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2008

Wikler, Greg, Ingrid Bran, Joe Prijyanonda, Sharon Yoshida, Kelly Smith, Mary Ann Piette, Sila Kiliccote, Girish Ghatikar, Dan Hennage, and Chuck Thomas."Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2007 Auto-DR Program: Task 13 Deliverable: Auto-DR Assessment Study." (2008).

Yin, Rongxin, Peng Xu, and Sila Kiliccote."Auto-DR and Pre-cooling of Buildings at Tri-City Corporate Center." (2008).

McKane, Aimee T., Ivin Rhyne, Alexander B. Lekov, Lisa Thompson, and Mary Ann Piette."Automated Demand Response: The Missing Link in the Electricity Value Chain."2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2008).

Lee, Kyoung-ho, and James E. Braun."A Data-Driven Method for Determining Zone Temperature Trajectories that Minimize Peak Electrical Demand." (2008).

Wikler, Greg, Albert K. Chiu, Mary Ann Piette, Sila Kiliccote, Dan Hennage, and Chuck Thomas."Enhancing Price Response Programs through Auto-DR: California’s 2007 Implementation Experience."AESP 18th National Energy Services Conference & Exposition (2008).

Lee, Kyoung-ho, and James E. Braun."Evaluation of Methods for Determining Demand-Limiting Setpoint Trajectories in Buildings Using Short-Term Measurements." (2008).

Dudley, Junqiao Han, Mary Ann Piette, Sila Kiliccote, and Junqiao Han."Field Test Results of Automated Demand Response in a Large Office Building."8th International Conference on EcoBalance (2008).

Kiliccote, Sila, Mary Ann Piette, Greg Wikler, Joe Prijyanonda, and Albert K. Chiu."Installation and Commissioning Automated Demand Response Systems."16th National Conference on Building Commissioning (2008).

Lee, Kyoung-ho, and James E. Braun."Model-Based Demand-Limiting Control of Building Thermal Mass." (2008).

McKane, Aimee T., Mary Ann Piette, David Faulkner, Girish Ghatikar, Anthony Radspieler Jr., Bunmi Adesola, Scott Murtishaw, and Sila Kiliccote."Opportunities, Barriers and Actions for Industrial Demand Response in California." (2008).

Walker, Iain S., and Alan K. Meier."Residential Thermostats: Comfort Controls in California Homes." (2008).

Dudley, Junqiao Han, Mary Ann Piette, and Junqiao Han."Solutions for Summer Electric Power Shortages: Demand Response and Its Application in Air Conditioning and Refrigerating Systems."Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, & Electric Power Machinery 29 (2008) 1-4.

2007

Group, Glen Lewis."Strategies to Increase California Food Processing Industry Demand Response Participation: A Scoping Study." (2007).

Piette, Mary Ann, David S. Watson, Naoya Motegi, and Sila Kiliccote."Automated Critical Peak Pricing Field Tests: 2006 Pilot Program Description and Results." (2007).

Rubinstein, Francis M.."Advanced Demand Responsive Lighting." (2007).

Rubinstein, Francis M., and Sila Kiliccote."Demand Responsive Lighting: A Scoping Study." (2007).

House, Lon."Water Supply Related Electricity Demand in California." (2007).

Federspiel, Clifford C.."Wireless Demand Response Controls for HVAC Systems." (2007).

2006

Kiliccote, Sila, Mary Ann Piette, David S. Watson, and Glenn D. Hughes."Dynamic Controls for Energy Efficiency and Demand Response: Framework Concepts and a New Construction Case Study in New York."2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2006).

Piette, Mary Ann, David S. Watson, Naoya Motegi, Sila Kiliccote, and Eric Linkugel."Participation through Automation: Fully Automated Critical Peak Pricing in Commercial Buildings."2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2006).

Herter, Karen."Residential implementation of critical peak pricing of electricity."Energy Policy 34 (2006) 2121-2130.

Piette, Mary Ann, David S. Watson, Naoya Motegi, Sila Kiliccote, and Eric Linkugel."Automated Demand Response Strategies and Commissioning Commercial Building Controls."14th National Conference on Building Commissioning (2006).

Piette, Mary Ann, David S. Watson, Naoya Motegi, Sila Kiliccote, and Peng Xu."Automated Critical Peak Pricing Field Tests: Program Description and Results." (2006).

Goldman, Charles A., Nicole C. Hopper, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Bernard Neenan, Richard Boisvert, Peter Cappers, Donna Pratt, and Kim Butkins."Customer Strategies for Responding to Day-Ahead Market Hourly Electricity Pricing." (2006).

Xu, Peng, Philip Haves, Mary Ann Piette, and Leah Zagreus."Demand Shifting With Thermal Mass in Large Commercial Buildings: Field Tests, Simulations and Audits." (2006).