- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Road, MS 90R2000
Berkeley, CA 94720 USA - Physical Address
- Building 90, Room 2058
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I am a senior scientist in the Energy Analysis Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
My other titles include:
- Faculty Researcher and Associate Director of Curriculum, Energy Efficiency Center, University of California, Davis where I also teach courses.
- Editor, Energy and Buildings
- Executive Editor (and founder), Home Energy
- Three years as a Senior Energy Analyst at the International Energy Agency in Paris
- Consultant for the World Bank, Federal Trade Commission, IEA, McKinsey, and others
I study how people and equipment use energy and opportunities to reduce energy consumption. I especially enjoy exploring aspects that are not measured or were overlooked (that's how I discovered standby power). I focus on buildings, equipment and, more recently, transportation. I approach this topic from many directions, including:
- Energy test procedures for appliances (including cars and trucks)
- Field measurements of energy use
- Technical potentials for energy savings
- Economics and behavior related to energy consumption
Many people know me for my work on standby power use but my interests are actually much broader, including:
- Measurements of low power mode (lopomo) energy use
- Market failures in the end use of energy
- Off-test fuel consumption in vehicles
- Miscellaneous use of energy in homes
- Saving electricity in a hurry (and slowly)
- Comparisons of laboratory and field measurements of electronics and appliances
- Supply curves of conserved energy
- Real-time display of regional electricity demand and supply
- Designing more effective residential thermostats (which today control ~10% of US energy use)
- Teaching concepts of energy use and efficiency
- Passionately avoiding administrative responsibilities
Here is a recent CV and publications list, a sampling of my publications, including my most frequently visited paper.