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Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings 2026

July 23, 2026

Theme: Efficiency Innovations: Improving Affordability and Resiliency

The 2026 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings brings together professionals from around the globe to the Asilomar Conference Grounds to share research, spark new ideas and collaborations, and advance the technologies and practices needed to transform the building sector to improve efficiency, affordability, and resiliency.

Panel 1 - Residential Buildings: Technologies, Design, Operations, and Industry Trends
Boiling It Down: Findings from Dual Fuel and All-Electric Air-to-Water Heat Pump Installations in Wisconsin
Ball, Koliner, Segura, Freidel
Build tight, ventilate right: Air sealing relationship to indoor air quality for healthy resilient homes that use less energy
McWilliams, Xu, Watkins
Characterizing electrical demand and load diversity of low-power water and space heating appliances in US homes
Less, Sanchez, Walker
Closing the Retrofit Gap: Integrating Existing Windows with New, Thick Continuous Insulation
Gunderson, Cort
Cold Climate Room Heat Pump Field Study
Booth, Dymond, Engineer
Data-backed Backup Heat Behavior: Cost, Comfort, and Consequences of ER Heat in Cold Climate ASHP Installs
Tudawe, King, Bhargava, Hill
Defrost Smarter: Compact TES for HVAC Peak Load Reduction
Mumme, Merrill, Woods, Gluesenkamp, Rosenberg, Ermel, Freeman, Shen, Doktycz, Kumar
Dual Fuel as a Demand Response Resource? Exploring Potential Savings and DR Benefits of a Residential Dual Fuel HVAC System in the Pacific Northwest
Waltner, Contreras, Dronkers, Winer
Electrification in Practice: All-Electric Single Family Home Retrofits in Northern California
Gantley, Conroy, Swanson
Experimental Evaluation of a High-Performance Cold-Climate Heat Pump Using Tandem Vapor-Injection Compressors
Hu, Shen, Chen
Field Demonstration and Adoption Impacts of an Affordable Thermoelectric Heat Pump
Krishnamoorthy, Talha, Shirey, Shen, Hu, Hargrove
Field Evaluation of Duct Configuration Impacts on Variable- and Fixed-Capacity Heat Pump Distribution Efficiency
Haile, MacFarland
Field Evaluation of Energy Savings and Indoor Air Quality Impact of Smart Ventilation in Multifamily Dwelling Units
Jayarathne, Goebes
Finding Fault: An investigation of the prevalence and energy impacts of residential HVAC installation faults.
Martin, Withers, Fenaughty, Panchabikesan, Downey, Conant
Heat Pump Showdown: A Direct Comparison of Multi-Function and Single Function Heat Pumps
Haile, Allen, Frasier
Hot Takes, Cold Facts: What the Perfect Dual Fuel Thermostat Should Really Do
Hill, Ewig
Hotter is Not Always Better - Impacts of HPWH Settings on Load Shifting Performance
Besson, Barsun, Liu
I’ll Have What She’s Having – US Adoption of European R290 Monobloc Air-to-Water Heat Pumps
Tam, Higa, Hornquist, Shirey, Daher
Investigating the Benefits of Demand Response using Variable Capacity Heat Pumps
Dharmarajan, Katz, Vitta, Olson
Navigating Multifamily Electrification and Readiness Strategies- Mitigating Upsizing
Dryden, Schaaf, Doherty
Next Generation Refrigerants for Domestic Heat Pump Water Heaters
Shen, Zhang, Hu
PONDERHouse: a ponder-based mass timber home that helps our national forests and provides sustainable, resilient housing
Yates, Hanson, Tabares-Velasco
Proving Net Zero: Results from a Zero Energy Ready Home in Wisconsin
Canter
The Benefits of Zoning with Ducted Hydronic Fan Coils and Air-to-Water Heat Pumps
Haile, Allen
Thin-Triple Windows - Now a Cost-Effective Envelope Trade-Off for High-Performance Homes
Gilbride, Cort, Hart, Begin, Byers, Butterfield
Unleashing delivery capacity: Approaching the technically achievable limits for water delivery capacity from a standard tank size
Doktycz, Gluesenkamp, Shen, Moses-DeBusk, Manley
Water as a Grid Resource: How Smart DHW Controllers provide Savings
Milner, Crowley
Which Dual-Fuel Heat Pump Wins in the Cold? Comparative Performance of Sequential, Concurrent, and Tankless-Hydronic Configurations
Li, Kumar, Gluesenkamp, Shen
Panel 2 - Residential Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
Achieving Central Heat Pump Water Heater Optimization through Contractor Training and Design Side Incentives
Davis, Aitchison, Brooks, Dryden
Burying the Peak — Geothermal Heat Pumps for Peak Reduction, Resiliency, and Cost Savings
Presley, Moore
Case Study of Air to Water Heat Pump Installation in Southeastern Massachusetts brings together Utility, Contractor and Manufacturer
Korn, Patil, Kulkarni, Fisher, Hiller
Change you can bill-ieve in. Electrification versus deep retrofits in low-income communities.
Barquest, Fergadiotti, Elliot, Shelton, Haffner, Goodman, Hughes, Torok
Characterizing Electrical Panel Constraints of Residential Energy Retrofit Deployment at Scale
Liu, Robertson, Lou, Reyna, Maguire, Brossman, Jin
Community-Led Residential Energy Efficiency: A Holistic Approach to Home Energy Upgrades
Diercksen, Mountain, Grube, Marrow
Counting Homes, Not Heads: Weatherization’s Hidden Opportunity
Kannan
Data-Driven Decarbonization: Cost-Effective Strategies for Electrifying New York’s Multifamily Housing Stock
Anumulapalli
Energy, Equity, and Evolution: Rethinking SEM to Scale Impact and Meet the Changing Demands of Multifamily Housing
Belkhayat, Baxter, Bunzendahl, Stern, Bourdeau
Equitable Electrification: Making Heat Pumps Work for Everyone
Francisco
Equitable Electrification: Using Smarter Data for Affordable, Resilient Heat Pump Programs
Walczyk, Enotiades, Betin
Evaluating Power Control Strategies for Avoiding Residential Panel Upgrades in Cold Climates
Reyes Premer, Pergantis, Khabbazi, Wu, Kircher
Evaluating the funding opportunity for energy efficiency and electrification from non-pipeline alternatives
Smillie, Malkani, Shah, Gold-Parker, Aas
Evolving Electrification Policy and Program Design in the Pursuit of Decarbonization
Spencer, Walker
Field Performance of High-Performance High-Capacity Heat Pumps
Bush, Dymond, Larson, Sawicki
Heating Up the Market? Tracking Heat Pump Adoption and Costs
Pierce, Ucar, Nevius, Prahl, O'Connor
Home Heating in Cold Regions: Synergistic Benefits of Advanced HVAC and Weatherization
Keene, Williams, Gunderson, Mendon, Rotondo, Umland, Goetzler, Young
How to Maximize Heat Pump Use in Cold Climates, A Comparative Assessment of Maine’s Residential Heat Pump Programs
Scott, Martel, Korn, Jaskwhich
Hybrid to Whole Home: Making Partial Heat Pumps a Step, Not a Stop
Keating, Socks, Mooney
Identifying Potential Air Sealing Candidates Without Blower Door Testing
Milette
Improving Residential Energy Programs Using GIS and Geospatial AI Analysis
Mininberg, Winterkorn
Lessons and Future of the Home Energy Rebates
Saul Rinaldi, Presley
Lessons from California’s large-scale deployment of efficient, flexible heat pump water heaters
Kehmeier, Urigwe, DeBauche, Besson, Weintraut, Barsun
Living with Heat Pumps: Customer Experiences with Hybrid and Cold Climate Heat Pumps in Washington and New Jersey
Barker, Durst, Khurshid, Ryder, Avenick, Watkins
Mapping the Way to Higher Performing Heat Pumps
Kruis, Malherek, Dymond, Ingel
Packaged Window Pump insights in Income- Eligible Multifamily Programs
Patil, Sine
Putting all the Puzzle Pieces Together: Braiding, Categorial Eligibility, and other Approaches to Maximizing Benefits for Low-Income Customers from Multiple Offerings
Jewel, Love
Qualitative Perspectives of Air to Water Heat Pumps in Multifamily Buildings
Patil, Sine
Reimagining Quality Installation in Residential Heat Pump Programs: An Analysis of Energy Savings and Value Propositions
Francisco, Spencer, Mann, Alspector, Joyce, Bhargava, Labarge, Rivas
Results May Vary: Are Variable-Speed Heat Pumps Always Better?
