Buildings use 75% of US electricity; therefore, improving the efficiency and flexibility of
building operations could provide significant value to the rapidly changing electricity system …

Building demand flexibility (DF) research has recently gained attention. To unlock building
DF as a predictable grid resource, we must establish a quantitative understanding of the …

Energy efficiency (EE) has long been recognized as a source of value to the electricity grid.
Especially with increasing penetration of variable renewable generation, demand response …

The US Department of Energy's National Roadmap for Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings
(GEB) acknowledged that building demand flexibility (DF) is both an important strategy to …

Although the thermal mass of floors in buildings has been demonstrated to help shift cooling
load, there is still a lack of information about how floor covering can influence the floor's load …

Recent years have seen a surge in states adopting increasingly ambitious clean electricity
standards (CES) and/or greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals, driven by …

Although the thermal mass of floors in buildings has been demonstrated to help shift cooling
load, there is still a lack of information about how floor covering can influence the floor's load …