Precourt Energy Efficiency Center (PEEC) Seed Grants
Precourt Energy Efficiency Center (PEEC) Seed Grants
Funding Year | Research Topic | Description | Principal Investigtors |
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2014 | Improving the efficiency of combined cooling, heating and power systems | Combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) systems theoretically use 90 percent of the primary energy going into them, but in reality their... |
Martin Fischer, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
2014 | Miniature thermoacoustic engines to capture waste heat from computers | This project will first assess the feasibility of miniature thermoacoustic engines to convert waste heat from computers and other electronic devices... |
Lambertus Hesselink, Electrical Engineering; and Carlo Scalo, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University |
2013 | Trip Estimation Techniques to Better Manage Hybrid Vehicle Batteries | The environmental and economic value of hybrid vehicles is maximized by using the least amount of fossil fuel and exhausting battery power before... |
John D. Fox, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/Applied Physics; William Dally, computer science; Jonathan Levav, Graduate School of Business |
2013 | Improving Predictions of the Efficiency of Natural Ventilation in Buildings | Designing buildings that rely on natural ventilation for temperature control is a relatively new science. Due to limited analytical tools, such... |
Gianluca Iaccarino, mechanical engineering; Martin Fischer, civil and environmental engineering |
2013 | Better Decision Making for Policies and Programs to Reduce Electricity Use | This project seeks to aid decision making in energy-efficiency initiatives from government policies to business campaigns. Researchers will first... |
Roy Pea, Education; Michael Bernstein, computer science; Martha Russell, H-STAR (Human-Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute) |
2013 | Visualization of Smart Meter Data for Critical Peak Pricing | Most electric utilities have multiple programs offering customers financial incentives for using electricity efficiently and reducing use when power... |
Ram Rajagopal, civil and environmental engineering; June A. Flora, H-STAR |
2013 | Efficiency and Group Behavior in Power Distribution Networks | The electricity system of the future is expected to include many local energy devices that can either generate electricity, like rooftop solar panels... |
Ramesh Johari, management science and engineering; Ram Rajagopal, civil and environmental engineering |
2012 | Experiments with Appliance Choice | This study examines whether some groups of consumers alter their decision-making process when buying major household appliances due to behavioral... |
Brian Knutson, psychology |
2012 | The Dynamic Effects of the Light Bulb Ban | New regulations effectively ban incandescent light bulbs in much of the world. Does the new prominence of lighting alternatives – compact... |
Mar Reguant and Lanier Benkard, Graduate School of Business |
2012 | Promoting Sustainable Vehicles | Will drivers buy more environmentally friendly vehicles in response to information about present benefits rather than future environmental gains? If... |
Jonathan Levav, Graduate School of Business |
2012 | A Robust Mechanism to Dynamically Provide Grid Services with a Fleet of Plug-In Electric Vehicles | We propose to construct an automated demand response mechanism for a fleet of plug-in electric vehicles that defines the role of electric vehicles in... |
Nicole Taheri, ICME; Yinyu Ye, management science and engineering |
2010 | Paying for Good Deeds: Using Financial Incentives to Achieve Energy Efficiency | The aim of this project is to understand how we can motivate individuals to achieve sustainable long run energy efficiency. In particular it asks... |
Matthew Harding, economics |
2010 | Towards Improved Energy Simulation Tools for Buildings - Improving airflow parameterizations within energy simulation using CFD and building measurements | We propose to develop a building energy model using the current best practices in computational fluid dynamics, coupled with heat transfer... |
Martin Fischer, civil and environmental engineering; Erin Hult; Gianluca Iaccarino, mechanical engineering |
2010 | Santa Clara County Jail-Energy Efficiency Retrofit, Monitoring, and Modeling | See project website for more information. |
Martin Fisher, civil and environmental engineering; Tobias Maile, civil and environmental engineering |
2010 | Identifying and Mitigating Structural Barriers to Diffusion of Energy-Saving Technologies in the Building Industry | Research will: Identify and document the key organizational, inter-organizational, and industry barriers to widespread adoption of energy-saving... |
Dana Gavrieli, civil and environmental engineering; Raymond E. Levitt, civil and environmental engineering; Erica L. Plambeck, Graduate School of Business |