Liddell, Austin, Chakraborty
This Must Be The Place: Plug-in 120-volt Heat Pump Water Heater Retrofits and Associated Costs
Butzbaugh, Pilet, Artuso
To Weatherize or Not to Weatherize: Should Residential Energy Efficiency Programs Prioritize Weatherization with Heat Pumps?
Cosgrove, Harker, McElhinney
Understanding real-world practices of circuit breaker labeling in residential electrical panels
Gul, Kanwal, Meier
Panel 3 - Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, Operations, and Industry Trends
"Every Retrofit is a Snowflake" - Novel Approaches to Collecting and Modeling Retrofit Cost Data Collection Across Heterogeneous Commercial Building Stocks
Li, Yu, Walter, Engelman, Szum, Kace
Audit Template: A Modular, Interoperable Web-Based Platform for Building Energy Audits and Retrofit Planning
Goel, Foucher, Gonzalez, Mo, Eswaran, Witherington, Howard, Ackerman
Beyond the Burner: Scaling Hidden Efficiency Opportunities in Rooftop Units
Hovey, Smith, Waltner, Jones
Bill of Material Characterization for Commercial Building Prototypes
Zimin, Tillou, Chhabra
Challenges and Opportunities for HVAC + Phase Change Material Thermal Energy Storage in Buildings
Dutton, Huang, Helmns, Casillas, Woolley, Fan, Sambor, Walker, Pritoni
Commercial HPWH with Natural Gas Backup
Rendall, Cui, Zandi
Cultivating the Next Generation of Analytics Software: Field Results and Commercialization Successes
Granderson, Velmurugan, Zhu, Casillas, House
Design Innovation to Advance the Commercial HPWH market
Green, Heller, McNamara
Developing Actionable Operational Insights for Centralized Heat Pump Water Heating in Multifamily Affordable Housing
Dong, Daher, Sankaranarayanan, Sheng, Mitchell, Sonke, Giarta
Digitizing Today's Buildings in the Real World: Lessons from Field Demonstrations
Prakash, Paul, Huang, DeAndrade Pereira, Zanetti, Ham, Kim, Duarte Roa, Blum, Pritoni
Don’t Judge an RTU by Its Cooling Label
Wolgamott, Jones, Dimeo, Collins
Enter The AHU (36th Chamber of ASHRAE): The First Ever Large-Scale Field Study of ASHRAE G36
Deshpande, Casillas, Velmurugan, Granderson
Evaluation of 120V heat pump water heaters in light commercial environments
Tam, Amarnath, Sarhadian, Mellen, Kliewer
Field Demonstration of Non-Intrusive Secondary Window Systems for Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort Enhancement in Commercial Buildings
Zhang, Gao, Jogineedi, Curcija, Sylvia, McNeil, LaFleur, Biswas
Field Validation of Next-Generation Rooftop Units: Balancing Performance, Fuel Flexibility and Reliability in Commercial Buildings
Dhillon, Earle, Wheeler, Deru, Bulk, Guenter, Barth, Baumgardner
From Assessment to Action: Prioritizing Energy Investments in Building Portfolios With Advanced Analytics
Torcellini, Young
If You Can't Stand the Heat, Get into the Kitchen: The Case (Study) for DOAS in Commercial Kitchen
DiNola, Grama, Bonner
Machine Learning for Army Meter Data Analysis
McClure, Rodriguez, Tulley
Modular Electrification Pathways for Multifamily Buildings: Field Insights and Utility Program Opportunities Using Window Heat Pumps
Lamos
Pump it Up!: Accelerating Efficient RTU Adoption in Commercial Buildings
Sullivan-Trainor, Goetzler, Young, Lebedinsky, Lippitt
Quantifying Retrofit Value: Energy Modeling and Field Validation of Commercial Secondary Windows in Schools
Sheng, Kazdan, Lee, Lindsey, Flyte
Quantifying Thermal Systems: Solutions for Smarter Materials, Energy Use, and Design
Unger, Bixler, Hickcox
Reshape the PNW. New load shapes incoming for commercial HVAC
Williams, James, Clement
Saving the Bacon: Low-Cost Supermarket Air-Curtain Refrigeration Retrofit Pilot Results
Keeling, Galvin, Hill, Policastro, Gargollo, Gast, Stewart
Scalable framework for delivering demand flexibility from buildings using machine learning
Brugman, Drury
Smarter Buildings, Smarter Savings: Harnessing AI for Building Management and Commissioning
Volent, Vangilder
Stopping Leaks, Keeping it Cool – Findings to help small and independent grocery stores maintain efficiency and reduce costs through refrigerant management.
Hoover, Walker, Halik
Store It While It’s Hot: Thermal Energy in Commercial Buildings
Taylor, Bulger
The Hidden E-Strategy: Managing Refrigerants for Efficiency and the Economy
Goetsch, Torcellini
Toward a Unified California Commercial Modeling Platform: Prototypes and an Engine-Agnostic Scorecard
Dabbagh, Yousefi, Mirian, Athalye, Fergadiotti, Tsan, McFadyen
Transforming Markets for Commercial Building Facades
Sanders, Selkowitz, Pennetier
Variable Refrigerant Flow in the Field: The Good, the Bad & the Leaky
Rivas, LaBarge, Simpson
Panel 4 - Commercial Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
A new program framework that integrates workforce development with direct install delivery to achieve equitable outcomes
Berteaud, Jacobson
A Strategic Dating, I mean Energy Experience: Learnings and improvements to make Strategic Energy Management (SEM) more accessible and affordable for Energy Programs without sacrificing the connection
Crosby, Ovaska, Bonus, Haselhorst, Hoadley, Paulo
Accelerating Multifamily Building Efficiency: Lessons from Minnesota’s Joint Gas and Electric Utility Program
Miller, Brohem
Applicability Assessment of Quasi-Experimental Design Methodologies for Building Energy Policy Evaluation
Kim, Kim, Chu, Ahn, Kim
Beyond EUI: Intuitive Metrics for Building Performance Management
Virgilio
Breaking Barriers: Boosting DR Adoption Through BMS
Ledyard, Gopalakrishnan, LaFlamme, Skinner
Can you have your carrot and eat it too? Leveraging Building Performance Standards (BPS) to reach new customers.
