With Programmable Thermostats, User-Friendliness Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Energy Savings
This week, Fraunhofer CSE presented preliminary results of a field study at the Garrison Institute’s “Climate, Buildings and Behavior Symposium”. In this project, partially funded by the US Department of Energy’s Building America…
Through the Eyes of an Intern: Data Acquisition, Building Technology and Field Deployments
[Editor’s Note: Today we've got a guest post from former CSE intern Angela Qin, who reflects on her time at Fraunhofer and explains how her research into thermostat usability helped pave the way...
US DOE Innovation Ecosystem Initiative Catalyzes Growth, VC Funding for FirstFuel Software
[This post also appears on the US Department of Energy's blog.] Through the acceleration of high-growth entrepreneurship and adoption of innovative energy efficient technologies, the Energy Department is enabling significant improvements in the…