Franco, Victor

Position: Principal Research Associate

Office Phone: (510) 486-5147

Office Location: 90-4131A

Current Projects: Residential Furnaces, Water Heaters, Clothes Dryers, Room Air Conditioners, Furnaces Fans, and Industrial Fans, Blowers, and Fume Hoods

Education: BS in Mathematics (University of California at Berkeley)

Expertise: Energy, engineering and economic analysis to improve appliance and equipment product efficiency; advanced technologies for appliances; assessing the consumer and national economic and energy impacts of energy efficiency policies; 9 years professional experience in the energy efficiency field.

Publications

Evaluation of Energy-Efficiency Standards for Room Air Conditioners in the US; Alex Lekov, Victor Franco, Steve Meyers; 2012-09-06; 0
Energy Efficiency Design Options for Residential Water Heaters: Economic Impacts on Consumers ; Alex Lekov, Victor H. Franco, Steve Meyers, Lisa Thompson, Virginie Letschert; 2011-01-01; LBNL-4603E; Conference Paper
Do Heat Pump Clothes Dryers Make Sense for the U.S. Market? ; Steve Meyers, Victor H. Franco, Alex Lekov, Lisa Thompson, Andy Sturges ; 2010-08-01; LBNL-4635E; Conference Paper
Heat Pump Water Heaters and American Homes: A Good Fit? ; Victor H. Franco, Alex Lekov, Steve Meyers, Virginie Letschert; 2010-08-01; LBNL-4604E; Conference Paper
Economics of Residential Gas Furnaces and Water Heaters in United States New Construction Market; Alex Lekov, Victor H. Franco, Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, James E. McMahon, Peter Chan; 2009-10-01; LBNL-2828E; Journal
Furnace Blower Electricity: National and Regional Savings Potential ; Victor Franco, James Lutz, Alex Lekov, Lixing Gu; 2008-08-01; LBNL-417E; Conference Paper
Electricity and Natural Gas Efficiency Improvements for Residential Gas Furnaces in the U.S.; Lekov, Alex, Franco, Victor, Meyers, Steve, McMahon, James E., McNeil, Michael, Lutz, Jim; 2006-05-26; LBNL-59745; Conference Paper
BPM Motors in Residential Gas Furnaces: What are the Savings?; Lutz, James, Franco, Victor, Lekov, Alex, Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle; 2006-05-12; LBNL-59866; Conference Paper
Residential Two-Stage Gas Furnaces - Do They Save Energy?; Lekov, Alex, Franco, Victor, Lutz, James; 2006-05-12; LBNL-59865; Conference Paper
Development of the household sample for furnace and boiler life-cycle cost analysis; Whitehead, Camilla Dunham, Franco, Victor, Lekov, Alex, Lutz, Jim; 2005-05-31; LBNL-55088; Formal Report

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