Experimental and data collection methods for a large-scale smart grid deployment: Methods and first results

Energy

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 462-471

  Rhodes, Joshua D ^a   Upshaw, Charles R ^a   Harris, Chioke B ^a   Meehan, Colin M ^b   Walling, David A ^c   Navrátil, Paul A ^c   Beck, Ariane L ^d   Nagasawa, Kazunori ^a   Fares, Robert L ^a   Cole, Wesley J ^a   Kumar, Harsha ^a   Duncan, Roger D ^c   Holcomb, Chris L ^d   Edgar, Thomas F ^a,c   Kwasinski, Alexis ^a   Webber, Michael E ^a,c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Natural gas; Residential energy use; Smart grid; Water

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; EQUIPMENT TESTING; HOUSING; MONITORING; NATURAL GAS; SMART POWER GRIDS; WATER;

DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ENERGY; MONITORING METHODS; MONITORING SYSTEM; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SMART GRID;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOMEOWNER; INSTALLATION; NATURAL GAS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893001206     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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