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2008

Marnay, Chris, Giri Venkataramanan, Michael Stadler, Afzal S. Siddiqui, Ryan M. Firestone, and Bala Chandran."Optimal Technology Selection and Operation of Microgrids in Commercial Buildings."31st IAEE International Conference "Bridging Energy Supply and Demand: Logistics, Competition and Environment", June 18-20, 2008 (2008).

Marnay, Chris, Hiroshi Asano, Stavros Papathanassiou, and Goran Strbac."Policymaking Microgrids: Economic and Regulatory Issues of Microgrid Implementation."IEEE Power & Energy Magazine May/June (2008) 11.

Stadler, Michael, Chris Marnay, Sam Borgeson, Brian E. Coffey, Ryoichi Komiyama, and Judy Lai."Beta version SEDS Lite Building Module." (2008).

Marnay, Chris, Michael Stadler, Hirohisa Aki, Brian E. Coffey, Ryan M. Firestone, Judy Lai, and Afzal S. Siddiqui."Microgrid Selection and Operation for Commercial Buildings in California and New York States."4th European PV-Hybrid and Mini-Grid Conference, May 29-30, 2008 (2008) 12.

Marnay, Chris, and Nan Zhou."Status of Overseas Microgrid Programs: Microgrid Research Activities in the U.S. (English version)." (2008) 8.

Stadler, Michael, and Chris Marnay."Dezentrale Energieversorgung mit Speichertechnologien."Energy Journal of the Austrian Energy Agency Numbers 2 & 3 (2008).

Marnay, Chris, Giri Venkataramanan, Michael Stadler, Afzal S. Siddiqui, Ryan M. Firestone, and Bala Chandran."Optimal Technology Selection and Operation of Commercial- Building Microgrids." (2008) 10. DOI

2007

Marnay, Chris, Ryan M. Firestone, Judy Lai, and Giri Venkataramanan."Microgrids for Commercial Building Combined Heat and Power and Power and Heterogeneous Power Quality and Reliability."IEEC 2007 Conference on Active Networks and Sustainable Energy Consumption, Nov. 14-15, 2007 (2007).

Stadler, Michael, Friederich Kupzog, and Peter Palensky."Distributed Energy Resource Allocation and Dispatch: an Economic and Technological Perception."International Journal of Electronic Business Management 5.3 (2007) 182-196.

Hatziargyriou, Nikos, Hiroshi Asano, Reza Iravani, and Chris Marnay."Microgrids: An Overview of Ongoing Research, Development, and Demonstration Projects."IEEE Power & Energy Magazine July/August (2007) 19.

Kranzl, Lukas, Anselm Brakhage, Pedro Gürtler, Jacky Pett, Mario Ragwitz, and Michael Stadler."Integrating RES & RUE policies: Comparing results from Germany, Luxemburg and Northern Ireland."ECEEE 2007 Summer Study, June 4-9, 2007 (2007).

Marnay, Chris, and Ryan M. Firestone."Microgrids: An emerging paradigm for meeting building electricity and heat requirements efficiently and with appropriate energy quality."European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy 2007 Summer Study, 4-9 June 2007 (2007).

Marnay, Chris, Giri Venkataramanan, Michael Stadler, Afzal S. Siddiqui, Ryan M. Firestone, and Bala Chandran."Optimal Technology Selection and Operation of Microgrids in Commerical Buildings."IEEE 2007 Power Engineering Society General Meeting, June 24-28, 2007 (2007).

Stadler, Michael, Timothy E. Lipman, and Chris Marnay."Aktuelle Trends in der dezentralen KWK Technologie Integration – Das kalifornische Fördermodell und dessen Implikation für die Endenergieeffizienzrichtlinie."Internationale Energiewirtschaftstagung an der TU Wien, February 14-16, 2007 (2007).

Brackhage, Anselm, Lukas Kranzl, Mario Ragwitz, and Michael Stadler."Invert Simulationen von budgetunabhängigen Instrumenten zur Marktdurchdringung von erneuerbaren Energien im deutschen Wärmemarkt."Internationale Energiewirtschaftstagung an der TU Wien (2007).

Marnay, Chris."Microgrids and Heterogeneous Security, Quality, Reliability, and Availability."2007 Power Conversion Conference, April 4, 2007 (2007).

Stadler, Michael, Lukas Kranzl, Claus Huber, Reinhard Haas, and Elena Tsioliaridou."Policy Strategies and Paths to Promote Sustainable Energy Systems - The Dynamic Invert Simulation Tool."Energy Policy 35.1 (2007) 597-628. DOI

2006

Zhou, Nan, Chris Marnay, Ryan M. Firestone, Weijun Gao, and Masaru Nishida."An Analysis of the DER Adoption Climate in Japan Using Optimization Results for Prototype Buildings with U.S. Comparisons."Energy and Buildings Journal Vol. 38.Issue 12 (2006) 10.

Kranzl, Lukas, Michael Stadler, Claus Huber, Reinhard Haas, Mario Ragwitz, Anselm Brakhage, Adam Gula, and Arkadiusz Figorski."Deriving efficient policy portfolios promoting sustainable energy systems - case studies applying Invert simulation tool."Renewable Energy 31.15 (2006) 2393-2410. DOI

Ragwitz, Mario, Anselm Brackhage, Michael Stadler, and Lukas Kranzl."Simulation der Wärmeerzeugung für Bonusmodell und Einsatzpflicht“, im Rahmen des Projekts „Eckpunkte für die Entwicklung und Einführung budgetunabhängiger Instrumente zur Marktdurchdringung erneuerbarer Energien im Wärmemarkt." (2006).

Stadler, Michael, Timothy E. Lipman, Chris Marnay, and Vince McDonell."Pacific Region CHP Application Center for California, Nevada, and Hawaii - Task 1.3 Case Studies." (2006).

Stadler, Michael, Ryan M. Firestone, Dimitri Curtil, and Chris Marnay."On-Site Generation Simulation with EnergyPlus for Commercial Buildings." (2006) 14.

Palensky, Peter, Friederich Kupzog, Stefan Grobbelaar, Michael Stadler, and Linz Strom."Integral Resource Optimization Network Concept." (2006).

Nichols, David K., John Stevens, Robert H. Lasseter, and Joseph H Eto."Validation of the CERTS Microgrid Concept: The CEC/CERTS Microgrid Testbed."IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (2006) 3. DOI

Kranzl, Lukas, Jacky Pett, Michael Stadler, and Pedro Guertler."How can DSM programmes be optimised for successful delivery?."4th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting, June 21-23, 2006 (2006).