--- title: "Building Energy Systems: Publications" description: Fraunhofer CSE publications on building energy systems research. --- [![](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Fraunhofer%20USA%20transparent%20bg-1.png?width=4927&height=1348&name=Fraunhofer%20USA%20transparent%20bg-1.png)](http://cmi.fraunhofer.org) - [Blog](http://www.cleantechnotes.org) - [Living Lab](http://www.cse.fraunhofer.org/living-lab) - [Jobs/Career](http://www.cse.fraunhofer.org/jobs-careers) - [Contact](http://www.cse.fraunhofer.org/contact) ### Building Energy Systems: Publications Results per page - 2 - 3 - 4 Zeifman, M., Lazrak, A., Roth, K. (2019). [Residential retrofits at scale: opportunity identification, saving estimation, and personalized messaging based on communicating thermostat data.](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-019-09797-9) In: Energy Efficiency. : Springer, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-019-09797-9 Abreu, J., Wingartz, N., Hardy, N. (2019). [New trends in solar: A comparative study assessing attitudes towards the adoption of rooftop solar.](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421518308437) In: Elsevier - Energy Policy. 128: Elsevier, pp. 347-363. The factors affecting the adoption of conventional solar PV have been broadly addressed in the recent literature.... [Read More](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hubfs/Elsevier-New%20Trends%20in%20Solar-Abreu-2018.pdf?hsLang=en) Urban, B. (2018). [Validating the COOLNOMIX AC and refrigeration compressor control retrofit. Final Report. ESTCP Project EW-201513.](https://www.serdp-estcp.org/Program-Areas/Installation-Energy-and-Water/Energy/Conservation-and-Efficiency/EW-201513) Alexandria: Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP). Fraunhofer USA Report to the U.S. DoD Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP). Fuchs, H., Shehabi, A., Ganeshalingam, M., Desroches, L.B., Lim, B., Roth, K., et al. (2018). [Characteristics and Energy Use of Volume Servers in the U.S.](https://aceee.org/files/proceedings/2018/index.html#/paper/event-data/p076) In: 2018 ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings. Washington D.C.: ACEEE, 3-1 to 3-12. As data centers proliferate t o meet the demand of Internet-of-T hings services, their energy intensity deserves clo se... Abreu, J., Voge, J., Roth, K. (2018). [Customer centric recommendations for the design of residential direct load control (DLC) demand response (DR) utility Programs.](https://aceee.org/files/proceedings/2018/index.html#/paper/event-data/p238) In: 2018 ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings. Washington D.C.: ACEEE, 8-1 to 8-15. Outdoor temperature drives the peak demand of summer-peaking electric utilities and their grid infrastructure. Abreu, J., McIlvennie, C., Wingartz, N., Mammoli, A. (2018). [What Would You Do To Keep The Lights On In Your Community?](https://aceee.org/files/proceedings/2018/index.html#/paper/event-data/p328) In: 2018 ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings. Washington D.C.: ACEEE, 11-1 to 11-15. Previous studies have conclude d that residential demand respons e (DR) coupled with IT integration can improve the... Zeifman, M., Lazrak, A., Roth, K. (2018). [Residential retrofits at scale: opportunity identification, saving estimation and personalized messaging based on communicating thermostat data.](https://aceee.org/files/proceedings/2018/index.html#/paper/event-data/p387) In: 2018 ACEEE Summer Study Proceedings. Washington D.C.: ACEEE, 12-1 to 12-13. Annual energy savings of up to $4- 5 billion could be achieved n ationwide through basic insulation and heating system... Fontanini, A., Abreu, J. (2018). [A Data-Driven BIRCH Clustering Method for Extracting Typical Load Profiles for Big Data.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hubfs/2018-PES-Portland-OR-USA-BIRCH_Clustering_SUBMIT%5B1%5D.pdf?hsLang=en) In: IEEE Power & Energy General Meeting. Portland: IEEE PES. In typical load shape analysis, many different clustering methods have been used to segment customers, interpret... [Read More](http://pes-gm.org/2018/) Ashouria, M., Haghighata, F., Fung, B., Lazrak, A., Yoshinod, H. (2018). [Development of Building Energy Saving Advisory: A Data Mining Approach.