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ArticleCommunications engineering2025

Energy efficiency and carbon savings via a body grid.

Jiahe Xu, Xuan Zhang, Daniel M Kammen, Jiahao Wang, Daimeng Li, Chongbo Sun, Qinglai Guo, Le Xie, Ming Cheng, Shengyu Tao and 1 more

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Article in Communications engineering, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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11 authors.

Jiahe Xu *Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3885-0070
Xuan Zhang *Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7537-4002
Daniel M Kammen *Energy and Resources Group, and Goldman School of Public Policy, and Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2984-7777
Jiahao WangDepartment of Building Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Daimeng LiTsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
Chongbo SunTsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
Qinglai GuoDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1435-5796
Le XieHarvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9810-948X
Ming ChengTsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
Shengyu TaoTsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5249-432X
Hongbin SunCollege of Electrical and Power Engineering, and with the Key Laboratory of Cleaner Intelligent Control on Coal & Electricity, Ministry of Education, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, People's Republic of China. shb@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5465-9818

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) U2066206
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The climate crisis necessitates decarbonization solutions that transform energy systems across all scales. While attention today focuses on utility-scale power systems, mini-or metro-scale grids, and at end-use device efficiency, the individual user scale remains underexplored. Just as with energy efficiency innovations tailored to micro-environments, body-scale energy savings offer new opportunities alongside technological and behavioral challenges. Here we propose a technique and a suite of potential innovations focused on the "body grid" in which devices, circuits, information network, human body and the environment interact within a universal framework to achieve energy savings, new functionality, and improved comfort. We present and test a prototype body grid supporting inter-device synergy and cooperation with external energy systems indoors and outdoors. This system yields substantial energy and economic savings, enhances personal control and comfort, and enables potential energy market participation. Simulation results demonstrate global energy savings of up to 50% for space cooling and heating.

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