Louis-Benoit Desroches

Affiliate

Deputy, Energy Efficiency Standards Department

Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts Division

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

90R4000

1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

Office Location: -

LDesroches@lbl.gov

Louis-Benoit Desroches

Louis-Benoit Desroches is a Research Scientist and Deputy Group Leader in the Energy Efficiency Standards Group. Louis currently leads the technical work supporting energy conservation standards and test procedure development for space-heating and water-heating equipment, as well as electronics products, for the U.S. Department of Energy. Louis has 8 years of experience in the area of regulatory and voluntary energy conservation policy, energy use analysis, techno-economic life-cycle analysis, market research, and project management. Louis has a background in physics and astronomy and received a Ph.D. in astrophysics at the University of California at Berkeley.

Publications

2019

Fuchs, Heidi, Arman Shehabi, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Brian Lim, Kurt Roth, and Allen Tsao. "Comparing datasets of volume servers to illuminate their energy use in data centers." Energy Efficiency (2019).

Mills, Evan, Norman Bourassa, Leo I Rainer, Jimmy Mai, Ian Vaino, Claire Curtin, Arman Shehabi, Louis-Benoit Desroches, and Nathaniel Mills. A Plug-Loads Game Changer: Computer Gaming Energy Efficiency without Performance Compromise. CEC, 2019.

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2018

Fuchs, Heidi, Arman Shehabi, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Brian Lim, Kurt Roth, and Allen Tsao. "Characteristics and Energy Use of Volume Servers in the U.S." 2018 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. 2018.

2017

Fuchs, Heidi, Arman Shehabi, Mohan Ganeshalingam, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Brian Lim, Kurt Roth, and Allen Tsao. Characteristics and Energy Use of Volume Servers in the United States. 2017. LBNL-2001074.

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Mills, Evan, Norman Bourassa, Leo I Rainer, Jimmy Mai, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Arman Shehabi, Ted Pollak, and Nathaniel Mills. An Energy-focused Profile of the Video Gaming Marketplace. 2017.

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Ganeshalingam, Mohan, Arman Shehabi, and Louis-Benoit Desroches. Shining a Light on Small Data Centers in the U.S. 2017. LBNL-2001025.

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2015

Yang, Hung-Chia, Sally M Donovan, Scott J Young, Jeffery B Greenblatt, and Louis-Benoit Desroches. "Assessment of household appliance surveys collected with Amazon Mechanical Turk." Energy Efficiency (2015). LBNL-180004.

2014

Desroches, Louis-Benoit, Heidi Fuchs, Jeffery B Greenblatt, Stacy Pratt, Henry Willem, Erin S Claybaugh, Bereket Beraki, Mythri Nagaraju, Sarah K Price, and Scott J Young. Computer usage and national energy consumption: Results from a field-metering study. 2014. LBNL-6876E.

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Desroches, Louis-Benoit, Jeffery B Greenblatt, Stacy Pratt, Henry Willem, Erin S Claybaugh, Bereket Beraki, Mythri Nagaraju, Sarah K Price, Scott J Young, Sally M Donovan, and Mohan Ganeshalingam. "Video game console usage and US national energy consumption: Results from a field-metering study." Energy Efficiency (2014). LBNL-6251E.

Desroches, Louis-Benoit, and Mohan Ganeshalingam. "The dynamics of incremental costs of efficient television display technologies." Technological Forecasting and Social Change (2014).

2013

Letschert, Virginie E, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Jing Ke, and Michael A McNeil. "Energy Efficiency - How Far Can We Raise the Bar? Revealing the Potential of Best Available Technologies." Energy 59 (2013) 72-82.

Desroches, Louis-Benoit, Jeffery B Greenblatt, Stacy Pratt, Henry Willem, Erin S Claybaugh, Bereket Beraki, Mythri Nagaraju, Sarah K Price, Scott J Young, and Sally M Donovan. Video game console usage and national energy consumption: Results from a field-metering study. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2013. LBNL-6251E.

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Desroches, Louis-Benoit, Karina Garbesi, Colleen Kantner, Robert D Van Buskirk, and Hung-Chia Yang. "Incorporating Experience Curves in Appliance Standards Analysis." Energy Policy 52 (2013) 402-416.

Donovan, Sally M, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Mia Forbes Pirie, and Jeffery B Greenblatt. "Determination of Accurate Television Usage Profiles: A U.S. case study." Energy Efficiency (2013).

Greenblatt, Jeffery B, Stacy Pratt, Henry Willem, Erin S Claybaugh, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Bereket Beraki, Mythri Nagaraju, Sarah K Price, and Scott J Young. Field data collection of miscellaneous electrical loads in Northern California: Initial results, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. 2013. LBNL-6115E.

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Greenblatt, Jeffery B, Hung-Chia Yang, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Scott J Young, Bereket Beraki, Sarah K Price, Stacy Pratt, Henry Willem, and Sally M Donovan. U.S. residential consumer product information: Validation of methods for post-stratification weighting of Amazon Mechanical Turk surveys. 2013. LBNL-6163E.

Greenblatt, Jeffery B, Scott J Young, Hung-Chia Yang, T. Long, Bereket Beraki, Sarah K Price, Stacy Pratt, Henry Willem, Louis-Benoit Desroches, and Sally M Donovan. U.S. Residential Miscellaneous Refrigeration Products: Results from Amazon Mechanical Turk Surveys. 2013. LBNL-6194E.

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2012

Williams, Alison A, Hung-Chia Yang, Bereket Beraki, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Scott J Young, Chun Chun Ni, Henry Willem, Jeffery B Greenblatt, Camilla Dunham, and Sally M Donovan. Surveys of Microwave Ovens in U.S. Homes. 2012. LBNL-5947E.

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Greenblatt, Jeffery B, Mia Forbes Pirie, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Sally M Donovan, Clancy Donnelly, Craig Billingsley, and Chris Calwell. Pilot Study: Measurement of Room Illuminance to Assess Automatic Brightness Control in Televisions. Berkeley, 2012.

Letschert, Virginie E, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Jing Ke, and Michael A McNeil. Estimate of Technical Potential for Minimum Efficiency Performance Standards in 13 Major World Economies. 2012.

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Brown, Richard E, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Karina Garbesi, and Alan K Meier. "Achieving Extreme Efficiency: How to get the job done when energy is extremely expensive and scarce." 2012 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Asilomar, CA, 2012. LBNL-5601E.

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Letschert, Virginie E, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Jing Ke, and Michael A McNeil. Technical Potential of Minimum Efficiency Performance Standards: A Global Analysis of Best Available Technology. 2012.

2011

Desroches, Louis-Benoit, Karina Garbesi, Colleen Kantner, Robert D Van Buskirk, and Hung-Chia Yang. Incorporating Experience Curves in Appliance Standards Analysis. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2011. LBNL-5210E.

Garbesi, Karina, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Christopher A Bolduc, Gabriel Burch, Griffin Hosseinzadeh, and Seth Saltiel. Max Tech Appliance Design: Potential for Maximizing U.S. Energy Savings through Standards. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2011. LBNL-4608E.

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Desroches, Louis-Benoit, and Karina Garbesi. Max Tech and Beyond. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2011. LBNL-4998E.

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