Associate Director, California Institute for Energy and Environment
UC Berkeley
Therese Peffer, PhD, is a project manager and researcher at the California Institute for Energy and Environment. Therese manages and conducts research in smart building technologies, building-to-grid, demand response, and smart grid research projects with the objective of creating comfortable and energy efficient livable spaces. She serves as an Associate Director for the CITRIS Climate initiative and is the co-Chair of the annual Behavior Energy and Climate Change conference. She is currently the Principle Investigator of the DOE Brick project and the CEC EcoBlock project, and contributes to research on integrating smart fans and thermostats for load flexibility. Previous research includes energy consumption displays, thermostats, consumer behavior, and user interface usability research.
Therese completed a Ph.D. in Architecture with an emphasis on building science at UC Berkeley, with CBE’s Ed Arens as her advisor. As an architect, she worked in San Francisco and Pismo Beach. Therese earned a Master’s degree in Architecture at the University of Oregon, and lived off-grid in southernmost Oregon working for Home Power Magazine.
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Thursday, November 3, 2022
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM