Alan Meier

Alan Meier

Contact Information

Phone: 510-486-4740

Education

Energy & Resources, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley 1982; B.A. Chemistry & Economics, UC Berkeley, 1974

Awards

ECEEE Summer Study Poster Award -  June 1st 2015

Alan Meier received first prize for his poster, titled "Japan’s 6 GW Lunch Break", from the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.

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"Unsung Hero" of Energy Efficiency Award -  February 22nd 2007

From the Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) for his "unerring ability to identify important energy-saving opportunities that are so far ahead of their time...."

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Energy Globe Award -  February 11th 2002

For An International Energy Agency project to reduce the waste of standby electrical power by common household appliances.

Journal and Editorial Board Memberships

Home Energy, Senior Executive Editor

Publications

2023

Empower saving energy into smart communities using social products with a gamification structure for tailored Human–Machine Interfaces within smart homes

Authors: Méndez, Juana Isabel; Pedro Ponce; Alan K Meier; Therese Peffer; Omar Mata, and Arturo Molina.
06/2023

Energy Savings in Buildings Based on Image Depth Sensors for Human Activity Recognition

Authors: Mata, Omar; Juana Isabel Méndez; Pedro Ponce; Therese Peffer; Alan K Meier, and Arturo Molina.
02/2023

2022

Long-term trends in connected thermostat performance

Authors: Meier, Alan K; Abigail A Daken, and Leo Rainer.
08/2022

International Actions to Reduce Miscellaneous Electrical Loads Energy Consumption

Authors: Butzbaugh, Joshua; Kini Roshan, and Alan K Meier.
05/2022

2021

Energy use of residential safety, security, and health devices

Authors: Rainer, Leo; Alan K Meier, and Robert Hosbach.
11/2021

Practical limits to the use of non-intrusive load monitoring in commercial buildings

Authors: Meier, Alan K, and Dan Cautley.
11/2021

Targeting buildings for energy-saving cool-wall retrofits: a case study at the University of California, Davis

Authors: Celniker, Chloe; Sharon S Chen; Alan K Meier, and Ronnen M Levinson.
10/2021

Miscellaneous electric loads: Characterization and energy savings potential

Authors: Butzbaugh, Joshua; Robert Hosbach, and Alan K Meier.
06/2021

Laboratory Evaluation of Tunable White LEDs for Circadian Lighting in Commercial Offices

Authors: Shackelford, Jordan, and Alan K Meier.
04/2021

2020

A method to generate heating and cooling schedules based on data from connected thermostats

Authors: Ueno, Tsuyoshi, and Alan K Meier.
12/2020

Non-invasive (non-contact) measurements of human thermal physiology signals and thermal comfort/discomfort poses -A review

Authors: Yang, Bin; Xiaojing Li; Yingzhen Hou; Alan K Meier; Xiaogang Cheng; Joon-Ho Choi; Faming Wang; Huan Wang; Andreas Wagner; Da Yan; Angui Li; Thomas Olofsson, and Haibo Li.
07/2020

Empower saving energy into smart homes using a gamification structure by social products

Authors: Méndez, Juana Isabel; Pedro Ponce; Omar Mata; Alan K Meier; Therese Peffer; Arturo Molina, and Marlene Aguilar.
01/2020

Studies in Systems, Decision and ControlChallenges and Trends in Multimodal Fall Detection for HealthcareMulti-sensor System, Gamification, and Artificial Intelligence for Benefit Elderly People

Authors: Méndez, Juana Isabel; Omar Mata; Pedro Ponce; Alan K Meier; Therese Peffer, and Arturo Molina.
01/2020

Chapter 2: Global Opportunities and Challenges in Energy and Environmental Issues in the Buildings Sector

Authors: Piette, Mary Ann; Richard C Diamond; Stephen E Selkowitz; Stephane de la Rue du Can; Tianzhen Hong; Kaiyu Sun; Paul A Mathew; Iain S Walker; Alan K Meier; Erik Page; Jessica Granderson; Nan Zhou, and Peter Alstone.

2019

Using data from connected thermostats to track large power outages in the United States

Authors: Meier, Alan K; Tsuyoshi Ueno, and Marco Pritoni.
12/2019

The Energy Costs of Moisture

Authors: Meier, Alan K.
08/2019

Emerging Zero-Standby Solutions for Miscellaneous Electric Loads and the Internet of Things

Authors: Gerber, Daniel L; Alan K Meier; Richard Liou, and Robert Hosbach.
05/2019

New standby power targets

Authors: Meier, Alan K.
01/2019

Dressing for the Anthropocene*: A Future History

Authors: Poskanzer, Deborah; Alan K Meier; Margarita Kloss, and Chinmayee Subban.

