Publications and Research Presentations
2022
Liu, Jingjing, Rongxin Yin, Lili Yu, Mary Ann Piette, Marco Pritoni, Armando Casillas, Jiarong Xie, Tianzhen Hong, Monica Neukomm, and Peter Schwartz."Defining and applying an electricity demand flexibility benchmarking metrics framework for grid-interactive efficient commercial buildings."Advances in Applied Energy
8 (2022) 100107. DOI
Gerke, Brian F., Sarah J. Smith, Samanvitha Murthy, Aditya Khandekar, Cong Zhang, Sunhee Baik, Shreya Agarwal, Jingjing Liu, Richard E. Brown, Mary Ann Piette, and Peter Alstone."Overview of Phase 4 of the California Demand Response Potential Study."
(2022).
2021
Baudette, Maxime, Jaimie Swartz, Keith Moffat, Jasper Pakshong, Leo Chu, Christoph Gehbauer, and Alexandra von Meier."Hardware-In-the-Loop Benchmarking Setup for Phasor Based Control Validation."
(2021). DOI
2020
Gerke, Brian F., Giulia Gallo, Sarah Josephine Smith, Jingjing Liu, Shuba V. Raghavan, Peter Schwartz, Mary Ann Piette, Rongxin Yin, and Sofia Stensson."The California Demand Response Potential Study, Phase 3: Final Report on the Shift Resource through 2030."
(2020). DOI
2018
Liu, Jingjing, Arian Aghajanzadeh, Paul Sheaffer, Peter L. Therkelsen, and Nathaniel Allen."Accelerating the Uptake of ISO 50001 in Commercial Buildings: Two Early Adopters Utilizing an “Enterprise-wide” Approach to Save Energy and Beyond."2018 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
(2018).
Gallo, Giulia, Brian F. Gerke, Jingjing Liu, Mary Ann Piette, Peter Schwartz, and Peter Alstone."Mobilizing the Anti-Duck Brigade: Technology and Market Pathways for Load-Shifting Demand Response in California."2018 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
(2018). DOI
Regnier, Cynthia, Kaiyu Sun, Tianzhen Hong, and Mary Ann Piette."Quantifying the benefits of a building retrofit using an integrated system approach: A case study."Energy and Buildings
159 (2018). DOI
2017
Alstone, Peter, Jennifer Potter, Mary Ann Piette, Peter Schwartz, Michael A. Berger, Laurel N. Dunn, Sarah Josephine Smith, Michael D. Sohn, Arian Aghajanzadeh, Sofia Stensson, and Julia Szinai."Demand Response Potential for California SubLAPs and Local Capacity Planning Areas: An Addendum to the 2025 California Demand Response Potential Study - Phase 2."
(2017).
Alstone, Peter, Jennifer Potter, Mary Ann Piette, Peter Schwartz, Michael A. Berger, Laurel N. Dunn, Sarah Josephine Smith, Michael D. Sohn, Arian Aghajanzadeh, Sofia Stensson, Julia Szinai, Travis Walter, Lucy McKenzie, Luke Lavin, Brendan Schneiderman, Ana Mileva, Eric Cutter, Arne Olson, Josh L. Bode, Adriana Ciccone, and Ankit Jain."2025 California Demand Response Potential Study - Charting California's Demand Response Future: Final Report on Phase 2 Results."
(2017).
Yoshino, Hiroshi, Tianzhen Hong, and Natasa Nord."IEA EBC Annex 53: Total Energy Use in Buildings – Analysis and Evaluation Methods."Energy and Buildings
152 (2017). DOI
2016
Alstone, Peter, Jennifer Potter, Mary Ann Piette, Peter Schwartz, Michael A. Berger, Laurel N. Dunn, Sarah Josephine Smith, Michael D. Sohn, Arian Aghajanzadeh, Sofia Stensson, and Julia Szinai."2015 California Demand Response Potential Study - Charting California's Demand response Future: Interim Report on Phase 1 Results."
(2016).
2015
Price, Phillip N., Mary Ann Piette, Jessica Granderson, and John Elliott."Automated Measurement and Verification of Transactive Energy Systems, Load Shape Analysis, and Consumer Engagement."GridWise® Architecture Council Transactive Energy Conference
(2015).
Price, Phillip N., Bruce Nordman, Mary Ann Piette, Richard E. Brown, Janie Page, Steven Lanzisera, and Jessica Granderson."Automated Measurement and Verification and Innovative Occupancy Detection Technologies."
(2015).
Olsen, Daniel, Arian Aghajanzadeh, and Aimee T. McKane."Opportunities for Automated Demand Response in California Agricultural Irrigation."
(2015).
Aghajanzadeh, Arian, Craig P. Wray, and Aimee T. McKane."Opportunities for Automated Demand Response in California Wastewater Treatment Facilities."
(2015).
Homan, Gregory K., Arian Aghajanzadeh, and Aimee T. McKane."Opportunities for Automated Demand Response in California's Dairy Processing Industry."
(2015).
Price, Phillip N., Nathan J. Addy, and Sila Kiliccote."Predictability and Persistance of Demand Response Load Shed in Buildings."
(2015).
2014
Yin, Rongxin, Sila Kiliccote, and Mary Ann Piette."Linking measurements and models in commercial buildings: A case study for model calibration and demand response strategy evaluation."
(2014).
2013
Piette, Mary Ann, Richard E. Brown, Phillip N. Price, Janie Page, Jessica Granderson, David Riess, Stephen Czarnecki, Girish Ghatikar, and Steven Lanzisera."Automated Measurement and Signaling Systems for the Transactional Network."
(2013).
2012
Piette, Mary Ann, Jessica Granderson, Michael Wetter, and Sila Kiliccote."Responsive and Intelligent Building Information and Control for Low-Energy and Optimized Grid Integration."ACEEE 2012 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 12-17, 2012
(2012).
Piette, Mary Ann, Jessica Granderson, Michael Wetter, and Sila Kiliccote."Intelligent Building Energy Information and Control Systems for Low-Energy Operations and Optimal Demand Response."IEEE Design and Test of Computers
29.4 (2012) 8-16. DOI
2009
Granderson, Jessica, Junqiao Han Dudley, Sila Kiliccote, and Mary Ann Piette."Chilled Water Storage System and Demand Response at the University of California at Merced."9th International Conference for Enhanced Building Operations, November 17-18, 2009
(2009).
Rubinstein, Francis M., Girish Ghatikar, Jessica Granderson, David S. Watson, Paul Haugen, and Carlos Romero."Barrier Immune Radio Communications for Demand Response."
(2009).
2008
Rubinstein, Francis M., Dmitriy Bolotov, Mark S. Levi, Kevin Powell, and Peter Schwartz."The Advantage of Highly Controlled Lighting for Offices and Commercial Buildings."2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 17-22, 2008
(2008) 063901(1-5).
Walker, Iain S., and Alan K. Meier."Residential Thermostats: Comfort Controls in California Homes."
(2008).
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).
2004
Xu, Peng, Philip Haves, Mary Ann Piette, and James E. Braun."Peak Demand Reduction from Pre-Cooling with Zone Temperature Reset in an Office Building."2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
(2004).