Large-Scale Energy Reductions through Sensors, Feedback, and Information Technology

This initiative combined billion dollar sensor investments (e.g., smart meters & HAN) with behavioral research to reduce energy use quickly, easily, inexpensively, and at scale. Technologies have traditionally failed to reach energy-saving potential because they ignore behavior.

• Established a software platform for future behavioral research to transform energy program development and evaluation.
• Created energy behavior programs (media, policy, & community) unparalleled in scope and power.
• Improved prescriptive engineering and economic models by considering behavior.
• Created an open and extensible HAN communications protocol to support research and innovation.

 

Primary Investigators: James Sweeney (Management Science and Engineering) and Byron Reeves (Department of Communication)
Sponsored by: US Department of Energy
Dates: 01/14/10 – 11/30/16