Abstract: Despite the current emphasis on developing green buildings, the global energy consumption issue is not being adequately addressed. In this project, we propose a new perspective on this ever-threatening issue: NetZero energy building clusters.

Abstract: This project aims to enable cyber-­‐physical systems that can be worn on the body in order to one day allow their users to touch, feel, and manipulate computationally simulated three-­‐dimensional objects or digital data in physically realistic ways, using the whole hand. It will do this by precisely measuring touch and movement-­‐induced displacements of the skin in the hand, and by reproducing these signals interactively, via new technologies to be developed in the project.

Abstract: Traditionally, buildings have been viewed as mere energy consumers; however, with the new power grid infrastructure and distributed energy resources, buildings can not only consume energy, but they can also output energy. As a result, this project removes traditional boundaries between buildings in the same cluster or between the cluster and power grids, transforming individual smart buildings into NetZero building clusters enabled by cyber-support tools.