Callahan, Belkhayat, Baxter, Schnell, Stern
Commercial Hybrid Heating Solutions for Cold Climates: Lessons from a Utility-Led Pilot
Baeten, VanDuzee, Ingebretsen, Funk, Schoenbauer
Compliance Catalysts: How DSM Programs Enable BPS Success
DeBolt, Smith, Sims, Callahan, Morris
Connecting the Dots: Mapping Building and Demographic Drivers of Energy Use in Commercial Buildings
Yu, Kace, Tong, Walter
Data-driven Targeting in Commercial Energy Programs using AMI Data and Digital Twin Modeling
Gupta, Brown
Efficiency, Yield, and Resilience: Utility-Ready Impacts of Integrated HVAC+D in Controlled Environment Agriculture
Pusapati, Nayak
Empowering Choice: Designing a Self-Directed Path for Commercial and Multifamily New Construction Energy Efficiency
Pinapati, Weiner, Steinbock, Wolf
From Energy Speak to Owner Speak: Communicating the Value of Commercial Building Upgrades
Opipari, Bensch
From Overlooked to Empowered: Transforming SMB Energy Management with Weekly Insights
Sherman, Lenzen
Impact Analysis of 15,000 SEM Measures
Podell-Eberhardt, Koch, Harper, Reed
LLM Agents in Action: Automating Unstructured Data Capture to Strengthen Program Evaluation
Brown, Dreffs
Measuring What Matters: Aligning Midstream Evaluation Practice with Program Design
Booth, Stratton, Squiers, Blakeslee-Kish, Okada, Zahlan
Next-Generation Commercial Heat Pump Pilot: Advancing Efficiency and Adoption
Fosberg, Oster, Harrington, Lusczynski, Tahmasebi
Puget Sound Collaboration
Gibson, Lewis, Rennie, Fowler, Goodman, Manchanda, Robinweiler
Quantifying Regional Economics and Infrastructure Variations Using Geospatial and AI/ML Analysis
Clarke, Tuttle, DeWitt, Bryant, Lovell, Diaz-Villaquiran
Risk to Resilience: Rethinking Payment Design for Equity and Contractor Engagement
Powers, Choi, Bagnall
Secondhand Equipment, Firsthand Impact: Reassessing Energy Efficiency Standards in Small Food Businesses
Pidgeon, Kaligotla, Boswell
Tall Building Deep Retrofits: Are we making the progress needed, and that we think we are?
Stigge, Yancey, Hinge
The Baseline Playbook: What Works (and What Doesn’t) in Commercial Existing-Building Studies
Caron, Page, Cooper
Tracing the Economic Ripple of Commercial Building Retrofits Through Input–Output Modeling
Ghodeswar, Eckman
Unlocking Small Commercial Buildings: Early Outcomes from Portland's Building Energy Efficiency Grant
Faunt, Koelfgen, Romankiw
When Is a Building Not a Building? Technical Reporting Challenges in LL97 Implementation
Hoffman, Bugnion, Kallu, McGowan, Golub, Sarno-Goldthwaite
Panel 5 - Energy and Opportunity: Serving All
Advancing Strategies to Support Underserved Utility Customers Using Minnesota Programs as a Case Study
Srivastava, Bozorgi, Anderson, Fryer, Zoet
Are Load Flexibility Technologies Affordable? A Population-Scale Cost-Benefit Analysis
Grahovac, Smith, Dementyeva, Agarwal, Woo-Shem, Piette
Can Dynamic Pricing Unlock Electrification Savings? A Residential Customer Analysis
Groskreutz, Milby, LaBarge, Goodman, .
Complete Energy Solutions: Breaking Barriers to Electrification for Hard-to-Reach Small to Medium Businesses in Sacramento
Mitobe, Dunfee, Guy, Coppinger
Contractor-informed Strategies to Enable Emergency Heat Pump Adoption in LMI Homes: Designing for Urgency and Equity
Medal, Oliver, Boese, Zill
Demand Flexibility Meets Affordable Housing: Multifunction Heat Pumps for Tenant and Grid Value
Delforge, Liu, Chiplunkar, Dutton
Does the metric matter? Comparing environmental and affordability metrics in building performance standards
De Silva, Webb
Findings and Lessons Learned from Affordable Housing Compliance with Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards
Westmoreland, Jarrah, Nedwick, McCullough
Flexible Grid-Integrated Distributed Technologies (FLEX-GRID) Review for Energy Security
Ghodeswar, Sumathipala
From First-Come to Fair: Co-Creating a Project Selection Framework for an Affordable Housing Energy Program
Abraham, Dortin, Wroblewski, Rezania
From Notice To Action: How Households Navigate Electricity Shutoff Risk
Korb, Lee-Babineaux
From Policy to Practice: Implementing Colorado’s Building Performance Standards
Utebay, Goldstein
From Underserved to Advocate: Learning from a Historically Non-participating Community
LaVoie
Improving Residential Electrification Access and Affordability through Permitting Reforms
Baral, Rodriguez-Horan, Amero, Ewert, Green, Vallery
Industrial Growth, Local Gains: The Evolution and Impact of Community Benefit Commitments
Kelley Riggins
Investigating Equity in Energy Code Compliance
Lovell, Burgess, Thorsell, Hurbanis, Diaz-Villaquiran
It's a Knock Out; Reducing Enrollment Barriers in Income-Eligible Programs
Johnson
Modernizing Income Verification to Unlock Energy Affordability
Ariel-Wamala, Mintz, Buettell, Ellis
Near the Breaking Point: Rising Utility Costs and the Unique Risks for Affordable Housing Owners and Residents
Jarrah, Westmoreland
New SEM Initiative, Who Dis?: How we revised SEM for small customers!