Efficient and Zero Net Energy-Ready Plug Loads

Authors: Meier, Alan K; Richard E Brown; Daniel L Gerber; Aditya Khandekar; Margarita Kloss; Hidemitsu Koyanagi; Richard Liou; Leo I Rainer, and Seth Sanders.

Local lighting control in open-plan offices: the influence of office lay-out

Authors: de Bakker, Christel; Marielle Aarts; Helianthe Kort; Alan K Meier, and Alexander Rosemann.

What can connected thermostats tell us about American heating and cooling habits?

Authors: Meier, Alan K; Leo I Rainer; Abigail A Daken; Tsuyoshi Ueno; Marco Pritoni, and Dan Baldewicz.

2018

Climate Change, Garage Door Openers, and Home Energy

Authors: Meier, Alan K.
12/2018

Zero Standby Solutions with Optical Energy Harvesting from a Laser Pointer

Authors: Gerber, Daniel L; Alan K Meier; Robert Hosbach, and Richard Liou.
11/2018

Parts of the House That Stay On . . . and On. Builder-Installed Electrical Loads

Authors: Meier, Alan K; Leo Rainer, and Aditya Khandekar.
09/2018

Turning Paris into reality at the University of California

Authors: Victor, David G; Ahmed Abdulla; David Auston; Wendell Brase; Jack Brouwer; Karl A Brown; Steven J Davis; Carrie V Kappel; Alan K Meier; Mark Modera; Rebecca Zarin Pass; David Phillips; Jordan Sager, and David Weil.
03/2018

University of California Strategies for Decarbonization: Replacing Natural Gas

Authors: Meier, Alan K; Steven J Davis; David G Victor; Karl A Brown; Lisa McNeilly; Mark Modera; Rebecca Zarin Pass; Jordan Sager; David Weil; David Auston; Ahmed Abdulla; Fred Brockmiller; Wendell Brase; Jack Brouwer; Charles Diamond; Emily Dowey; John Elliott; Rowena Eng; Stephen Kaffka; Carrie V Kappel; Margarita Kloss; Igor Mezic; Josh Morejohn; David Phillips; Evan Ritzinger; Steve Weissman, and Jim Williams.
03/2018

Builder Installed Electrical Loads: The Energy Mortgage on a New House

Authors: Rainer, Leo I; Aditya Khandekar, and Alan K Meier.

Emerging Solutions to the Standby Power Problem

Authors: Gerber, Daniel L; Alan K Meier; Robert Hosbach, and Richard Liou.

Improving Characterization of Miscellaneous Energy Loads in Energy Demand Models

Authors: Fares, Robert; Marina Sofos; Jared Langevin; Robert Hosbach; Alan K Meier; Joshua Butzbaugh, and Paul Ehrlich.

Macro pose-based non-invasive thermal comfort perception for energy efficiency

Authors: Yang, Bin; Xiaogang Cheng; Thomas Olofsson; Haibo Li, and Alan K Meier.

Real-Time Itemized Electricity Consumption Intelligence for Military Bases

Authors: Jahromi, Omid, and Alan K Meier.

2017

Should the next standby power target be 0-watt?

Authors: Meier, Alan K, and Hans-Paul Siderius.
06/2017

VALIDITY OF ENERGY SIMULATIONS AND ENERGY MEASUREMENTS IN A NET ZERO ENERGY OFFICE BUILDING: A CASE STUDY

Authors: Koyanagi, Hidemitsu, and Alan K Meier.

2016

Energy Aware Devices: Study of Policy Opportunities

Authors: Nordman, Bruce, and Alan K Meier.
10/2016

Fuel consumption impacts of auto roof racks

Authors: Chen, Yuche, and Alan K Meier.
01/2016

Do Connected Thermostats Save Energy?

Authors: Daken, Abigail A; Alan K Meier, and Douglas G Frazee.

Permanent Electrical Loads in New Homes

Authors: Meier, Alan K, and Quentin Aillot.

Why Americans Misunderstand European Energy Policies (and vice versa)

Authors: Siderius, Hans-Paul; Sophie Attali; Nils Borg; Richard C Diamond, and Alan K Meier.

