Lekov, Alex

Position: Deputy Group Lead, Program Manager 3

Office Phone: (510) 486-6849

Office Location: 90-4129D

Current projects: Overall Project Co-Lead and Project Manager for Gas-Fired Space-Heating Equipment, Water Heaters, Clothes Dryers, Room Air Conditioners, Furnaces Fans, and Industrial Fans, Blowers, and Fume Hoods; Industrial Demand Response.

Education: Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (Prague Polytechnic, Czech Republic); M.S. & B.S. Mechanical Engineering (Technical University, Bulgaria).

Expertise: Energy, engineering and economic analysis for appliance standards; advanced technologies for appliances; residential, commercial and industrial energy efficiency; passive and active solar energy; demand response; field studies management; data analysis; whole building energy simulation tools and whole building energy performance modeling; 38 years 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
A methodological framework for comparative assessments of equipment energy efficiency policy measures; Helcio Blum, Barbara Atkinson, Alex B. Lekov; 2012-07-28; Journal
Effect of Energy Efficiency Standards on Natural Gas Prices; Michael Carnall, Larry Dale,, Alex Lekov; 2011-07-01; LBNL-4994E; 0
Simulating a Nationally Representative Housing Sample Using EnergyPlus; Asa S. Hopkins, Alex Lekov, James Lutz, Gregory Rosenquist; 2011-03-01; LBNL-4420E; Formal Report
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
Opportunities for Energy Efficiency and Automated Demand Response in Industrial Refrigerated Warehouses in California; Alex Lekov, Lisa Thompson, A. McKane, Alexandra Rockoff, M.A. Piette; 2009-05-01; LBNL-1191E; Formal Report
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
Comparing Price Forecast Accuracy of Natural Gas Models and Futures Markets; Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle, Dale, Larry, Lekov, Alex; 2005-06-30; LBNL-58008; Journal
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
Natural Gas Prices Forecast Comparison--AEO vs. Natural Gas Markets; Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle, Lekov, Alex, Dale, Larry; 2005-02-09; LBNL-55701; Formal Report
Technical support document: energy efficiency program for consumer products: energy conservation standards for residential furnaces and boilers. ANOPR version; Lekov, Alex, Lutz, James, McMahon, James, Stevens, Graham, Rivest, Michael, Kahn, Mohammed; 2004-07-01; LBNL-53984; Formal Report
Modeling energy consumption of residential furnaces and boilers in U.S. homes; Lutz, James, Dunham-Whitehead, Camilla, Lekov, Alex, McMahon, James; 2004-02-01; LBNL-53924; Formal Report
An Analysis of Price Determination and Markups in the Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment Industry; Dale, Larry, Millstein, Dev, Coughlin, Katie, Van Buskirk, Robert, Rosenquist, Gregory, Lekov, Alex, Bhuyan, Sanjib; 2004-01-30; LBNL-52791; Formal Report
Measurement of airflow in residential furnaces; Biermayer, Peter J., Lutz, James, Lekov, Alex; 2004-01-24; LBNL-53947; Formal Report
Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Energy Efficiency Design Options for Residential Furnaces and Boilers; Lutz, James, Lekov, Alex, Whitehead, Camilla Dunham, Chan, Peter, Meyers, Steve, McMahon, James; 2004-01-20; LBNL-53950; Formal Report
Life-cycle cost analysis of energy efficiency design options for residential furnaces and boilers; Lutz, James, Lekov, Alex, Chan, Peter, Dunham Whitehead, Camilla, Meyers, Steve, McMahon, James E.; 2003-12-20; LBNL-53950 Journal; Journal
Consumer life-cycle cost impacts of energy-efficiency standards for residential-type central air conditioners and heat pumps; Rosenquist, Gregory, Chan, Peter, Lekov, Alex, McMahon, James, Van Buskirk, Robert; 2001-10-10; LBNL-49355; Conference Paper
Determining benefits and costs of improved central air conditioner efficiencies; Rosenquist, Gregory, Lekov, Alex, Chan, Peter, McMahon, James; 2001-01-12; LBNL-47351; Conference Paper
The impact of blowing agents on residential water heater performance; Lekov, Alex, Lutz, Jim, Dunham-Whitehead, Camilla, McMahon, James; 2001-01-12; LBNL-47352; Conference Paper
Projected national economic and energy savings from water heater efficiency standards in the U.S.; McNeil, M.A., Lekov, A.E., Liu, X., Lutz, J.D., Whitehead, C.D., McMahon, J.E.; 2000-06-01; LBNL-45783; Conference Paper
Determining benefits and costs of improved water heater efficiencies; Lekov, Alex B., Lutz, James, Liu, Xiaomin, Dunham-Whitehead, Camilla, McMahon, James E.; 2000-05-04; LBNL-45618; Conference Paper
Payback analysis of design options for residential water heaters; Lekov, Alex B., Lutz, James, Dunham Whitehead, Camilla, McMahon, James E.; 2000-03-20; LBNL-45312; Conference Paper
A Framework for Comparative Assessments of Energy Efficiency Policy Measures; Helcio Blum, Barbara Atkinson, Alex Lekov; ; LBNL-4749E; Journal
Hot Water Draw Patterns in Single-Family Houses: Findings from Field Studies; J.D. Lutz, Renaldi, A. Lekov, Y. Qin, M. Melody; ; LBNL-4830E; 0

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Lekov, Alex

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