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2024

Ding, Chao, Jing Ke, Mark D Levine, and Nan Zhou."Potential of artificial intelligence in reducing energy and carbon emissions of commercial buildings at scale."Nature Communications 15 (2024). DOI

Taylor, Margaret, K Sydny Fujita, Jingjing Zhang, Hung-Chia Yang, Sarah K Price, and David Jacobowitz."A Strategic Condition Framework for Energy Innovation." (2024).

Chen, Yuting, Heidi Fuchs, Hung-Chia Yang, Hannah Stratton, and Camilla Dunham."Assessment of Two Water and Wastewater Price Sources and Their Applicability in Determining Trends for Planning and Conservation." (2024).

Wei, Max, Gregory J Rosenquist, Katie Coughlin, Edward Cubero, Chao Ding, Thomas A Burke, Omar Abdelaziz, Jackson Thach, Anthony Ng, Jonah Steinbuck, and Drew Bohan."Benefits and Challenges in Using Low GWP A3 Refrigerants in Residential Air Condition Equipment." (2024).

Fujita, K Sydny, and Jesse Strecker."Commercial, industrial, and institutional discount rate estimation for efficiency standards analysis Sector-level data 1998–2023." (2024).

Taylor, Margaret, K Sydny Fujita, and Nica Campbell."The false dichotomies of plug-in electric vehicle markets." (2024).

Rezaei, Nazanin, Annika Todd-Blick, K Sydny Fujita, Natalie Popovich, Zachary Needell, Cristian Poliziani, Juan Caicedo, Carlos Guirado, and C Anna Spurlock."At the nexus of equity and transportation modeling: Assessing accessibility through the Individual Experienced Utility-Based Synthesis (INEXUS) metric."Journal of Transport Geography 115 (2024) 103824. DOI

Fujita, K Sydny, Nica Campbell, and Margaret Taylor."EVs for everyone? Identifying the likely early majority of electric vehicle adopters." (2024).

Blum, Helcio, Vi H Rapp, Sharon S Chen, Jing Ke, and Katherine Carlson."Laboratory Evaluation of Direct Heating Equipment." (2024).

2023

Grahovac, Milica, Paul Ehrlich, Jianjun Hu, and Michael Wetter."Model-based data center cooling controls comparative co-design."Science and Technology for the Built Environment (2023). DOI

Wei, Max, Chao Ding, Nihar Shah, Brian Holuj, and Marco Duran."Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient Ceiling Fans." (2023).

Leventis, Greg, and Jeff Deason."Commercial PACE Project Origination: Leverage Points for Growing the Project Pipeline." (2023).

Lu, Hongyou, Tianqi Zhou, and Nan Zhou."Industrial Energy Intensity Benchmarking and Energy Transition in Inner Mongolia." (2023).

Grahovac, Milica, Shreya Agarwal, Brian F Gerke, Sarah Josephine Smith, and Marius Stuebs."Quantitative Universal Option Prioritizer (QUOP) v1.0.0." (2023). DOI

Singh, Reshma, and Yashima Jain."Advancing Net-zero Built Environments: Promoting Equitable Wellness for All."SHELTER 24 (2023).

Zhou, Ella, Sika Gadzanku, Cabell Hodge, Mike Campton, Stephane de la Rue du Can, and Jingjing Zhang."Best Practices in Electricity Load Modeling and Forecasting for Long-Term Power System Planning." (2023).

Fujita, K Sydny."Commercial, industrial, and institutional discount rate estimation for efficiency standards analysis: Sector-level data 1998–2022." (2023).

Sun, Qingyi, Jing Ke, Camilla Dunham, Joong Hoon Sim, and Yuting Chen."Using Field-Metered Data to Characterize Consumer Usage Patterns of Residential Dishwashers." (2023).

Letschert, Virginie E, Shreya Agarwal, Stephane de la Rue du Can, and Won Young Park."Cost-Benefit Analysis for Air Conditioner in Tunisia." (2023).

Blum, Helcio, Victor H Franco, and Sarah K Price."A Survey of Direct Heating Equipment Market Actors in California." (2023).

2022

Ganeshalingam, Mohan, Robert Hosbach, Liat Zavodivker, Brian F Gerke, Colleen Kantner, and Hannah Stratton."Consumer Purchasing Behavior and Usage of Lighting in the Residential Sector." (2022).

Viaud, Gautier, Yuting Chen, and Paul-Henry Cournede."Full Bayesian Inference in Hidden Markov Models of Plant Growth."The Annals of Applied Statistics 16 (2022). DOI

Hu, Wei, Kyle Bradbury, Jordan M Malof, Boning Li, Bohao Huang, Artem Streltsov, K Sydny Fujita, and Ben Hoen."What you get is not always what you see—pitfalls in solar array assessment using overhead imagery."Applied Energy 327 (2022). DOI

Fujita, K Sydny."Commercial, industrial, and institutional discount rate estimation for efficiency standards analysis: Sector-level data 1998–2021." (2022).

Shaffie, Ambereen, Nihar Shah, Nihan Karali, Won Young Park, Moustafa Al-Sammany, Brian Holuj, and Leon Becker."Cooling Egypt: Cost and benefits of room air conditioner efficiency improvement in Egypt." (2022).