Thermostats for the smart grid: Models, benchmarks, and insights

Energy Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 61-95

  Liang, Yong ^a   Levine, David I ^b   Shen, Zuo Jun Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand Response; Dynamic Pricing; Optimization; Smart Grid; Thermostat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866874371     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/01956574.33.4.4     Document Type: Article

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