Reed, Jeter, Asimbaya, Staden, Perkins, Hendrickson
Opportunities and Barriers to Affordable Housing Electrification Retrofits: An Owner's Perspective
Tilak, Levin
Powering Purpose: How Energy Efficiency Strengthens Nonprofits and the Communities They Serve
Gigley, Bresette, Bessette, Hains
Radical Affordability for Residential Electrification
Marin, Harwood
Reaching the Unreachable for Retrofits
Close-Bold, Houghton, Medina
Regional Clean Energy Hubs: Engagement in Action
Ortiz-Lomasney
Renter-Ready Solutions: Expanding Access to Electrification and Efficiency
Teeter, Minezaki
Scaling Affordable Housing Retrofits: Lessons from Three Years of Technical Assistance to Local Governments and Community Partners
Conant, Warskow
Speaking Their Language: Identifying Energy Assistance Disparities for Limited English Proficiency Populations in California
O'Rorke, Storch
The Portland Clean Energy Fund’s Community-Led Climate Action: Advancing Energy Inclusion and Housing Stability
Grube, Diercksen
Understanding the Energy Use Needs of Small Grocery Stores in the United States
Earle, Wheeler, Bernal Heredia, Langlois, Torres, Mitchell, Stubbs, Petty
Weathering the Storm: Strengthening Energy Affordability Programs to Protect Vulnerable Households and Slow the Utility Debt Cycle
Ingram, Bodmann, Thomas, Williams
Panel 6 - Utilities and the Future
10 on TEN: Collective Solutions to Scale Thermal Energy Networks
Ashworth, McNutt
Advancements in Modeling Gas DSM as a Resource
Minderman, Petersen, Gebhard
Affordability Benefits of Inclusive Utility Investment Paired With Bill Assistance
Reiner, Minns, Hummel, Flaherty
Balancing Energy Affordability and Grid Resilience Under Performance-Based Ratemaking
Smith
Bridging the Equity Gap for Utility Energy Efficiency Programs
Johnson, Aquino, Mah, Bradley-Wright
Connected Commissioning: Enhancing HVAC Performance Through Improved Installation Quality
Valoria, Winkler, Dymond, Rees, Wall, Kaltreider
DSM for Efficiency and Resiliency: Methods, Metrics, and Lessons Learned
Snell, Olson, Torbert, Ross
Finding the Sweet Spot: Balancing Cost and Carbon in Hybrid Heating
Goldman, Hood
From Distributed Spreadsheets to One Platform: Digitizing SEM Delivery While Maintaining Performance and Participant Experience
Oommen, Schaefer, Lange
From Outreach to Implementation: A Tiered Model for Community Organization Participation in Energy Programs
Baumbach, Maldonado, Kopp, Kowalczyk
From Parallel to Partnership: Integrating Utility Energy Efficiency and Housing Programs
Bartolomei, Ledford
Hot Takes and Cool Trends: Evaluating MN's Heat Pump Market Transformation
Pears, Hansen-Connell
Identifying the Resource Adequacy Value of Energy Efficiency
Peña, Tyler, Sreedharan, Sommer, Hotaling
It's a Brave New World: Keeping Ratepayer Funded Energy Efficiency Relevant
Friedmann
Keeping the heat on: Assessing the potential for demand side management to alleviate natural gas shortages during extreme cold.
Mann, Spencer, Jackson
Locational Demand Response: where are we and what's next
Font, Sreedharan, Cutter, Webster, Parkison
Mapping the Future of Electrification in the Context of Evolving Policies and Market Drivers: A Case Study in Seattle, WA
Daher, Johnson, Scrivner, Hamilton, Shivaram, Robertson
New Terrain: Accounting for Community Benefits in Power System Planning
Reeves, Salpagarov, Font
No Customer Left Behind: Innovation in Evaluation to Expand the Reach of Energy Efficiency Programs
Banta, Monohon, Tripamer, Hanks, Elzinga, Harrison
Scaling Decarbonization With Thermal Energy Networks: Leveraging Computational Tools and Stakeholder Engagement for Informed Project Siting and Techno-Economic Feasibility
Carbonnier, Nutkiewicz
Scaling Demand Flexibility: Building on 30 Years of Energy Efficiency Success
Hamilton, Grant, Hunt, Olson, O'Connor
Scaling Dynamic Pricing: What Can We Squeeze Out of Today’s Pilots?
Liu, Piette, Pritoni, Grant, Molnar, Martinez, Amirebrahimi, Chiu
Show me the money: the role of energy efficiency in energy affordability
Marcou, Caputo, Gritzke, Meyer
Tariff Proposal to Curb Load Growth from Data Centers with Expanded Residential Energy Efficiency, Demand Response, and Distributed Energy Generation Programs in Georgia
Key, Gumerman, Cox
The Price of Peaks: Exploring Shifting Load and Cost in PJM
Schreier, Wittberg, DiSilvestro
The where, when, and how of EV charging: detecting and characterizing charging behavior with advanced meter data analytics
Gerke, Sikes, Aligholian, Schicker, Pollard, Hills-Bunnell, Bedir, Gee, Pham
The Winter of our Discontent – The Promise and Perils of Seasonal Heat Pump Rates
Picciano, Malkani, Gold-Parker
Thermal Energy Storage Now! Activating Heat and Cold Batteries for Grid Reliability and Lower Bills
Malinowski, Traynor
Think Globally, Shift Locally: Opportunities and Barriers to Implementing Localized Load Flexibility Programs as a Grid Resource
Howard, Maslowski, Patterson
Unlocking Access Through Data Sharing and Proactive Categorical Eligibility
Ariel-Wamala, Mintz, Buettell, Ellis
Utilities Leading the Charge – Successes and Lessons Learned as Market Transformation Accelerates in Illinois
Tonielli, Dickison, Manjarres, Daugherty, Fay
Wheels to Watts: What We Can Learn from a School Bus Vehicle-to-Grid Pilot
Ahn, Getachew, Chu, Arellano
Who's on First? Methods and Results from Observations and Remote Measurements of Various Residential Hybrid Heating Systems Aimed at Increasing Resiliency and Decarbonization While Decreasing Costs
Tuttle, Kaligotla, Khurshid
Panel 7 - Market Transformation
A Simple Twist of Fuels: Demand Flexibility Opportunities in Cold Climates
Vandergon, Olson, Tudawe, Yoho
A Tale of Four Cities: Data Analysis Lessons for Building Performance Standard Policy Design
Bohn, Webb
A Window of Opportunity: Consumer Insights for Room Heat Pump Market Development
Moran
Adding Resilience to Building Performance Standards
Bugnion, Sarno Goldthwaite, Brandt, Winslow
Advancing from Market Potential to Market Transformation: A Two-Phase Blueprint for Statewide Market Change
Christensen, Spillenkothen, Hicks
Advancing Gas Decarbonization Solutions via Gas Heat Pump Applications
Larsen, Huang, Kerr, Ryan, Mejia, Iqbal, Kirchhoff, Skarzynski
Balancing Electrification Costs and Savings with Machine Learning: High-ROI Pathways for Heat Pump Space and Water Heating Retrofits
Sarkisian, Scheer
Beyond Electrification: Advancing Refrigerant Recovery in HVAC Decommissioning
Boyd
Build your own BPS: Engaging stakeholders in building performance standard development
Webb, Heiser, Ziegler, Knutsen
Centering workforce and local expertise to jumpstart Colorado's market transformation
Prather, Spotts, Miao, McCombe, Selk
Combining Leasing and Financing for Building Performance
Lee, Hilleman, Langlois-Romero, Adams
Connecting the Dots: How Utility Data Access Enables Building Performance Success
Streit, LeZaks, Morris, Kaluzny, Tonielli
Describing the Elephant: Comparing Market Actor Perspectives on Energy Efficient Technology to Support Market Transformation