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.04.052) In: Energy and Buildings. 172: Elsevier, pp. 139-151. Wang, Z., Rahnamay-Naeini, M., Abreu, J., Shuvro, R., Das, P., Mammoli, A., et al. (2018). [Impacts of Operators’ Behavior on Reliability of Power Grids during Cascading Failures.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hubfs/2018PwrSys%5B1%5D.pdf?hsLang=en) : IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. (Paper accepted) Human operators play a key role in the reliable operation of critical infrastructures. However, human... Lazrak, A., Fourmigué, J., Robin, J. (2018). [An innovative practical battery thermal management system based on phase change materials: Numerical and experimental investigations.](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359431117315739) In: Applied Thermal Engineering. 128: Elsevier, pp. 20-32. [Read More](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359431117315739) Urban, B., Roth, K., Singh, M., Howes, D. (2017). [Energy Consumption of Consumer Electronics in U.S. Homes in 2017.](http://www.cta.tech/cta/media/policyImages/policyPDFs/Energy-Consumption-of-Consumer-Electronics-in-U-S-Homes-in-2017.pdf) Boston: Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Fraunhofer CSE was contracted for a third time in seven years by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) to conduct a... Zeifman, M. (2017). [United States Patent: Methods and system for nonintrusive load monitoring.](http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=zeifman&OS=zeifman&RS=zeifman) : United States Patent Office. Identification and tracking of major electric appliances by using aggregate power data obtained at the main breaker... Urban, B., Roth, R. (2017). [Demonstrating a Net-Zero Solar Energy Elevator in a Boston Office Building.](http://assets.thyssenkruppelevator.com/whitepaper/fraunhofer-elevator-field-assessment.pdf) Boston: thyssenkrupp AG, pp. 1-23. Urban, B., Roth, K. (2017). [LCD Television Power Draw Trends from 2003 to 2015.](http://www.cta.tech/cta/media/policyImages/policyPDFs/Fraunhofer-LCD-TV-Power-Draw-Trends-FINAL.pdf) Boston: CTAtech.com. Televisions in U.S. homes consumed about 50 billion kWh per year in 2013, or about 4% of the total U.S. residential... [Read More](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hubfs/Fraunhofer-LCD-TV-Power-Draw-Trends-FINAL.pdf?hsLang=en) Zeifman, M., Kromer, M., Roth, K. (2017). [Integrated System to Enable High-Penetration Feeder-Level PV: Preliminary Design and Simulation Results.](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8085967/) In: IEEE ISGT 2017. Washington: IEEE. [Read More](http://sites.ieee.org/isgt-2017/) Wang, N., Roth, K., Phelan, P., Gonzalez, J., Harris, C., Henze, G., et al. (2017). [Ten questions concerning future buildings beyond zero energy and carbon neutrality.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hubfs/Ten%20questions%20concerning%20future%20buildings%20beyond%20zero%20energy%20and%20carbon%20neutrality.pdf?hsLang=en) In: Building and Environment. 119: Elsevier Ltd., 169-182. [Read More](http://futurebuildings.labworks.org/) Zeifman, M., Roth, K., Urban, B. (2017). [Communicating Thermostats as a Tool for Home Energy Performance Assessment.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hubfs/ICCE%20Conference%20Paper%202017.pdf?t=1506451117857&hsLang=en) In: Proceedings of 35th IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics. Las Vegas: IEEE, pp. 191-192. Roth, K., Kromer, M. (2016). [SunDial: An Integrated SHINES System Enabling High Penetration Feeder-Level PV.](https://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2016/07/f33/SHINES_TKM_Fraunhofer.pdf) In: ACEEE Intelligent Energy Conference. Austin: ACEEE, pp. 1-33. [Read More](http://aceee.org/conferences/2016/ie) Abreu, J. (2016). [Encouraging Sustainable Practices Beyond Here and Now: The Case of Programmable Thermostats for Low Income Tenants.](http://beccconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Abreu_presentation.pdf) In: Behavior, Energy & Climate Change (BECC) . Baltimore. [Read More](http://beccconference.org/archives/) Abreu, J., Simoes, J. (2016). [On Demand: Evaluation of a Behavioral Automated Demand Response Field Experiment.](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306395690_ON_DEMAND_EVALUATION_OF_A_BEHAVIORAL_AUTOMATED_DEMAND_RESPONSE_FIELD_EXPERIMENT_i) In: *4th European Conference on Behavior and Energy Efficiency. Portugal: Proceedings of Behave 2016* Coimbra, pp. 1-4. [Read More](https://www.uc.pt/en/org/inescc/news_inescc/behave2016) Abreu, J. , Roth, K. (2016). [Evaluation of Behavioral Strategies for Effective Use of Programmable Thermostats in Multifamily Affordable Housing, Draft Final Report - Prepared for NYSERDA.](http://www.cse.fraunhofer.org/hubfs/Evaluation%20of%20Behavioral%20Strategies%20for%20Effective%20Use%20of%20Programmable%20Thermostats%20in%20Multifamily%20Affordable%20Housing.pdf) Boston. This paper describes a field experiment to test two behavioral interventions designed to increase the effective use of... Zeifman, M., Roth, K. (2016). [Residential Remote Audits: Estimation of Building Thermal Parameters Using Interval Energy Consumption Data.](http://aceee.org/conferences/2016/ssb) In: *Proceedings of ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings* Pacific Grove: ACEEE, pp. 12.1-12.12. [Read More](http://aceee.org/conferences/2016/ssb) Urban, B., Roth, K., Harbor, C. (2016). [Energy Savings from Five Home Automation Technologies: A Scoping Study of Technical Potential. Final Report by the Fraunhofer USA Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) to the Consumer Technology Association.](https://www.cta.tech/CTA/media/policyImages/Energy-Savings-from-Five-Home-Automation-Technologies.pdf) Boston: Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems CSE. Lazrak, A., Boudehenn, F., Bonnot, S., Fraisse, G., Leconte, A., Papillon, P., et al. (2016). [Development of a dynamic artificial neural network model of an absorption chiller and its experimental validation.](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2015.09.023) In: Renewable Energy. 86, pp. 1009-1022. Urban, B., Shmakova, V., Lim, B., Roth, K. (2015). [Residential Consumer Electronics Energy Consumption in the United States.](http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/proceedings-of-the-8th-international-conference-on-energy-efficiency-in-domestic-appliances-and-lighting-pbLD1A27693/downloads/LD-1A-27693-EN-N/LD1A27693ENN_002.pdf?FileName=LD1A27693ENN_002.pdf&SKU=LD1A27693ENN_PDF&CatalogueNumber=LD-1A-27693-EN-N) In: *Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting* Lucerne: JRC-IET, pp. 648-656. [Read More](http://www.buildup.eu/en/events/eedal15-8th-international-conference-energy-efficiency-domestic-appliances-and-lighting) Shukla, N., Watts, A., Honeker, C., Kośny, J. (2015). Thermal Impact of Adhesive-applied PV Roof. In: 4th International Renewable Energy and Environment Conference, IREEC-2015. Prague. [Read More](http://www.warponline.org/conferences.php) Urban, B., Shukla, N., Fontanini, A., Kośny, J. (2015). [Measuring Field Performance of Aerogel Insulation in a Hot, Dry Climate.](https://www.brikbase.org/sites/default/files/10.1%20Urban.pdf) In: BEST4 Conference on Building Enclosure Science and Technology. Kansas City: National Institute of Building Sciences, pp. 1-10. [Read More](http://www.nibs.org/?page=best) Zeifman, M., Akers, C. (2015). Nonintrusive Monitoring of Miscellaneous and Electronic Loads. In: 2015 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE). Las Vegas: IEEE, pp. 305-308. [Read More](http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html%3FConf_ID%3D34177) Zeifman, M. (2015). Measurement and Verification of Energy Saving in Smart Building Technologies. In: Proceedings of IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP). Orlando: IEEE, pp. 343-347. Abreu, J., Hardy, N., Pereira, F., Zeifman, M. (2015). [Modeling Human Reliability in the Power Grid Environment: an Application of the SPAR-H Methodology.](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joana_Abreu2/publication/278966917_Human_Reliability_evaluation_in_the_power_grid_environment_an_application_of_the_SPAR-H_methodology_October_26-30_Los_Angeles_US/links/559ed10108ae97223ddc5319.pdf?origin=publication_detail) In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. , pp. 1-5. Harbor, D., Roth, K., Zeifman, M., Shmakova, V. (2015). [The Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impacts of Telecommuting and e-Commerce. Final Report by the Fraunhofer USA Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) to the Consumer Electronics Association.](https://www.cta.tech/CTA/media/policyImages/Telecommuting-e-Commerce-Study.pdf) : Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems CSE, pp. 1-81. Lazrak, A., Leconte, A., Cheze, A., Fraisse, G., Papillon, P., Souyri, B. (2015). [Numerical and experimental results of a novel and generic methodology for energy performance evaluation of thermal systems using renewable energies.](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.08.049) In: Applied Energy. 