Nicole Lantonio

Nicole Lantonio joined the Residential Buildings Research Group at NLR in 2023. She is currently involved in residential laboratory work related to smart home connected devices. In addition, her areas of research include both residential and commercial heat pumps and heat pump water heating equipment.

Before joining NLR, Lantonio was a master’s student at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she studied architectural engineering. Her research focused on modeling and optimization of electrochromic windows. Prior to her master’s, Lantonio worked as a senior program engineer at the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute specializing in certification testing and standards for heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning equipment. 

Cold climate heat pumps

Smart home connected equipment and demand response

Vehicle-to-grid integration