2015

Builder-Installed Electrical Loads in New Homes

Authors: Meier, Alan K, and Quentin Aillot.
08/2015

Energy efficiency and the misuse of programmable thermostats: The effectiveness of crowdsourcing for understanding household behavior

Authors: Pritoni, Marco; Alan K Meier; Cecilia Aragon; Daniel Perry, and Therese Peffer.
07/2015

2014

Assembling Appliances Standards from a Basket of Functions

Authors: Meier, Alan K, and Hans-Paul Siderius.
08/2014

From Energy Audits to Home Performance: 30 Years of Articles in Home Energy Magazine

Authors: Meier, Alan K.
08/2014

Using Public Participation to Improve MELs Energy Data Collection

Authors: Kloss, Margarita; H.Y Iris Cheung; Richard E Brown, and Alan K Meier.
08/2014

We Need to Talk… Developing Communicating Power Supplies to Monitor & Control Miscellaneous Electric Loads

Authors: Weber, Adam Z; Steven Lanzisera; Anna Liao, and Alan K Meier.
08/2014

The electricity impacts of Earth Hour: An international comparative analysis of energy-saving behavior

Authors: Meier, Alan K, and Sarah J Olexsak.
06/2014

Communicating Power Supplies: Bringing the Internet to the Ubiquitous Energy Gateways of Electronic Devices

Authors: Lanzisera, Steven; Andrew R Weber; Anna Liao; Dominic Pajak, and Alan K Meier.
04/2014

2013

Using Public Participation to Improve MELs Energy Data Collection

Authors: Cheung, H.Y Iris; Margarita Kloss; Richard E Brown, and Alan K Meier.
10/2013

New Approach to Modeling Large-Scale Transitions to Alternative Fuels and Vehicles

Authors: Bremson, Joel; Alan K Meier; C.-Y Cynthia Lin, and Joan Ogden.
01/2013

Resident engagement strategies in low and zero net energy communities

Authors: Barriga, Claudia A; Nicole Biggart; Ben Finkelor; Natsuko Enomoto; Alan K Meier; Dina Biscotti, and Toshihide Tanaka.

2012

Facilitating energy savings with programmable thermostats: evaluation and guidelines for the thermostat user interface

Authors: Peffer, Therese; Daniel Perry; Marco Pritoni; Cecilia Aragon, and Alan K Meier.
09/2012

Think Globally, Distribute Power Locally: The Promise of Nanogrids

Authors: Nordman, Bruce; Ken Christensen, and Alan K Meier.
09/2012

Achieving Extreme Efficiency: How to get the job done when energy is extremely expensive and scarce

Authors: Brown, Richard E; Louis-Benoit Desroches; Karina Garbesi, and Alan K Meier.
06/2012

An Examination of the Recertification Processes of Building Certification Systems

Authors: Sims, Michelle, and Alan K Meier.

Folk Labeling: Insights on Improving Usability and Saving Energy Gleaned from After-Market Graffiti on Common Appliances

Authors: Pritoni, Marco; Therese Peffer; Jessica Granderson; Margarita Kloss; Alan K Meier, and Cecilia Aragon.

2011

How people use thermostats in homes: A review

Authors: Peffer, Therese; Marco Pritoni; Alan K Meier; Cecilia Aragon, and Daniel Perry.
12/2011

Usability of Residential Thermostats: Preliminary Investigations

Authors: Meier, Alan K; Cecilia Aragon; Therese Peffer; Daniel Perry, and Marco Pritoni.
10/2011

Making Energy Savings Easier: Usability Metrics for Thermostats

Authors: Perry, Daniel; Cecilia Aragon; Alan K Meier; Therese Peffer, and Marco Pritoni.
08/2011

Accelerated electricity conservation in Juneau, Alaska: A study of household activities that reduced demand 25%

Authors: Leighty, Wayne, and Alan K Meier.
05/2011

Energy savings assessment for digital-to-analog converter boxes

Authors: Cheung, Hoi Ying; Alan K Meier, and Richard E Brown.
03/2011

Measuring the Usability of Appliance Controls

Authors: Meier, Alan K; Cecilia Aragon; Daniel Perry; Therese Peffer; Marco Pritoni, and Jessica Granderson.
03/2011

Creating long-term electricity savings from short-term crises

Authors: Pasquier, Sara, and Alan K Meier.

Developing standards for affordances on embedded devices: poster abstract

Authors: Perry, Daniel; Cecilia Aragon; Alan K Meier, and Marco Pritoni.

Facilitating energy savings through enhanced usability of thermostats

Authors: Meier, Alan K; Therese Peffer; Marco Pritoni; Cecilia Aragon, and Daniel Perry.

Introduction to Panel 6 Innovations in buildings and appliances

Authors: Hermelink, Andreas, and Alan K Meier.

