From: lbeltran@theo.lbl.gov (Liliana Beltran) 

NAME: Liliana O. Beltran
TITLE/POSITION: Researcher-Architect
DEPARTMENT: Building Technologies Program, Energy and Environment Division 
INSTITUTION: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (MS 90-3111) 
CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, COUNTRY: Berkeley CA 94705, USA 
E-MAIL ADDRESS: LOBeltran@lbl.gov

SUBJECT AREA(S) OF SPECIALIZATION: 
Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Daylighting, Development of New Daylighting 
Technologies, Bioclimatic Architecture, Sustainable Design, Design Theories and Methods. 

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA(S) OF INTEREST: North and South America. 

TITLE OF DISSERTATION AND MA THESIS:

- Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley 
"The Use of Heuristics in the Conceptual Phases of a Project Development." 

- Master Thesis, University of Oregon 
"Towards an Architectural Response to Passive Environmental Technologies in Puno, Peru." 

TITLE OF RECENTLY PUBLISHED WORK:

- "Nuevas Tecnologias en f(Contexto) para Incrementar la Iluminacion Natural en Edificios." 
Presented and published in the Proceedings of the UIA Barcelona 96, XIX Congress 
International Union of Architects, Barcelona, Spain, July 3-7, 1996.

- "Advanced Optical Daylighting Systems: Light Shelves and Light Pipes." 
Presented and published in the Proceedings of the 1996 Annual IES Conference, 
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, Cleveland, OH, August 4-7, 1996.

- "Demonstration of a Light-Redirecting Skylight System at the Palm Springs 
Chamber of Commerce." 
To be presented and published in the Proceedings of the ACEEE 1996 Summer Study on 
Energy Efficiency in Buildings: "Profiting from Energy Efficiency", Asilomar, Pacific 
Grove, California, August 25-31, 1996. 

- "Computer-Based Building Tools at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory." 
ACADIA Quarterly, The Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture, 
Vol. 14, No.4, 1995.

- "Technical Report on Angular Selective Glazing." 
Presented at the Experts Meeting of the International Energy Agency, Task XVIII. 
Toronto, Canada, May 23, 1995.