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Publications

X Author: Richard E Brown

2017

Vossos, Vagelis, Karl Johnson, Margarita Kloss, Mukesh Khattar, Daniel L Gerber, and Richard E Brown."Review of DC Power Distribution in Buildings: A Technology and Market Assessment." (2017). DOI

2016

Shehabi, Arman, Sarah Josephine Smith, Dale A Sartor, Richard E Brown, Magnus Herrlin, Jonathan G Koomey, Eric R Masanet, Nathaniel Horner, Inês Lima Azevedo, and William Lintner."United States Data Center Energy Usage Report." (2016).

2014

Cheung, H.Y Iris, Steve E Greenberg, Roozbeh Mahdavi, Richard E Brown, and William Tscudi."Energy Efficiency in Small Server Rooms: FIeld Surveys and Findings."2014 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2014).

2011

Masanet, Eric R, Richard E Brown, Arman Shehabi, Jonathan G Koomey, and Bruce Nordman."Estimating the Energy Use and Efficiency Potential of U.S. Data Centers." (2011).
Masanet, Eric R, Richard E Brown, Arman Shehabi, Jonathan G Koomey, and Bruce Nordman."Estimating the Energy Use and Efficiency Potential of U.S. Data Centers." (2011).

2008

Brown, Richard E, Eric R Masanet, Bruce Nordman, William F Tschudi, Arman Shehabi, John Stanley, Jonathan G Koomey, Dale A Sartor, and Peter T Chan."Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency: Public Law 109-431." (2008).
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