Energy research · data
UCI STEER Lab
Studying how household energy technologies show up together—and what adoption patterns can reveal.
Manuscript submitted August 2026
At a glance
- Residential permitting data
- Distributed energy technology co-adoption
- Research poster for the 2026 Resilient California Summit
- Work with Professor Matthew Dean
Overview
The question behind the work.
A household may adopt rooftop solar, add an EV charger, install a battery, or replace equipment with a heat pump. Looking at these technologies separately can miss an important part of the transition: the way one adoption may accompany or precede another.
At UCI’s STEER Lab, I worked with Professor Matthew Dean and analyzed residential permitting data to investigate those patterns of co-adoption. My work involved organizing data, comparing technology combinations, and helping translate the analysis into a manuscript and research poster.
Process
How it took shape.
Specific methods and outcomes are included only where the supplied information supports them.
- 01
Frame the household question
The project asks how distributed energy technologies appear together across homes, rather than treating each permit as an isolated event.
- 02
Turn permits into analyzable patterns
Permitting records can reveal installation activity, but they must be cleaned and interpreted carefully. Exact datasets, jurisdictions, and methods will be added after public-release details are confirmed.
- 03
Explain without overstating
Co-adoption patterns can suggest useful relationships; they do not automatically prove why a household made a decision. The distinction shapes both the analysis and the way findings are communicated.
Photo story & artifacts
Evidence from the process.
Outcome & reflection
The project changed how I think about technology adoption. The energy transition is not only a story about inventing better devices; it is also about how real households encounter, combine, and sequence them.