158(15), pp. 142-156. Zeifman, M. (2014). [I Know What You Did Last Summer: Smart Meter Data Accurately Predict Household Intention to Enroll in Energy Efficiency Program.](http://beccconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/presentation_Zeifman.pdf) In: Behavior, Energy & Climate Change (BECC) . Washington: IEEE, pp. 1-17. [Read More](http://aceee.org/conferences/2014/becc) Zeifman, M. (2014). [Smart meter data analytics: Prediction of enrollment in residential energy efficiency programs.](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6973942/) In: 2014 International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC). San Diego: IEEE, pp. 413-416. [Read More](http://smc2014.org/) Urban, B., Shukla, N., Fontanini, A., Kośny, J. (2014). An Outdoor Hut Testing Platform for Evaluating Advanced Building Enclosures. In: *NSB* Lund: NSB, pp. 135-143. [Read More](http://www.nsb2014.se/) Abreu, J. , Roth, K., Feldman, J. (2014). [Assessing the Impact of Goal Setting and Personalized Feedback on Energy Saving Behaviors, St. Polycarp Village.](http://www.cse.fraunhofer.org/hubfs/St.%20Polycarp%20Report_1.31.2014-3.pdf) Cambridge. St. Polycarp Village is an affordable housing residency in Somerville, MA. The buildings are high efficiency, with LEED... Zeifman, M. (2014). [Tutorial: Nonintrusive Appliance Load Monitoring - Opportunities and Challenges.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL8-jutDDKE) In: 32nd 2014 International Conference on Consumer Electronics. Las Vegas: IEEE. [Read More](http://www.icce.org/) Lim, B., Roth, K., Nambiar, S., Rayakota, H. (2014). [Rapid Prototyping of Energy Management Applications with FRESH.](http://aceee.org/files/proceedings/2014/data/papers/11-763.pdf#page=1) In: Proceedings of the ACEEE 2014 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Washington: ACEEE, pp. 209-221. Roth, K., Urban, B., Shmakova, V., Lim, B. (2014). [Residential Consumer Electronics Energy Consumption in 2013.](http://aceee.org/files/proceedings/2014/data/papers/9-219.pdf) In: Proceedings of the ACEEE 2014 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Washington: ACEEE, pp. 308-320. Urban, B., Roth, K. (2014). [A Data-Driven Framework for Comparing Residential Thermostat Energy Performance.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/file-2307772654-pdf/docs/fhcse_-_nest_-_framework_for_comparing_thermostat_energy_performance_-_final.pdf?t=1475859324975&hsLang=en) Boston: Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems CSE. Urban, B., Shmakova, V., Lim, B., Roth, K. (2014). [Energy Consumption of Consumer Electronics in U.S. Homes in 2013. Final Report to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).](https://www.cta.tech/CTA/media/policyImages/Energy-Consumption-of-Consumer-Electronics.pdf) Boston: Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems CSE. Abreu, J. , Roth, K., Feldman, J. (2013). [Understanding the Impact of User Effort on Electricity Feedback and Energy Savings, Harvard Botanical Gardens Study.](http://www.cse.fraunhofer.org/hubfs/HarvardReport.pdf) Cambridge. Residential energy consumption accounts for 22% of the United StatesÕ total energy demand (Ehrhardt-Martinez, et al.,... Urban, B., Elliott, D., Shukla, N., Fallahi, A., Kośny, J., McDonough, M. (2013). [Thermal Mass Effect of Solid Block Aerated Autoclaved Concrete.](http://info.tuwien.ac.at/cesbp/presentations/T-4.3/01_CESBP%20-%202013%20-%20AAC%20-%20Bryan%20Urban%20v2.pdf) In: 2nd Central European Symposium on Building Physics. Vienna: CESBP, pp. 1-37. [Read More](http://info.tuwien.ac.at/cesbp/) Muehlhaus, J., Heim, S., Sachs, O., Schneider, F., Habel, U., Sass, K. (2013). [Is the Motor or the Garage More Important to the Car? The Difference Between Semantic Associations in Single Word and Sentence