AMBER News
Introducing…Dr. Karlyle Munz!
Dr. Karlyle Munz successfully defended his dissertation on Thursday, November 6. Karlyle's dissertation covered community scale electrification for manufactured homes. Dr. Karlyle Munz and Professor Tabares at Fall Commencement on Friday, December 19, 2025, ... Read more
Gabriel Flechas publishes with the Journal of Building and Engineering
🎉 Congratulations to Gabriel Flechas! Gabriel Flechas has published his paper, Validation and moisture content sensitivity analysis of cross-laminated timber wall assemblies in EnergyPlus in Volume 108 of the Journal of Building Engineering. Gabriel is a fifth-year Ph.D. student whose ... Read more
Lab Members Andy Gloor and Reza Saeidi receive ASME Fellowship
Congratulations Andy Gloor and Reza Saeidi for receiving the 2025 ASME fellowship. Read more
AMBER presents at the ASME Energy and Sustainability Conference
Lab members Karlyle Munz, Erin Blackley, Quin Guy, Janelle Domantay and Reza Saeidi presented posters at the annual ASME Energy and Sustainability Conference. Read more
AMBER Lab members Quin Guy, Erin Blackley and Karlyle Munz presented at NAEBRS Conference
Lab Members Present at the First National Ambient Energy for Buildings Research Symposium   Lab members Quin Guy, Erin Blackley, and Karlyle Munz presented their research at the first National Ambient Energy for Buildings Research Symposium (NAEBRS), held September 7–9, 2025, at Ghost ... Read more
AMBER Members Attend the ASME Conference
Rocky Mountain Industrial Assessment Center will train next generation of workers focused on energy efficiency Colorado School of Mines, together with Red Rocks Community College, were selected as part of a $60 million investment by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to fund its ... Read more
AMBER students win GRADS poster session awards
AMBER students took 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the Mines GRADS poster session—and what's notable is that all three of them are undergraduates! Congratulations to Imani Garcia (junior) for 1st place in the Energy and Environment session; Ryan Evans (senior) for 2nd place in the Earth Science and ... Read more
Dr. Tabares-Velasco wins ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award
Congratulations to Dr. Paulo Cesar Tabares-Velasco for winning an ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award! The award was presented at the Society's 2021 Virtual Annual Conference. This award recognizes members who have served ASHRAE faithfully and with distinction on committees or otherwise giving ... Read more
New Signature Student Experience
Dr. Tabares-Velasco received approval for a new Signature Student Experience: Institute for Energy Efficient Communities with Flexible Loads. He will be creating new curricular content focused on energy and power issues related to connected communities. This will combine 1-credit classes, ... Read more
New papers in Applied Thermal Engineering and Applied Energy
Recently published journal articles from the AMBER group: Wijesuriya, Sajith, and Paulo Cesar Tabares-Velasco. "Empirical validation and comparison of methodologies to simulate micro and macro-encapsulated PCMs in the building envelope." Applied Thermal Engineering 188 (2021): ... Read more
Brandt defends MS thesis
Congratulations to Matthew Brandt, who successfully defended his MSc Thesis: Thermal Energy Storage and Electrochemical Energy Storage: An Analytical Method For Sizing And Analyzing Potential Synergies in Hybrid Systems. Back to News» Read more