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Energy Burden: How To Measure? How To Reduce?

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments air source heat pump, analytics, CDD, census, census tracts, cooling climate, cooling degree days, decarbonization, EIA, energy, energy efficiency, energy poverty, energy waste reduction, federal poverty line, first energy, HDD, heat pumps, heating climate, heating degree days, LMI, low to moderate income, low-income, metrics, mini-split, pepco, potomac edison, potomac electric power company, program evaluation, red states, reducing energy burden, Rust Belt, smeco, statistics, Tony Reames, urban energy justice lab, utilities, wgl

Measuring energy burden is relatively straightforward. Figuring out how to create robust metrics for it, though– and how to address it- is much more challenging.

Energy Efficiency Home Improvement & DIY Energy

Summer Breeze: Heat Pumps, Mini-Splits, and the Magic of Thermodynamics

June 10, 2021June 16, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments ac inverter, air conditioning, air source heat pump, alpine home air, amazon, ampacity, beneficial electrification, blueridge, blueridge mini-split, boiler replacement, bosch, bosch appliances, carnot cycle, cooling, DIY, electric vehicles, electrification, electrification of buildings, energy efficiency, heat pump, heat pumps, heating, home energy, home improvement, home rehab, home renovation, HSPF, HVAC, inverter, manual d, manual j, mini split, mini-split, mitsubishi, mr. slim, power grid, refrigeration, Renovation, residential energy, SEER, split system, split system heat pump, statistics, thermal comfort

Mini-splits are the coolest new thing. Literally. Here is a guide to how to figure out how to navigate the sea of product options based on a simple calculation.

Business & Economics Book Reviews Urban Planning Data & Analytics

Book Review: Leading with AI and Analytics

January 5, 2021January 2, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments AI, AI & analytics, AIA, analytics, artificial intelligence, b-school, business analytics, business intelligence, Business School, Data Science, Data Science IQ, data scientist, decision tree, decision trees, DSIQ, eric anderson, florian zettelmeyer, gradient boosting, kellogg, kellogg school, kellogg school of management, machine learning, management theory, MBA, multiple regression, neural network, northwestern, northwestern university, OLAP, OLTP, predictive analytics, qualitative, quantitative, R, random forest, regression, SQL, statistics, XGBoost, zettelmeyer

Nat reviews a new book, Leading with AI and Analytics: Build Your Data Science IQ to Drive Business Value, by Eric Anderson and Florian Zettelmeyer of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School.

Public Health

So, How Flat IS That Curve, Anyway?

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID19, data, public health, statistics

At the same time various states reopen their economies following a coronavirus-induced shutdown, all of our evidence suggests that the rate of infection isn’t actually slowing.