Publications: Building Technology and Urban Systems Division

2016

Mills, Evan."Identifying and Reducing the Health and Safety Impacts of Fuel-Based Lighting."Energy for Sustainable Development 30 (2016) 39-50. DOI
Chen, , Yuche, and Alan K. Meier."Fuel consumption impacts of auto roof racks."Energy Policy 92 (2016) 325 - 333. DOI
Chen, Yixing, Xuan Luo, and Tianzhen Hong."An Agent-Based Occupancy Simulator for Building Performance Simulation." (2016).
Regnier, Cynthia, Paul A. Mathew, Alastair Robinson, Peter Schwartz, and Travis Walter."Beyond Widgets – Systems Incentive Programs for Utilities."ACEEE (2016).
Granderson, Jessica, and Guanjing Lin."Building Energy Information Systems: Synthesis of Costs, Savings, and Best-practice Uses."Energy Efficiency (2016).
Singh, Reshma, Paul A. Mathew, Jessica Granderson, Rohini Srivastava, and Yash Shukla."Caring for the Energy Health of Healthcare Facilities U.S.– India Joint Center for Building Energy Research and Development (CBERD)." (2016).
Mathew, Paul A., Nancy Wallace, Elena Alschuler, and Leonard Kolstad."Commercial mortgages: An underutilized channel for scaling energy efficiency investments?."ACEEE (2016).
Less, Brennan, Iain S. Walker, and Sara Ticci."Development of Smart Ventilation Control Algorithms for Humidity Control in High-Performance Homes in Humid U.S. Climates." (2016).
Daken, Abigail A., Alan K. Meier, and Douglas G. Frazee."Do Connected Thermostats Save Energy?."2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2016).
Mathew, Paul A., Philip Coleman, Nancy Wallace, Paulo Issler, Lenny Kolstad, and Robert Sahadi."Energy Factors in Commercial Mortgages: Gaps and Opportunities." (2016).
Chan, Wanyu R., Randy L. Maddalena, J. Chris Stratton, Toshifumi Hotchi, Brett C. Singer, Iain S. Walker, and Max H. Sherman."Healthy Efficient New Gas Homes (HENGH) Pilot Test Results." (2016).
Liang, Xin, Tianzhen Hong, and Geoffrey Qiping Shen."Improving the accuracy of energy baseline models for commercial buildings with occupancy data."Applied Energy (2016).
Zhang, Rongpeng, and Tianzhen Hong."Modeling and Simulation of Operational Faults of HVAC Systems Using Energyplus." (2016).
Liang, Xin, Tianzhen Hong, and Geoffrey Qiping Shen."Occupancy data analytics and prediction: a case study." (2016).
Meier, Alan K., and Quentin Aillot."Permanent Electrical Loads in New Homes."ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2016).
Sun, Kaiyu, and Tianzhen Hong."A Simulation Approach to Estimate Energy Savings Potential of Occupant Behavior Measures."Energy and Buildings (2016).
Less, Brennan, and Iain S. Walker."Smart Ventilation Control of Indoor Humidity in High Performance Homes in Humid U.S. Climates."ASHRAE (2016).
Siderius, Hans-Paul, Sophie Attali, Nils Borg, Richard C. Diamond, and Alan K. Meier."Why Americans Misunderstand European Energy Policies (and vice versa)."2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2016).

2015

Singh, Reshma, Baptiste Ravache, and Spencer M. Dutton."CLIMATE-SPECIFIC MODELING AND ANALYSIS FOR BEST-PRACTICE INDIAN OFFICE BUILDINGS."BS2015: 14th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association (2015).
Scodel, Anna, and Laurèn DeMates."From Policy to Compliance: Federal Energy Efficient Product Procurement." (2015).
Yan, Da, William O'Brien, Tianzhen Hong, Xiaohang Feng, H. Burak Gunay, Farhang Tahmasebi, and Ardeshir Mahdavi."Occupant Behavior Modeling for Building Performance Simulation: Current State and Future Challenges."Energy and Buildings 107 (2015) 264-278. DOI
Chiles, Thomas, Kenneth Shutika, and Philip Coleman."Riding the Electricity Market as an Energy Management Strategy: Savings from Real-Time Pricing." (2015).
Price, Phillip N., Mary Ann Piette, Jessica Granderson, and John Elliott."Automated Measurement and Verification of Transactive Energy Systems, Load Shape Analysis, and Consumer Engagement."GridWise® Architecture Council Transactive Energy Conference (2015).
Regnier, Cynthia, and Kevin Settlemyre."The Business of High Performance: The USC Darla Moore School of Business." (2015).
Hong, Tianzhen, Simona D'Oca, William J. N. Turner, and Sarah C. Taylor-Lange."An Ontology to Represent Energy-related Occupant Behavior in Buildings Part I: Introduction to the DNAs Framework."Building and Environment 92 (2015) 764-777. DOI