Is disaggregation the holy grail of energy efficiency? The case of electricity

Energy Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 213-234

  Carrie Armel, K ^a   Gupta, Abhay ^b   Shrimali, Gireesh ^a   Albert, Adrian ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bidgely Inc   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaggregation; Energy efficiency; Smart meter

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SECTOR; DISAGGREGATION; END-USES; ENERGY PROBLEM; ENERGY SIGNALS; FINANCIAL BENEFITS; LOW-COST ENERGY; SCALABLE SOLUTION; SMART METERS; STATISTICAL APPROACH;

ALGORITHMS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ALGORITHM; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84870720747     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.08.062     Document Type: Article

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