PhD student talks air conditioning debate with Pueblo NBC-TV
Aisling Pigott is featured in a news piece on air conditioning use with KOAA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Pueblo/Colorado Springs.
Pigott is co-author of a exploring an age old question -- does turning the air conditioning off when you’re not home actually save energy?
Written with her PhD advisor Dr. Kyri Baker and Jennifer Scheib, an assistant teaching professor, the article analyzed the impact of running your home air conditioning throughout the day to maintain a continuous temperature versus only using the system while people are at home.
Aisling's PhD research focuses on new control strategies for building operators and how they might positively impact the grid. Her research will be used to incorporate more renewable resources to lower the overall emissions from electricity generation. She previously interned as a buildings consultant designing lighting, HVAC, and electrical installations.