Production.](http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10936-012-9209-3?LI=true) In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 42(1), pp. 37-49. Engelmann, P., Roth, K., Tiefenbeck, V. (2013). [Comfort, Indoor Air Quality, and Energy Consumption in Low Energy Homes.](http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy13osti/56023.pdf) Golden: DOE BTO, pp. 1-46. Tiefenbeck, V., Staake, T., Roth, K., Sachs, O. (2013). [For Better or for Worse? Empirical Evidence of Moral Licensing in a Behavioral Energy Conservation Campaign.](https://web.stanford.edu/group/peec/cgi-bin/docs/events/2011/becc/presentations/1%20Spillover%20effects%20of%20water%20-%20VerenaTiefenbeck.pdf) In: Energy Policy. 53, pp. 160-171. Urban, B., Gomez, C. (2013). [A Case for Thermostat User Models.](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288367425_A_case_for_thermostat_user_models) In: 13th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association. Chambery, pp. 1483-1490. Zeifman, M., Roth, K., Stefan, J. (2013). [Automatic Recognition of Major End-Uses in Disaggregation of Home Energy Display Data.](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6486814) In: 2013 International Conference on Consumer Electronics. Las Vegas, pp. 104-105. Urban, B., Tiefenbeck, V., Roth, K. (2012). [Televisions, Computers, and Set-top Boxes: The Big Three of 2010 Home Consumer Electronics Energy Consumption.](http://aceee.org/files/proceedings/2012/data/papers/0193-000295.pdf) In: 2012 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Pacific Grove: ACEEE, pp. 9.301-9.316. LaMarche, J., Cheney, K., Roth, K., Sachs, O. (2012). [Home Energy Management Products & Trends.](http://wcec.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/0193-000022.pdf) In: ACEEE Summer Study. Asilomar: ACEEE, pp. 1-11. Urban, B., Elliot, D., Sachs, O. (2012). [Towards Better Modeling of Residential Thermostats.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/file-14745338-pdf/docs/simbuild2012_better_thermostats.pdf?t=1490364381369&hsLang=en) In: SimBuild Conference IBPSA-USA. Madison: IBPSA, pp. 1-7. Zeifman, M. (2012). [An Approximate Probabilistic Approach for Event-Based Disaggregation.](http://www.ices.cmu.edu/psii/nilm/abstracts/zeifman_CSE_NILM2012_abstract.pdf) In: 1st International Workshop on Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring. Pittsburgh. LaMarche, J., Cheney, K., Akers, C., Roth, K., Sachs, O. (2012). [Home Energy Displays: Consumer Adoption and Response.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/file-14734219-pdf/docs/ba_home_energy_displays.pdf?t=1490639049078&hsLang=en) Springfield, pp. 1-45. Sachs, O., Tiefenbeck, V., Duvier, C., Quin, A., Cheney, C., Akers, C., et al. (2012). [Field Evaluation of Programmable Thermostats.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/file-12977701-pdf/docs/ba_field_eval_thermostats.pdf?t=1490364381369&hsLang=en) Boston: DOE, pp. 1-59. Zeifman, M. (2012). Disaggregation of Home Energy Display Data Using Probabilistic Approach. In: IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics. 58(1), Las Vegas: IEEE, pp. 23-31. Abreu, J., Pereira, F.C., Ferrao, P. (2012). [Using Pattern Recognition to Identify Habitual Behavior in Residential Electricity Consumption.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hubfs/Abreu.PereiraE_B-libre1.pdf?hsLang=en) In: Energy and Buildings. 49: Elsevier, pp. 479-487. Abreu, J., Pereira, F.C., J. (2012). [Discovering Electricity Usage Routines in Households to Enable Tailored Feedback.](http://aceee.org/files/proceedings/2012/start.htm) In: American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy Buildings Summer Study. Pacific Grove, pp. 7.1-7.9. [Read More](http://aceee.org/conferences/2012/ssb) Sass, K., Habel, U., Sachs, O., Huber, W., Gauggel, S., Kircher, T. (2012). The influence of emotional associations on the neural correlates of semantic priming. In: Human Brain Mapping. 33(3), pp. 676-694. LaMarche, J. (2011). [The Influence of Display Medium and Design on Energy-Saving Technology Adoption.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/file-14740112-pdf/docs/influence-of-display-medium-becc.pdf?t=1494861537212&hsLang=en) In: Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference 2011. Washington. Tiefenbeck, V. (2011). [Side Effects of Household Water Consumption Feedback on Electricity Consumption.