Van Clock, Moreno, Cardiel, Bates
Embedding equity in market transformation through a participatory engagement approach
Good, Rezania, Fleck
Empowering The Building Electrification Workforce With New Digital Incentive And Rebate Management Platforms
Becker, Bailey
From Bricks to Clicks: Analyzing the White Space Opportunities in Building Innovation
Singh, Jain
Growing a Community of Practice to Support Ambitious Building Performance Standards
Yancey, Moll, Hinge, Pealer
Implementing Resource Acquisition and Market Transformation Best Practices to Optimize Market Change in Today’s Efficiency Landscape
Bean, Widder, Cardiel, Tonielli, Hansen-Connell, Nelson, Mitchell
Integrated Thermal Energy Storage - Opportunities and Barriers to Market Transformation
Sultan, Boyce, Ziazi, Fong, Cheng
Mapping the Influence of a Network: long-term market transformation through mentorship in Integrated Design
Woods, Burpee, Bauer, Mukhopadhyay, Meek, Day, Skuntz, Rockcastle, Fretz
Market Transformation for Affordability: Theory and Practice
Frank, Kogut, Badger, Dilly, Bomberger, Clark
Message from the Future: Equitable Building Decarbonization by 2050 Will Require Systemic Change and Rapid Market Transformation
Storm, Currie
Pane and Simple: Breaking the 20-Year Window Performance Plateau with a Golden Carrot
Sylvestre, Skarzynski, Nemeth
Piping Progress: How Irrigation Modernization Can Build Energy Resilience in Rural Communities
Chapman, Lehndorff, DiMatteo, Johnson
Putting Planning Back Into Clean Heat Plans
Breton, Ross, Epstein, Thifault Taillon
Retrofit Needs to Enable Zero Emissions Equipment Installation in Nonresidential Buildings
Farahmand, Albin, Close, Davis
Scaling Electric Cooking Through Equity-Centered Market Transformation: Lessons from a 120V Battery-Equipped Induction Pilot
Kusel, Miller, Dean, Neal, Doherty, Alpert, Finn
The Pearl Resilience Pillar: Measuring and Motivating Climate Adaptation in U.S. Housing
LeBaron
The Promise and Progress of Minnesota’s Statewide Market Transformation Program
McPherson, Anderson
Xcel Energy’s Minnesota Electric Space Heating Rate: Using rate design to support building electrification in a cold climate
Mark, Emenike, McFarlane, Quinnell, Lindquist, Petersen, Shlanta
Panel 8 - Human Dimensions of Energy Use
Addressing the "complexity tax" in weatherization and housing assistance programs
Bryan, Lovell, Diaz-Villaquiran, Smith, McBride
Behavioral Economics and the Human Dimension of Prepaid Utility Service: Advancing Affordability and Persistent Conservation in the Modern Built Environment
Conn, McGrath
Beyond Automation: What Real Homes Reveal About Smart Thermostat Flexibility
Bourg, Godinez, Rowsey, Liu
Bronx & Brooklyn Energy Hub - Building a Bridge to the Clean Energy Economy for All New Yorkers
Barry, Hidalgo, Young
Challenges and Costs of Retrofitting to Electric Cooking: Interest, Viability, Installation Costs, and Satisfaction
Dryden, Holm, Tyner, Perrea
Designing for All: How Targeted Universalism Can Expand Reach and Impact in Energy Programs
Dortin
Encouraging the Switch: What Drives Participation in Electrification, Battery Storage and Load Control Programs
Head
Energy Consumption of Consumer Electronics in U.S. Homes in 2024
Urban, Roth
Enhancing Energy Modeling with Qualitative Methods: Understanding Energy Decisions Grounded in Lived Experience
Rosner, Blanco, Trejo Morales, Anderson, Jaime
Flex Appeal: Emerging best practices for communications to recruit households into load flexibility programs
Sanguinetti, Searl, Outcault, Alston-Stepnitz
Fragmented, Not Broken: How Households Manage Multi-Program Energy Participation
Lee-Babineaux, Korb
From Curb Appeal to Real Performance: Experiences of Real Estate Agents Who Bring Home Performance into the Sale
Brookstein, LeBaron
From Decision Trees to Program Design: Translating Household Context into HVAC Upgrade Pathways
Stenger, Vijayshankar, El Kontar, Kar
From Energy to Equity: Measuring What Weatherization Really Delivers
Frymire, Wells
From Missed Opportunities to Mission Alignment: Positioning CBOs as Energy Program Navigators
Weaver, Michael, West, Landaburu Ibarra
From Production to Consumption: Residential Energy Use Increases Following Solar Installation
Ardell, Shelton, Elliot
From Technology to People: Human-Centered Insights for Electrifying Commercial Kitchens
Liu, Jahn, Justus
High Bills, Low Bills, Same Income: Unpacking Structural and Behavioral Diversity in Low-Income Energy Consumption
Wudka
Leading a Community in Planning for the Inevitable: Advance Planning for HVAC System Replacement
Heinemeier, Granger, Parisi, Rueda
Leveraging Digital Twin Energy Insights for Personalized Customer Engagement
Gillis, Reilly, Brown, Hillman
Lost in Translation: Lessons from expanding language access to program evaluation
Obejero-Paz, Williams
Measuring What Lasts: Quantifying Persistence in Behavioral and Operational Savings
Subramony, Bagnall, Zheng, Herrera
Modeling Occupant Core Temperatures Across the U.S. Building Stock to Advance Public Health and Utility Efficiency
Sandoval, Clapper, Kar, Brossman
Operational Cost Savings Opportunities for MRI Scanners
Van Sant, Ghatpande, Clarke
Powering More than Energy: Capturing Hidden Benefits of Programs
Jaeger Johnson, Hannigan, Zhang, Morris, Mitchell-Jackson, Penn
Quantifying What Counts: Measuring Health and Social Benefits in Energy Efficiency
Hopper, Kupser
Reductions in Medicaid Spending Associated with Income-Eligible Home Weatherization in the Southeastern U.S.
Marincic, Rose, Tonn, Arora
The 129 kWh per Month Lifestyle: What Outliers Reveal About Energy Norms and Comfort
Marshall, Romine
The Control Premium: Behavioral Barriers to Electrification and Demand Response in the Midwest
Brown
The Impact of Weatherization on Unhealthy Indoor Temperature and Humidity
Marincic, Tonn, Rose
Timing is Everything: Adding Peak-Focused Feedback to Monthly Home Energy Reports
Fredman, Tight, Kiser
Unlocking Access: Barriers and Opportunities for Public Agencies in Energy Efficiency Retrofits
Hernandez, Jaeger Johnson, Ruiz Ibarra, Osborn, Mitchell-Jackson
Who Programs Their Thermostat and How? Five Behavioral Archetypes from Nine Years of California Smart Thermostat Telemetry
Méndez, Meier, Nihar, Shimada, Peffer
You, Too, Can Be a Virtual Power Plant!
Berelson, Smith
Panel 9 - Energy Policy: Federal, State, Local, and International
A Building Performance Strategy for California
Saunders, Taylor, Chang, Duloglo, Durant, Ellis, Harwin, Yoffee
A Two-Way Street: How Thermal Energy Networks Both Shape and Are Shaped by Policy
Dubé, Hill
Avoiding the AI Race-to-the-Bottom: How states and communities can create sustainable data centers
Hancock
Building Decarb Law – What Recent Court Decisions Mean for Building Policy
Long, Carpenter-Gold, Villasenor
Case Study: Illinois Advocates and Utilities Negotiate Historic Wins in Electric and Gas Energy Efficiency Policy
Ross
Charging for Utility Service Based on Income: What’s Happening in California?
