Green energy-efficient networks. Green networks for office and residential buildings. Novel photonics for green networks. Energy efficiency in optical and wireless access networks.
End Use/Efficiency: Buildings
Stanford researchers are studying how to improve management of buildings' energy systems, and also how to conserve energy in producing building materials and construction. Some research looks at how energy efficiency standards for appliances and buildings affect purchase prices and operating costs. Faculty and students have also developed software to disaggregate home electricity usage to provide people with useful information about specific appliances, and software for commercial building owners to screen, prioritize and execute optimal energy efficiency retrofit projects. Other research topics in this area include net-zero energy buildings; how restrictions on older light bulb technologies affect consumer decision making and technological innovation by lighting manufacturers; effects of nudges like ecofriendly labeling on consumer decision making when purchasing major appliances; ways for the construction industry to overcome barriers to adopting energy-efficient innovations.
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Integration of energy and environmental performance indicators, value and payback time in design of energy-efficient buildings. Market-based valuation of renewable power plants' ecological benefits.
Mechanical Engineering
Developing new computational methods to design and analyze renewable energy, including solar thermal devices. Using current supercomputers and next-generation high performance systems for multidisciplinary optimization to increase wind turbine power output and reduce noise. Modeling natural ventilation in energy efficient buildings using high-fidelity simulations.
Pediatrics
Applying experimental approaches from public health and medical research to develop family-, school-, and community-based interventions to promote residential, transportation and food-related energy-saving behaviors. Designing "stealth interventions" that harness the motivating characteristics of social movements to promote the overlapping goals of environmental sustainability and health.