2010

Defining a standard metric for electricity savings

Authors: Koomey, Jonathan G; Hashem Akbari; Carl Blumstein; Marilyn A Brown; Richard E Brown; Chris Calwell; Sheryl Carter; Ralph Cavanagh; Audrey Chang; David Claridge; Paul P Craig; Richard C Diamond; Joseph H Eto; William Fulkerson; Ashok J Gadgil; Howard S Geller; José Goldemberg; Charles A Goldman; David B Goldstein; Steve E Greenberg; David Hafemeister; Jeffrey P Harris; Hal Harvey; Eric Heitz; Eric Hirst; Holmes Hummel; Daniel M Kammen; Henry Kelly; John A Laitner; Mark D Levine; Amory Lovins; Gil Masters; James E McMahon; Alan K Meier; Michael Messenger; John Millhone; Evan Mills; Steven M Nadel; Bruce Nordman; Lynn K Price; Joseph J Romm; Marc Ross; Michael Rufo; Jayant A Sathaye; Leon J Schipper; Stephen H Schneider; James L Sweeney; Malcolm Verdict; Diana Vorsatz; Devra Wang; Carl Weinberg; Richard Wilk; John Wilson, and Ernst Worrell.
03/2010

2008

Residential Thermostats: Comfort Controls in California Homes

Authors: Walker, Iain S, and Alan K Meier.

2007

Green the Capitol Initiative, Final Report

Authors: Beard, Daniel P; Grant Scherling; Perry Plumart; Barbara A Atkinson; Peter J Biermayer; Richard E Brown; Richard C Diamond; Camilla Dunham; Ryan M Firestone; Steve E Greenberg; Don Medley; Anthony Ma; Alan K Meier; Evan Mills; Bruce Nordman; Christopher T Payne; Mary Ann Piette; Francis M Rubinstein; Stephen E Selkowitz; Craig P Wray; Peng Xu; Mike Azarcon; Jim Calendar; Tom Costello; Eric Goodman; Greg Green; Charles Iliff; Brian Klein; Mike Laser; William Miller; Dan Murphy; Theon Parker; Dave Pilkins; Chris Potter; Louis Scalfari; Toby Virts; John Williams; Rick Wilmoth, and Beverly Wood.
06/2007

Emerging Requirements for Residential Thermostats in North America

Authors: Meier, Alan K, and Iain S Walker.

2004

Many small consumers, one growing problem: Achieving energy savings for electronic equipment operating in low power modes

Authors: Payne, Christopher T, and Alan K Meier.
08/2004

2002

Electricity Used by Office Equipment and Network Equipment in the U.S.

Authors: Kawamoto, Kaoru; Jonathan G Koomey; Bruce Nordman; Richard E Brown; Mary Ann Piette; Michael K Ting, and Alan K Meier.
03/2002

2001

Electricity Used by Office Equipment and Network Equipment in the U.S.: Detailed Report and Appendices

Authors: Kawamoto, Kaoru; Jonathan G Koomey; Michael K Ting; Bruce Nordman; Richard E Brown; Mary Ann Piette, and Alan K Meier.
02/2001

Demand-Responsive and Efficient Building Systems as a Resource for Electricity Reliability

Authors: Piette, Mary Ann; Joseph H Eto; Iain S Walker; Stephen E Selkowitz; Craig P Wray; Bruce Nordman; Alan K Meier; Philip Haves; Richard C Diamond; Jeffrey P Harris; Mithra M Moezzi; Christopher T Payne, and Jonathan G Koomey.

2000

Electricity Used by Office Equipment and Network Equipment in the U.S.

Authors: Kawamoto, Kaoru; Jonathan G Koomey; Bruce Nordman; Richard E Brown; Mary Ann Piette, and Alan K Meier.
08/2000

Global Implications of Standby Power Use

Authors: Lebot, Benoit; Alan K Meier, and Alain Anglade.
06/2000

National Energy Use of Consumer Electronics in 1999

Authors: Rosen, Karen; Alan K Meier, and Stefan Zandelin.
06/2000

Whole-House Measurements of Standby Power Consumption

Authors: Ross, J.P, and Alan K Meier.
06/2000

Mitigation of urban heat islands: meteorology, energy, and airquality impacts

Authors: Taha, Haider; Alan K Meier; Weijun Gao, and Toshio Ojima.
03/2000

1998

Miscellaneous Electricity Use in the U.S. Residential Sector

Authors: Sanchez, Marla C; Jonathan G Koomey; Mithra M Moezzi; Alan K Meier, and Wolfgang Huber.
04/1998

Miscellaneous Electricity Use in U.S. Homes

Authors: Sanchez, Marla C; Jonathan G Koomey; Mithra M Moezzi; Alan K Meier, and Wolfgang Huber.
01/1998

1996

You Won't Find These Leaks with a Blower Door: The Latest in "Leaking Electricity" in Homes

Authors: Rainer, Leo I; Steve E Greenberg, and Alan K Meier.

1991

The Potential for Electricity Efficiency Improvements in the U.S. Residential Sector

Authors: Koomey, Jonathan G; Celina S Atkinson; Alan K Meier; James E McMahon; Stan Boghosian; Barbara A Atkinson; Isaac Turiel; Mark D Levine; Bruce Nordman, and Peter T Chan.
07/1991