Vigen Ralston, Smith, Bensch
City of Boulder – Policy Scan and Decarbonization Roadmap
Kadam, Collins, Brannon, Moffett, Schwartz, Rosenberg, Elam, Mattrey, Launder, Radoff
Code Switch: Energizing Efficient Buildings for a Renewable Future
Liu, Landsman
Delivering Demand Flexibility and Grid-Edge Resources at Scale: Analysis of Experiences Across U.S. Jurisdictions
Pereira, Regnier, Mims Frick
Dude Where’s My Resilience: The Case for Resilience Benefit Valuation in Energy Code Cost-Effectiveness
Grant, Wolfson, Brenner, Davis, Phillips
Early Insights from the Nation’s First Home Energy Rebates Evaluation
Hicks, Krueger, Charrier Olson, Stevens, Wist
Estimating the effect of energy disclosure requirements on building energy use
Hellerstein
Flexible by Design: Rethinking Performance Standards for Single-Family Electrification
Campbell-Orrock, Reagan, Ken-Opurum, Nguyen-Santoyo
From Zero to Hero, How to Get Started with BPS and Comply with Flying Colors
Daher, Sheng, Sankaranarayanan, Higa, Discher, Beaini, Malotte
Household responses to extreme heat and to the government's call to save electricity
Shimada, Meier
Institutional Framework for Energy Efficiency in India’s Building Sector: Challenges, Opportunities and Way Forward
Nathani, Jain
Integrating “Efficient Fuel-switching” into an Energy Efficiency Resource Standard – A Regulator’s Perspective
Fryer, Staples
Integrating Policy and Practice: The Evolution of Energy Resilience Programs in Oregon from the 2021 & 2022 Legislative Session
Hoch, Siegel, Wellington
Legislating heat pumps: Assessing the costs and carbon savings from a state heat pump standard.
Mann, Spencer, Van Clock, Pham, Bartelt
Lessons from a Renewable Heating Ordinance for New Construction in a Small Vermont City
Neme, Goldman, Donnelly, Hood, Miguez
Market Effects of IECC 2009 Adoption in Wisconsin
Taube, Reinhart
Modeling Wisconsin Energy Management Program Alternatives: Hourly Scenario Analysis for Efficiency, Electrification, and Emission Reduction
Velonis, Eckstein, Hinkle, Geery
Neighborhood-Based Analysis of Building Electrification Policies in Massachusetts
Powelka, Guettler, Letellier-Duchesne, Righter, Stanton, Alisalad, Reinhart, Engelberg
Putting Data from 30,000 Home Assessments to Work: Real-World Examples Informing Policy Design
Alvarez, Salzman
Raising the Roof on Resilience: State Actions in Building Policy
Franconi, Janda
Redefining Value: Incorporating Energy Justice into Regulatory Impact Analyses
Yacoby, Schloemann, Rubin, Price
Rewarding Grid-Friendly Behavior: Estimating The Potential Bill Reduction and Load Shifting Benefits of Dynamic Prices
Grant, Woo-Shem, Huang
Shining a Light on Energy Efficiency: The Implications of Solar as an EE Measure
White, Ehrendreich, Stein, Wazowicz
The "Weakest Link" in California's Transition to Load Flexibility: Policy, Coordination, and Regulatory Uncertainty
Outcault, Alston-Stepnitz, Sanguinetti
The Price of Performance: Understanding the Costs to Comply with Building Performance Standards
Webb, Ziegler, Mccain, Miller-Mullen
Updates from the Frontier: Lessons Learned from Early BPS Adopters and Implications for California's Statewide Policy
Zebiak, Goel, Bryan, Discher, Higa, Moffett, Rosenberg
US Energy Efficiency Potential
Mullen-Trento, Sweeney, Quinn, Showunmi
Panel 10 - New Construction
A Modeling Comparison: Recognizing Passive House Performance within California Title 24
Evans, Saechao, Meylor, Higa
A New Code Compliance Support Strategy: Delivering Energy Savings Through Third-Party Plan Review
Wells, Landry, Jungbauer, Anderson
Advancing Energy Code Adoption: Roadmaps to Higher-Tier Performance
Carlson, Kere, Hill, Dubé
Charting the Carbon: Navigating Policies and Program Pathways for Embodied Carbon
Okada, Farbman, King, Duarte, Uraine, Dewart, Fitzgerald
Colorado’s energy code environment: Driven by legislation, community desires, and the need for change
Berry, Smith
Critical Mass: Scaling Passive House at Bunker Hill
Steingiser
Decarbonizing Manufactured Housing: Lessons from Equity-Focused Projects Navigating Technical and Systemic Barriers
Harwood, McGrath, Beaton
Density vs. Distance: Housing and Transportation Energy Tradeoffs
Sheikh, Barnhart, Mistr
Developing a Pathway for Net Zero Energy and Carbon Residential Codes
Gruen, Nadel
Electrification in Mobile and Manufactured Housing: Barriers and Opportunities
Read, Pfotenaur, McNamara, Gautereaux, Casaverde, Smith
Empowering Decarbonization Through Post-Construction Monitoring
Richer, Cullinane, Mutuluuza, Gnerre, Venturoso
Evaluation of Central Heat Pump Water Heater System Temperature Maintenance Methods for Multifamily Buildings
Zeyghami, Alatorre, Slater
Field Performance and Policy Implications of All-Electric Manufactured Homes in Hot Climates
Kazdan, Daher, Dentz, Liao
Forging Partnerships at the Interface of Decarbonization and Affordable Housing
Salyer
From Compliance to Performance: Bridging the Lifecycle Discontinuity in Building Policy
Gruen, Kelley, Duer-Balkind
Going Rogue: Balancing High Performance Design with Practical Applications
Smith, Mohammed, Fisher, Macariola, Tatari
Low and Flat: Market Transformation to Reduce Peak Load and Increase Resilience
Vidas, Fulton, Strecker, Carlton
One Energy Code After Another: Barriers to Zero-Carbon New Construction
Davis, Naby, Grant, Edwards, LaPerle
Optimizing Heat Recovery with Storage: Control Validation and Sensitivity Analysis of the Time-Independent Energy Recovery Plant Using Modelica
Zanetti, Blum, Raftery, Cheng, Gautier
Power Efficient Design in All-Electric New Construction: Lessons from the Vancouver Multiplex Guide
McEwen, Carlson, Harvey
Quantifying the Energy Impacts of Thermal Bridges in Commercial Buildings and Implications for ASHRAE 90.1-2022 Application
Zimin, Tillou, Curtz, Lyles, Martin
Right on Target: Developing a Prescriptive Net Zero Model Commercial Energy Code
Waite, Jonlin, Madison, Sciarra
Road to Making Phius the Energy Code Requirement in Massachusetts
Elnecave
Rural Rules: Energy Code Implementation in Vermont and Colorado
Tyler, Berry, DiLello, Faesy
Site Energy Codes at Scale: Low- and Zero-Fuel-Bias Code Development and Adoption
Sherman, Berry, Rabe, Kocher
Stairstep - A Cost and Energy Comparison of Energy Star, DOE ZERH, and Phius Certification for a Multifamily Building in Climate Zone 6
Jacobson, Turner, Schmelzer
Techno-economic feasibility of utility-led networked geothermal systems for a new residential development
Martin, Estep, Biswas, Mitchell, Hood, Jogineedi, Javed, Kerr
The Future of Building Codes and Carbon Emissions
Brenner, Berry
The North Star Framework for Replicable Energy Code Advancement
Peterson, Shold, Becking
Traversing the Winter Heat Island to a more efficient heat pump landscape: An exploration of urban microclimate analysis to inform city-scale system downsizing
Sanchez, Schiavon
When Success Becomes Invisible: Reframing New Homes Programs as Building Codes Advance
Moran, Shokat, Killingsworth, Cofer
Panel 11 - Smart and Grid-Interactive Buildings
Advancing Smart Home Optimization for Demand Flexibility: Are We There Yet?
