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Grid-interactive efficient building (GEB) operation promises a viable means to offset increases in variability of the power grid associated with increasing deployment of variable renewable generation on the grid, resulting in a change in paradigm for managing electric system operations in buildings. Providing grid service while meeting the occupants' needs, GEB operation will unavoidably have impacts on occupants' experience in the built environment. This seminar includes several recent studies on energy performance and occupant experiences associated with the impacts of GEB operations. The studies include test and analysis results for residential buildings, commercial buildings and an urban-scale occupant-centric ecosystem.

1. Homes in Control: Ensuring Comfort and Cost Savings While Providing Peak Demand Reductions to the Power Grid
   Michael Brambley, Ph.D., Fellow Life Member, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
2. Understanding the Correlations between Cost Savings and Occupants' Comfort and Convenience for Grid-Interactive Smart Home Operation
   Yilin Jiang, Student Member, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
3. Thermostats out of Control: Understanding the Automation, Occupancy, Habits and Frustrations that Drive Setpoint Changes
   Michael Kane, Ph.D., Member, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
4. Occupant-Centric Ecosystem: From Smart Buildings to Smart Cities
   Bing Dong, Ph.D., Associate Member, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY