Publications

X Author: Alan K Meier

2012

Peffer, Therese, Daniel Perry, Marco Pritoni, Cecilia Aragon, and Alan K Meier."Facilitating energy savings with programmable thermostats: evaluation and guidelines for the thermostat user interface."Ergonomics 56.Issue 3: Ergonomics and Sustainability (2012). DOI
Nordman, Bruce, Ken Christensen, and Alan K Meier."Think Globally, Distribute Power Locally: The Promise of Nanogrids."Computer 45.9 (2012). DOI
Brown, Richard E, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Karina Garbesi, and Alan K Meier."Achieving Extreme Efficiency: How to get the job done when energy is extremely expensive and scarce."2012 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2012).
Sims, Michelle, and Alan K Meier."An Examination of the Recertification Processes of Building Certification Systems."2012 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2012).
Pritoni, Marco, Therese Peffer, Jessica Granderson, Margarita Kloss, Alan K Meier, and Cecilia Aragon."Folk Labeling: Insights on Improving Usability and Saving Energy Gleaned from After-Market Graffiti on Common Appliances."2012 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2012).

2011

Peffer, Therese, Marco Pritoni, Alan K Meier, Cecilia Aragon, and Daniel Perry."How people use thermostats in homes: A review."Building and Environment 46.12 (2011). DOI
Meier, Alan K, Cecilia Aragon, Therese Peffer, Daniel Perry, and Marco Pritoni."Usability of Residential Thermostats: Preliminary Investigations."Building and Environment 46.10 (2011) 1891-1898. DOI
Perry, Daniel, Cecilia Aragon, Alan K Meier, Therese Peffer, and Marco Pritoni."Making Energy Savings Easier: Usability Metrics for Thermostats."Journal of Usability Studies 6.4 (2011) 226-244.
Leighty, Wayne, and Alan K Meier."Accelerated electricity conservation in Juneau, Alaska: A study of household activities that reduced demand 25%."Energy Policy 39.5 (2011). DOI
Cheung, Hoi Ying, Alan K Meier, and Richard E Brown."Energy savings assessment for digital-to-analog converter boxes."Energy Policy 39.3 (2011) 1312-1317. DOI
Meier, Alan K, Cecilia Aragon, Daniel Perry, Therese Peffer, Marco Pritoni, and Jessica Granderson."Measuring the Usability of Appliance Controls."Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting Conference (2011).
Pasquier, Sara, and Alan K Meier."Creating long-term electricity savings from short-term crises."ECEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency (2011).
Perry, Daniel, Cecilia Aragon, Alan K Meier, and Marco Pritoni."Developing standards for affordances on embedded devices: poster abstract."IConference ’11 (2011). DOI
Meier, Alan K, Therese Peffer, Marco Pritoni, Cecilia Aragon, and Daniel Perry."Facilitating energy savings through enhanced usability of thermostats."ECEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency (2011).
Hermelink, Andreas, and Alan K Meier."Introduction to Panel 6 Innovations in buildings and appliances."ECEEE 2011 SUMMER STUDY (2011).

2010

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."Defining a standard metric for electricity savings."Environmental Research Letters 5.1 (2010). DOI

2008

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

2007

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."Green the Capitol Initiative, Final Report." (2007).
Meier, Alan K, and Iain S Walker."Emerging Requirements for Residential Thermostats in North America."The Sixth International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation & Energy Conservation in Buildings 2007 1 (2007) 899-903.

2004

Payne, Christopher T, and Alan K Meier."Many small consumers, one growing problem: Achieving energy savings for electronic equipment operating in low power modes."2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2004).

2002

Kawamoto, Kaoru, Jonathan G Koomey, Bruce Nordman, Richard E Brown, Mary Ann Piette, Michael K Ting, and Alan K Meier."Electricity Used by Office Equipment and Network Equipment in the U.S.."Energy 27.3 (2002) 255-269. DOI

2001

Kawamoto, Kaoru, Jonathan G Koomey, Michael K Ting, Bruce Nordman, Richard E Brown, Mary Ann Piette, and Alan K Meier."Electricity Used by Office Equipment and Network Equipment in the U.S.: Detailed Report and Appendices." (2001).
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."Demand-Responsive and Efficient Building Systems as a Resource for Electricity Reliability." (2001).

2000

Kawamoto, Kaoru, Jonathan G Koomey, Bruce Nordman, Richard E Brown, Mary Ann Piette, and Alan K Meier."Electricity Used by Office Equipment and Network Equipment in the U.S.."2000 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (2000).
Lebot, Benoit, Alan K Meier, and Alain Anglade."Global Implications of Standby Power Use." (2000).