2022 marks the 10 year anniversary of The California Plug Load Research Center (CalPlug).
CalPlug was established in 2011 to improve energy efficiency in the use and design of plug-load devices. In the past decade they have focused on energy efficiency solutions, efficiency evaluations of consumer electronics, standards development, education, public outreach, and user behavior studies.
The center’s stated mission is “to advance energy efficiency and management solutions for plug loads by promoting best practices and fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration between academia, government agencies, utilities, manufacturers, and the community at large.”
FEBRUARY 2012
Inaugural CalPlug Workshop features set-top-boxes.
Click the slideshow arrows > to see CalPlug through the years.
CALPLUG WORKSHOP 2012
Stuart Ross, CALIT2 assistant director for research development, speaks at CalPlug’s first workshop.
FEBRUARY 2012
Students demonstrate projects at CalPlug’s first workshop.
JULY 2012
CEC Commissioner Andrew McAllister meets with students and tours CalPlug demos.
FEBRUARY 2012
Bradley Meister, CalPlug Advisory Board member and Senior Mechanical Engineer, California Energy Commission, speaking at the Workshop.
CALPLUG WORKSHOP 2013
Panelists take part in discussion at November 2013 CalPlug workshop.
JANUARY 2014
CEC Commissioner Robert B. Weisenmiller (center) visits CalPlug with G.P. Li, (L) director, CalPlug and CALIT2, and Scott Samuelsen, (R) CalPlug Board member and UCI professor, mechanical & aerospace engineering.
FEBRUARY 2014
Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman tours CalPlug during his visit to UCI.
MAY 2014
CalPlug advisory Board meeting, (L to R) G.P. Li, Ken Lowe, Pierre Delforge and Douglas Johnson.
MAY 2014
Douglas Johnson, Co-Chair CalPlug Advisory Board and Vice President, Technology Policy
Consumer Technology Association, participating in discussion at CalPlug workshop session.
SPRING 2015
An article reporting the results of extensive studies on computer management and user behavior conducted by Joy Pixley, CalPlug co-director and Stuart Ross, CalPlug affiliated team member, was published in CALIT2's Interface Magazine.
MAY 2016
Linda R. Cohen, CalPlug Advisory Board member and UCI Professor, Economics & Law, speaks with students about their project at CalPlug workshop.
CALPLUG WORKSHOP 2016
CalPlug Board members.
SEPTEMBER 2017
Participants from around the world gathered at UCI for EEDAL 2017, the International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting, hosted by CALIT2 and CalPlug.
Fall 2019
Power Management User Interface (PMUI) project team members, Joy Pixley, Sergio Gago-Masague and Sabine Kunrath. The project was sponsored by California Energy Commission.
