (Recipient), Birky, A. (Recipient), Davis, G. (Recipient), Choi, H. (Recipient) & Liu, L. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Honorary award