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/file-14745699-pdf/docs/spillover-effects-of-feedback-becc.pdf?t=1494861537212&hsLang=en) In: Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference 2011. Washington. Sachs, O. (2011). [How to Make Psychology and Technology Work For You: Features of Feedback That Support Behavior Change.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/file-14738059-pdf/docs/feedbackfeatures-denver-2011.pdf?t=1494861537212&hsLang=en) In: Consortium for Energy Efficiency Industry Partners Meeting. Washington. Abreu, J., Azevedo, I., Pereira, F. (2011). [A contribution to better understand the demand for electricity in the residential sector.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hubfs/form-uploads/a04fd744-11be-4045-8929-e357b08cb63d/934cd76a-399e-40af-8a5d-821def7eb883-file_upload-Abreu7-466Final.pdf?utm_source=email&utm_content=59130975&hsLang=en) In: European Council for Energy Efficient Economies (ECEEE) Summer Study 2011. : ECEEE. Zeifman, M., Roth, K. (2011). [Viterbi Algorithm with Sparse Transitions (VAST) for Nonintrusive Load Monitoring.](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5953328/) In: IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence Applications in Smart Grid (CIASG). Paris: IEEE, pp. 1-8. [Read More](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5940251) Zeifman, M., Roth, K. (2011). [Nonintrusive appliance load monitoring: Review and outlook.](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5722560/) In: *IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics* 57(1), Las Vegas: IEEE, pp. 76-84. [Read More](http://www.ieee.org//conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html?Conf_ID=17108) Urban, B., Roth, K., Tiefenbeck, V., Urban, B., Roth, K. (2011). [Energy Consumption of Consumer Electronics in US Homes in 2010.](http://cocoa.ethz.ch/downloads/2013/07/1251_CSE_ConsumerElectronicsUSres2010_2011.pdf) Boston: Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems CSE, pp. 1-142. Engelmann, P., Urban, B., Kośny, J. (2011). [New Developments in Mitigation of Thermal Bridges Generated by Light Gauge Steel Framing Components.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/file-14739778-pdf/docs/id273_metal_framing.pdf?t=1491496803639&hsLang=en) In: NSB 2011, 9th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics. Tampere: NBS, pp. 1-8. Urban, B., Engelmann, P., Urban, B., Engelmann, P., Kossecka, E., Kosny, J. (2011). [Arranging Insulation for Better Thermal Resistance in Concrete and Masonry Wall Systems.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/file-2309100677-pdf/docs/nbs---272---masonry-thermal-bridging.pdf?t=1491492317063&hsLang=en) In: NSB 2011, 9th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics. Tampere: NBS, pp. 1-8. LaMarche, J., Sachs, O. (2011). [Designing Interfaces for Home Energy Users: A Preference Study.](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-22098-2_12) In: HCI 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science. 173Berlin: Springer. Abreu, J., Azevedo, I., Pereira, F. (2011). [Smart Energy Systems.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hubfs/form-uploads/a04fd744-11be-4045-8929-e357b08cb63d/7c4b627a-5cc9-4b5a-83b1-e718076687dc-file_upload-SmartEnergySystems.pdf?utm_source=email&utm_content=59130975&hsLang=en) In: IEEE Pervasive Computing. 10(1): IEEE CS, 64. Urban, B. (2010). [Simulating PCM Energy Savings in Residential Buildings with EnergyPlus.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/file-14745569-pdf/docs/simulating-pcm-savings-buildings-xi.pdf?t=1494861537212&hsLang=en) In: Buildings XI. Clearwater Beach. Engelmann, P. (2010). [Student Dorms as Passive Houses: Experience from Germany and Austria.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/file-2309098167-pdf/docs/a51_cse_largepassivhouses-.pdf?t=1494861537212&hsLang=en) In: Build Boston 2010. Boston. Urban, B., Roth, K. (2010). [Guidelines for Selecting Cool Roofs.](https://www.cmi.fraunhofer.org/hs-fs/file-14735273-pdf/docs/coolroofguide.pdf?t=1478533215211&hsLang=en) Boston: Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems CSE, pp. 1-23. Abreu, J., Pereira, F. , Vasconcelos, J., Ferrão, P. (2010). 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