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Adoption Pathways for DC Power Distribution in Buildings by Vossos, Vagelis, Gerber, Daniel L., Gaillet-Tournier, Melanie, Nordman, Bruce, Brown, Richard, Bernal Heredia, Willy, Ghatpande, Omkar, Saha, Avijit, Arnold, Gabe, Frank, Stephen M.

“…Driven by the proliferation of DC energy sources and DC end-use devices (e.g., photovoltaics, battery storage, solid-state lighting, and consumer electronics),…”
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A simulation-based efficiency comparison of AC and DC power distribution networks in commercial buildings by Gerber, Daniel L., Vossos, Vagelis, Feng, Wei, Marnay, Chris, Nordman, Bruce, Brown, Richard

“…•Building models with AC and DC distribution are simulated in Modelica and compared.•Better models for PV, storage, load, converters, and wiring than in…”
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Cost analysis of distributed storage in AC and DC microgrids by Gerber, Daniel L., Nordman, Bruce, Brown, Richard, Poon, Jason

“…Building and microgrid designs with highly-distributed electrical storage have potential advantages over today’s conventional topologies with centralized…”
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Successful efficiency programs for information and communication technologies require product-specific analysis and industry/government collaboration by Koomey, Jonathan, Schmidt, Zachary, Nordman, Bruce, Mayers, Kieren, Aslan, Joshua

“…Efficiency of electronic devices is an area of active interest by policy makers in the European Union and elsewhere. Efforts to create a uniform horizontal…”
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Intelligent Infrastructure for Energy Efficiency by Gershenfeld, Neil, Samouhos, Stephen, Nordman, Bruce

“…A substantial fraction of wasted energy can be recovered by extending insights from the architecture of the Internet to the infrastructure of buildings…”
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Reducing the Energy Consumption of Ethernet with Adaptive Link Rate (ALR) by Gunaratne, C., Christensen, K., Nordman, B., Suen, S.

“…The rapidly increasing energy consumption by computing and communications equipment is a significant economic and environmental problem that needs to be…”
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Think Globally, Distribute Power Locally: The Promise of Nanogrids by Nordman, B., Christensen, K., Meier, A.

“…Nanogrids use price to mediate local electricity supply and demand, improving electricity allocation at the local level, facilitating integration of local…”
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Estimating the Energy Use and Efficiency Potential of U.S. Data Centers by Masanet, Eric R., Brown, Richard E., Shehabi, Arman, Koomey, Jonathan G., Nordman, Bruce

“…Data centers are a significant and growing component of electricity demand in the United States. This paper presents a bottom-up model that can be used to…”
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Managing energy consumption costs in desktop PCs and LAN switches with proxying, split TCP connections, and scaling of link speed by Gunaratne, Chamara, Christensen, Ken, Nordman, Bruce

“…The IT equipment comprising the Internet in the USA uses about $6 billion of electricity every year. Much of this electricity use is wasted on idle, but fully…”
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A simulation-based efficiency comparison of AC and DC power distribution networks in commercial buildings by Gerber, Daniel L., Vossos, Vagelis, Feng, Wei, Marnay, Chris, Nordman, Bruce, Brown, Richard

“…Direct current (DC) power distribution has recently gained traction in buildings research due to the proliferation of on-site electricity generation and…”
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Data network equipment energy use and savings potential in buildings by Lanzisera, Steven, Nordman, Bruce, Brown, Richard E.

“…Network connectivity has become nearly ubiquitous, and the energy use of the equipment required for this connectivity is growing. Network equipment consists of…”
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Proxying: The Next Step in Reducing IT Energy Use by Nordman, B., Christensen, K.

“…Proxying is a simple and effective means of allowing network hosts to sleep while maintaining network presence. It is the use of a low-power entity to maintain…”
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Standardization of user interfaces for lighting controls by Nordman, Bruce, Granderson, Jessica, Cunningham, Kelly

“…Standardization of human-machine interfaces has proved beneficial in a number of technology areas. Lighting control is a home and office technology that is of…”
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The next frontier for communications networks: power management by Christensen, Kenneth J., Gunaratne, Chamara, Nordman, Bruce, George, Alan D.

“…Storage, memory, processor, and communications bandwidth are all relatively plentiful and inexpensive. However, a growing expense in the operation of computer…”
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Energy-efficient networks [Guest Editorial] by Quittek, Jürgen, Christensen, Ken, Nordman, Bruce

“…Until recently, research and development in the area of communications networks has been mainly targeted at functionality and performance. Only for…”
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Data network equipment energy use and savings potential in buildingsR by Lanzisera, Steven, Nordman, Bruce, Brown, Richard E

“…Network connectivity has become nearly ubiquitous, and the energy use of the equipment required for this connectivity is growing. Network equipment consists of…”
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Greener PCs for the Enterprise by Nordman, Bruce, Christensen, Ken

“…PC energy use is a growing cost to enterprises, with most machines remaining fully powered on, even while idle, for most of the time. The Network Connectivity…”
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Local power distribution with nanogrids by Nordman, Bruce, Christensen, Ken

“…Matching electricity demand to supply will be a growing challenge in the future. We argue for the need for further research into local power distribution with…”
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DC Local Power Distribution with microgrids and nanogrids by Nordman, Bruce, Christensen, Ken

“…Many aspects of our electricity systems are rapidly changing, including the ability to locally generate power with renewable energy sources and integrate local…”
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Power management in networked devices by Christensen, K., Nordman, B., Brown, R.

“…Networks are one of the most significant developments in computing and a hallmark of modern society. However, along with increasing efficiency and…”
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