Working Papers

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  • Interplay of Gas and Electricity Systems at Distribution Level 

    Tapia-Ahumada, Karen; Duenas, Pablo (MIT Energy Initiative, 2016-12-14)
    Distributed energy resources for space conditioning comprise a set of varied technologies, ranging from mature well established systems such as furnaces, boilers, and air-conditioning (AC) units to emerging ones such as ...

  • Cybersecurity White Paper 

    Draffin, Cyril (MIT Energy Initiative, 2017-01-02)
    Information and communications technologies are rapidly decreasing in cost and becoming ubiquitous, enabling more flexible and efficient consumption of electricity, improved visibility of network use, and enhanced control ...

  • Machine learning from schools about energy efficiency 

    Knittel, Christopher; Burlig, Fiona; Rapson, David; Reguant, Mar; Wolfram, Catherine (MIT Energy Initiative, 2017-09-27)
    In the United States, consumers invest billions of dollars annually in energy efficiency, often on the assumption that these investments will pay for themselves via future energy cost reductions. We study energy efficiency ...

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