Martinez, Kohanim, Hayes
Amping Up Flexibility: Quantifying the Grid Value of Load Management via Smart Electric Panels
Bonner, Heavey, Levine
An Analysis Framework for Grid Planning and Demand-Side Strategy Evaluation
Simmons, Charan, Garg
Battery-Powered Future: A Behind-the-Meter Pilot Case Study
Lavelle, Wu, Rhea
Comfort First, Flexibility Next: Grid-Interactive Water Heating That Puts People Front and Center
Mande
Domestic Hot Water and Grid Flexibility: A Field Study of Real-Time Price Optimization at Three Affordable Housing Multifamily Sites in California
Pfotenhauer, Higbee, Anderson, Phillips, Green, Zhang, Armstrong, Rodriguez
Fast Lanes and On-Ramps: Driving Adoption of Guideline 36
Cheng, Eubanks, Kiriu, Breda
Flexible Load Opportunities with Commercial Heat Pump Water Heaters; Results from Six Field Deployments of Load Shift Strategies
Frankel, Spielman, Heller
From Dynamic Prices to Dispatchable Flexibility: Demonstrated OpenADR Implementation Pathways
So, Martinez, Chiu
From the cloud to your basement: Can New Communication Protocols Solve the Interoperability Roadblocks in Demand Flexibility?
Prakash, Paul, Jackson, Nordman, Woo-Shem, Grant, Huang, Pritoni, Liu, Piette
Harmonizing Standards to Unlock Vehicle-Grid Integration
Taylor, Turner, Fulford
Integrated Smart Home Panels and Modular Batteries for Capacity Management, Load Control, and Grid Resilience in Affordable Housing
Yin, Black, Kaneda, Leong, Davenport, Villacorta, Wiley, Armstrong
Local Government’s Guide to Maximizing Demand Response Income in PJM Interconnection Region and Symbiotic Energy Efficiency Benefits
Kaiser
Optimal Operation of Residential High Performance Water Heater Control for Reduction of Electricity Cost and Peak Demand Through Field Validation
Liu, Smith, Zandi
Optimized Load-Management Controls for Building Demand and Emissions Reductions
Ward, Grant, Tanier-Gesner, Sheely, Lamne, Edwards
Optimizing the Benefits of Grid-Connected Water Heaters
Olson, Hunt, Bass, de Frondeville, Colwell, WIckes
Oversizing and Part-Load Problems
Meier, Merrill
Peak vs Panel: Insights from Submetering LMI Electrifications
King, Bhargava, Hill
Performance of Integrated Thermal Storage and Heat Recovery Chillers in All-Electric Commercial Building
Mohammadiziazi, Sultan, Boyce, Fong, Cheng
Pick One or Both - Contrasting and Combining HPWH load Control Approaches
Barsun, Hughes, Besson, Kehmeier, Urigwe
Prime Time for Model-Predictive Control? Assessing the Technical and Market Readiness of Advanced Controls in Buildings
Pritoni, Kim, Blum, Zanetti, Ham, Casillas, Prakash, Paul, Huang, Yang, Qamar, Gerber, Liu, Piette
Rate Rhythms: Orchestrating Solar, Storage, and Load Shifting under Dynamic Pricing
Robinson, Marin
Safe Enough for the Cath Lab: EMIS-Based ASHRAE Guideline 36 Reset Control with Rogue Zone Suppression in Hospitals
Casillas, House, Lin, Huang, Granderson, Guymon, Carter
Smart Panels: Electrifying the connection between smart homes and grid.
Sparn, Maguire, Sandoval, Ramaraj, Le, Jakupi, Hall
Smart Thermostat DR Gets a Makeover: Incorporating price signals and working toward resource adequacy-eligible curtailment
Liddell, Austin
Splitting the Split Incentive – Novel Program Design to Increase Multifamily Demand Response
Hernandez, Ortiz-Diaz, Teng, Egolf, Miller
Tale of two communities, two streams of data and the duck curve: Field testing results for a residential virtual power plant Pilot
Zeifman, Roth
The Hidden Value of Flexibility: Benefit Stacking Opportunities for C&I Customers Across Market Structures
Hotaling, Abreu, Kinstedt
The State of ASHRAE Guideline 36: Promise, Progress, Challenges, and Ongoing Activities
Zhou
Thermal Storage as Electric Demand Response Technology: Case Study for an Institutional Building in British Columbia
Liu, Mazzi, Bonakdarpour
Two Case Studies of Combi Air-to-Water Heat Pumps with Thermal Storage
Granda, Urigwe
Understanding the Costs and Barriers of Residential Electrical Panel and Service Upgrades
Casquero Modrego, Venkatraman, Gul, Less, Walker
Unlocking Grid Flexibility: Understanding Challenges for Scaling Aggregated Demand Flexibility for the Distribution System
Zhu, Regnier, Pereira, Paul, Coffey
What's in it for me? Understanding the Stakeholder Value of Code-Compliant Residential Batteries
Giarta, Sheng, Daher, Yaptinchay, Dong
Whole-Home Automated DR: A Home Run for Utilities and Their Customers?
Dronkers, Johnson
Panel 12a - Healthy and Adaptable Communities
Addressing Extreme Heat in Rental Housing in Los Angeles
Kirk, Hut
Advancing Equitable Decarbonization Through Community Ownership
Di Lauro, Gonzales, Miller, Rideout, Holguin Juarez, Majersik
Beyond Low Hanging Fruit: Recovery, Renewal, and Residential Efficiency in the Merrimack Valley
Reichart, Bodemer
Breaking Down Barriers: Unlocking the Potential of Weatherization and Electrification in Massachusetts Homes
Eastwood, O'Connor
Breathing Easier: Advancing Health and Climate Resilience in D.C.’s Affordable Multifamily Housing
Zarker, Nedwick
Bridging the Gap: Engaging Community-based Workers to Increase Participation in Energy Efficiency Programs
Johnson, Venturini Hardesty, Drumm
Challenges and Opportunities for Local Governments to Lead in Community Energy Resilience
Bugarin, Anderson, Federico
Community Education and Behavior Change as Tools for Health and Energy Resilience in the Southwest
Gatchalian, Wickham
Community Scale Retrofit and Electrification: Results and Lessons Learned After More Than 3 Years of Field Project
Saeidi, Munz, Feiertag, Ilderton, Tabares-Velasco
Designing for Adoption: Implementing Digital Code Enforcement in Resource-Constrained Communities
Colker, Carr, Davis, Heckman, Azaroff
Emerging Approaches to Neighborhood-Scale Decarbonization
Sims
Enabling Local Building and Cross-Sector Solutions through the E2C Program
Polly, Hong, Lapsa, Grear, Sumner, Aragon, Bowen, Chiplunkar, Choi, Corsair, Dong, Jiang, Lian, Liu, Liu, Ollis, Paranjothi, Present, Reichelt, Ross, Savage, Sun, Trueworthy, Vaidhynathan
Energy Efficiency and Wildfire Mitigation: Surprise Synergy?
