Advanced metering devices and new feedback programs and technologies are opening up a wide range of new opportunities to make energy consumption more visible to residential consumers and to engage individuals and households in more thoughtful energy use practices. Data from several recent studies suggest that feedback-induced energy savings can be significant (Darby 2006, EPRI 2009) ranging fro...

Behavior-based programs have been identified as a major potential source of energy savings and are increasingly being adopted by energy efficiency program administrators nationwide. However, because these programs often lack a technology-based unit for which savings can be modeled or deemed (such as a CFL), documentation of energy savings requires approaches which are common in the experimental...

Metabolic rate reduction has been considered the mechanism by which sleep conserves energy, similar to torpor or hibernation. This mechanism of energy savings is in conflict with the known upregulation (compared to wake) of diverse functions during sleep and neglects a potential role in energy conservation for partitioning of biological operations by behavioral state. Indeed, energy savings as ...

Superscalar processors contain large, complex structures to hold data and instructions as they wait to be executed. However, many of these structures consume large amounts of energy, making them hotspots requiring sophisticated cooling systems. With the trend towards larger, more complex processors, this will become more of a problem, having important implications for future technology. This th...

The pulp and paper industry accounts for over 12% of total manufacturing energy use in the U.S. (U.S. EIA 1997a), contributing 9% to total manufacturing carbon dioxide emissions. In the last twenty-five years primary energy intensity in the pulp and paper industry has declined by an average of 1% per year. However, opportunities still exist to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in t...