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        University, NIST Researchers Create Residential Building Models to Evaluate Fairness of Electricity Tariffs
                        January 1, 2024The increased adoption of energy technologies like smart meters, solar panels, and battery storage has led to a rise in electricity pricing plans with costs
  NIST Leader Presents on Smart Connected Systems Research and Standards
                        November 1, 2023On October 20, 2023, NIST’s David Wollman, Deputy Chief of the Smart Connected Systems Division, presented on smart connected systems and standards to federal
  NIST Researcher Provides Insights on Future Smart Sensors and Actuator Standards
                        August 1, 2023NIST researcher Eugene Song addressed 2023 Sensor Converge , the North America’s largest electronics event for design engineers, on smart sensor and actuator

    

  
  

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        Collaborative Microgrid for Smart Buildings
                  CompletedThe recent availability of smart home appliances supported by communicant networking has been the main force behind the growing interest in developing advanced
  Spectrum Tracking in Power Grid Systems
                  CompletedA major challenge for future wide area measurement systems is how to efficiently monitor and control the power system, which requires accurate and real-time
  Smart Grid Interoperability Testbed Facility
                  OngoingNIST is charged by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) with facilitation of interoperability standards to enable successful implementation of
  Smart Grid Communications
                  CompletedThe Smart Grid can be defined as an electric system that uses information, two-way, cyber-secure communication technologies, and computational intelligence in

    

  
  

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        Method for Evaluating Fairness of Electricity Tariffs with Regard to Income Level of Residential Buildings
                        November 3, 2023
                  Author(s)
                                Hannah  Covington,   Brian  Woo-Shem,   Chenli  Wang,   Cuong  Nguyen,   Thomas  Roth,   Yuhong  Liu,   Yi  Fang,   Hohyun  LeeModern advancements in energy technology, such as smart meters and renewable power generation, have contributed to the increasing penetration of time-variable
  Stochastic Method for Generating Residential Household Energy Models of Varying Income Level and Climate Zone for Testing Energy Fairness
                        September 26, 2023
                  Author(s)
                                Hannah  Covington,   Brian  Woo-Shem,   Chenli  Wang,   Thomas  Roth,   Cuong  Nguyen,   Hohyun  LeeInterest in residential energy management necessitates fairness testing of energy technology and policy developments. Considering income level is particularly
  Impact of Dynamic Prices on Distribution Grid Power Quality
                        August 16, 2023
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                                David  Holmberg,   Thomas  Roth,   Farhad  OmarDynamic price signals may provide a way to support integration of customer distributed energy resources (DER) into the electric grid and to help manage DER
  Non-nulling Protocols for Fast, Accurate, 3-D Velocity Measurements in Stacks
                        July 28, 2023
                  Author(s)
                                Iosif Isaakovich  Shinder,   Aaron  Johnson,   James  Filla,   Vladimir B.  Khromchenko,   Michael R.  Moldover,   Joey  Boyd,   John D.  Wright,   John R.  StoupWe present protocols for making fast, accurate, 3-D velocity measurements in the stacks of coal-fired power plants. The measurements are traceable to

  

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        Apparatus for the Measurement of High Temperature Thermoelectric Transport PropertiesDescription The Seebeck coefficient is a widely measured transport property that provides fundamental information on charge carrier transport and the electronic

    

  
  

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