Kincaid, Abernethy-Cannella
Healthier Cooking, No Veggies Required: Gas-to-Induction Stove Retrofits and Indoor Air Quality
Ball, Segura, LeZaks
Housing Characteristics and the Indoor Thermal Environment: A Critical Component of Public Health
Drapkin
Leveraging the Power of Communities to Decarbonize Buildings
Peffer, Brown
Making Policy Accountable to Community: Lessons from Boston and Seattle
Hut, Burton, Ravulapati, Carpenter-Gold, Villaseñor, Miller
Reframing Energy Efficient Buildings as Heat-Resilience Infrastructure for Maintaining Safe Indoor Temperatures
Aquino, Gruen
Respiratory Riddles: Untangling How Home Weatherization Impacts Asthma and Respiratory Health
Tonn, Humphrey, Rose, Marincic, Stendel, Sharer
Transforming Heat Burden into Cooling Equity
Wellington, DiMatteo, Zuniga
Panel 12b - Data Centers: Load Growth & Solutions
Beyond Air: Energy Performance and Market Insights for Data Center Liquid Cooling Strategies
Chakraborty, Rasouli, Tano, Narayanan
Can an AI Chatbot Help Heat Your House? Exploring Data Center Waste Heat Recovery Opportunities
Umland, Goetzler, Lajiness
Cutting Through the Noise: Forecasting Real Data Center Load and Efficiency Potential
Salazar
Data-Center Waste Heat for District Energy: A Modeling Framework
Aziz, Lewe, Li
Determining Probabilistic Outcomes For Data Center Load Growth in the Southeast Using Monte Carlo Modeling
Manickaraj, Gumerman, Baek, Sharma
Growing Data Center Capacity and Reducing Grid Impact: Strategies for Efficient, Safe, and Reliable Facilities
McCord, Liu, Phalak, Caldwell, Petrus, Smith, Granata, Simms, Walker, Loxley
Integrating Edge Data Centers: Addressing Growth and Interconnection Challenges
Garg, Long, Vercellino, Van Geet
Large Loads 201: Tactical Insights on Forecasting, Ratemaking & Demand-Side Programs
Peluso, Sherwood, Tyler, Peña
Powering AI: A Nationwide Review of State Strategies for Sustainable Data Center Integration
Abreu
Predicting the Unpredictable: Forecasting Data Center Load Growth in a Reliability Region
Rosenberg, Morris, Lamb, Goldberg
The Capacity Accreditation of Demand Response in Southwest Power Pool
Au
Panel 13.5 a - Workforce
A Balanced Approach to Workforce Development in Benefit Cost Analysis
Dieck, Love
A Flight Simulator for Buildings: New Interactive Tools to Train the Incumbent Workers and Next-Generation Facilities Engineers
Liu, Paul, Chiplunker, Zanetti, Nirenberg, Crabtree, Chang, Wilinski
A Situation Awareness Framework for Designing Effective Interfaces for Smart Buildings
Clark, Renz
Beyond the Toolbox: Expanding Clean Energy Careers through Community-Led Workforce Practices
Sanchez, Garcia, Nunez, Hamilton, Dunbar
Building a Resilient Workforce: Skills and Success in Commercial Building Operations
Sokolowsky, Danuser, Sheppard
Building Regional Resilience: Energy Workforce Partnerships in the Inland Empire
Masters, Aguilar, Pineda, Miranda Quintana
Building Science Education for Legacy City Housing: A University-Community Partnership
Lubniewski, Heckman, Rajkovich
Data Center High Temperature Liquid Cooling and Heat Reuse Techno-Economic Study
pless
Decarbonizing Tribal Community Housing Utilizing Local Workforce
Olson, Hauck, Northrup, Zimmerman
For Whom the BPI Tolls: Impacts of Workforce Training Certifications on the Residential Retrofit Industry
Greenauer, Metoyer
Immersive Training for Existing Building Commissioning
Stroupe
Increasing access to high road jobs and contractor support in the small residential building decarbonization sector
Kubota, Ayyagari
Lessons learned from the development and implementation of a workforce training curriculum for advanced controls for high performance HVAC systems
Casillas, Ham, Yang, Pritoni, Crabtree
NYCHA Clean Energy Academy: A Place-Based Model for Advancing Equity in the Clean Energy Workforce
Morris, James
PDI: Strengthening Utility Energy Efficiency Programs Through Contractor Incentives
Kubiak, Petosa
Stay Tuned: Emerging HVAC Business Practices that Enable Commissioning
Shereda, Valoria, Lick, Margolies
The Secret Life of Installers: Understanding Contractor Practices in Heat Pump Installation and Commissioning
Sylvia, Heinemeier, Harvey, Pingatore
Three Tiers for Victory
Frank
Workforce Readiness to Decarbonize the Building Sector While Improving Efficiency and Affordability
Bates, Loomis
Panel 13.5 b - Innovations to Scale Retrofits and New Construction
A Roadmap to 10x: Increasing the Production and Affordability of “Climate-Ready” and “Climate-Friendly” Homes in California
Konis, Blowers, Swanson, Wallace
Affordable and Scalable Modular Multifamily Housing: A Case Study on Cost and Construction Time Savings in California
Marzullo, Caton, Hess, Cindrich, Patel, Pless
All Systems Go: Regional Collaborations for Scaling AEC Innovation
Pullen, Pless
Bridging Home Repair and Decarbonization: Integrating Energy, Health, and Equity Data for Scalable Electrification in Detroit
Merski, Mathieu, Hinson, Knudston, Oyefeso, Jenkins, Sahdad, Chan, Brown, Gronlund, Zuberink
Bringing 120V heat pump water heaters into space-constrained housing: Addressing up-sizing concerns using phase change material heat exchangers
Blackley, Maguire, Safronov, Murphy, Tabares-Velasco
Data-Driven Decision Support for Building Retrofit Planning
Goel, Jain, Lei, Nambiar
Data-Driven Electrification and Retrofit Strategies for Vulnerable Manufactured Housing
Moghaddasi, Larry, Counts, Knopp, Miller, Moopnar
Data-Informed Retrofit Pathways for Low-Rise Residential: Balancing Cost, Comfort, and Energy Efficiency in Affordable Housing
Meek, Moroseos, Burpee
Decarbonization Planning for Affordable Multifamily Housing: Frameworks, Compliance Pathways, and Implementation Barriers
Beaumont, Jansen, Dean, Moll, Duer-Balkind, Montesdeoca
Electrifying Experiments to Streamline Multifamily Retrofits: Five Years of Misadventures, Breakthroughs, and Lessons Learned with Low-GWP Mechanical Pods
Duff, Brooks, Woolley, Sanborn, Chakraborty
Factory-Built Housing in the US: Ready to Scale or Destined to Fail?
Glickman, Hasz, Ballesteros
From Cost Hurdle to Market Asset: How Program Administrators Can Use Certified Attributes to Help Fund and Measure Equitable Building Decarbonization
Milby, Deshpande, Young, Suffian, Schwartzenberg, Smith, Carney
Machine Learning and Rules-Based Algorithmic Workflows Enable Energy Affordability in Panelized Construction
Goldwasser, Kaufman, Alfonso Salud, Laurence-Chasen, Bianchi, Harris
Please pick one: A) Develop affordable housing; B) Achieve local climate goals; C) Create a Roadmap to meet both goals
Streit, Lindburg
Scalable Retrofit Program for Net-Zero Energy Ready Housing
Kelly
Scaling Small Residential Decarbonization: A Data-Driven Analysis of Two Massachusetts Pilots
Murphy, Schneekloth, McPhee, Ositguy, Dupre
Scan-to-BIM to Enable Deep Exterior Wall Insulation Retrofits: Promise and Pitfalls
Catell, Briggs, Sharpe, Brookfield, Roth, Sharon

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