Research & Standards
Selected Publications
Peer-reviewed research, national standards, and industry guidance.
Book
Climate Champions: The Work They Do and the People We Need
Profiles of everyday people building the clean energy economy. Not Nobel laureates. Regular people who found their way into climate work and discovered it was the most meaningful thing they had ever done. Part of Springer’s “Women in Engineering and Science” series.
Springer · August 2023 · Author
Receiving the 2023 AEE Young Energy Professional of the Year award
National Standard
Draft PDS-03: Operational Carbon Emissions Standard (ICC 1580-2025)
A national standard for calculating operational CO2e emissions from metered energy data. Designed for Building Performance Standards compliance and ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems. Uses 8-year Cambium projections for grid emissions factors.
RESNET/ICC 1580-2025 · Chair
International Standard
IPMVP Application Guide: Non-Routine Events and Adjustments
The definitive guidance for handling non-routine events in measurement and verification. Addresses COVID-19 impacts, occupancy changes, and other disruptions that complicate baseline-to-reporting period comparisons.
EVO (Efficiency Valuation Organization) · Named Contributor
Journal Article
Measuring Persistence of Energy Savings After COVID-19
Advanced M&V methodology using survival analysis to estimate Effective Useful Life (EUL) of energy efficiency measures. Addresses methods for bridging pre/post-COVID data disruption in longitudinal studies.
The Electricity Journal · 2021 · Lead Author
Journal Article
Opposition “Overblown”? Community Response to Wind Energy Siting in the Western United States
Fuzzy set/Qualitative Comparative Analysis of 53 wind energy proposals in California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Found that community opposition is shaped by existing participation processes rather than irrational NIMBYism. Research acknowledgements with Leanne Giordono, Hilary Boudet, Casey Taylor, and Brent Steel.
Energy Research & Social Science · 2018
Journal Article
Hybrid Systems: A Review of Current and Future Feasibility
Comprehensive review of hybrid energy systems combining multiple generation sources (wind, solar, nuclear, hydro) with storage technologies. Analysis of technical feasibility, economic considerations, and grid integration challenges.
The Electricity Journal · 2014 · Lead Author
Journal Article
Unlocking Electrification with Hourly Emissions Data
Analysis of how hourly grid emissions data can inform electrification decisions and strategic load shifting. Co-authored with Craig Sinnamon and David B. Goldstein.
International Journal of Energy Management · 2024
Industry Publication
Revisiting Typical Weather Data
Weather normalization methodology addressing the limitations of TMY (Typical Meteorological Year) data for measurement and verification applications.
Industry White Paper · 2022 · Lead Author
Industry Publication
Detecting Savings Under 10% Using IPMVP Option C
Practical guidance on statistical methods for detecting small savings in whole-building analysis, including fractional savings uncertainty and model selection.
EVO World M&V Focus · 2020 · Lead Author
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