Recent News

Nov. 2020 
Position Open - Post-Doctoral Researcher. Dr. Bing Dong is recruiting both Post-Doctoral Researcher and PhD students in BEST Lab. More

May. 2020 
New Projects Awarded - Two new projects were awarded to BEST Lab, "NYSERDA Energy to Lead Competition" and "Campus as Laboratory Project 1 and 2".

Apr. 2020
New Project Awarded - BEST Lab has been awarded a new project funded by ASHRAE. More

Apr. 2020
New Research Facilities - The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Department at SU is planning to build two lab homes. More

Feb. 2020
New Project Awarded - BEST Lab has been awarded a new project funded by ASHRAE. More

Jan. 2020
Graduate Research Assistants Wanted - Dr. Bing Dong is recruiting two PhD students as graduate research assistants in BEST Lab. More

About Us

Built Environment Science & Technology (BEST) Lab is an interdisciplinary research group within Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, at Syracuse University focusing on design and implementation of advanced building controls, modeling and simulation of building energy supply and demand systems, indoor environment quality (IEQ), and human behaviors, and Fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) of HVAC systems. Our research spans the fields of mechanical engineering, computer science, architecture, electrical engineering, and operations research.