Volume 9 - Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Energy Planning, and Policy
Panel 9 Introduction
Greenhouse Gas Emission from Building Construction in a Life-Cycle
Perspective —Wood or Concrete Buildings?
Pål Börjesson, Leif Gustavsson, Lund University, Sweden
The Power Content Label: A Tool for Building a Consumer-Driven Market
for Renewable Power
Cheri L. Davis, Timothy N. Tutt, California Energy Commission
Air Pollution Prevention Through Urban Heat Island Mitigation: An Update
on the Urban Heat Island Pilot Project
Virginia Gorsevski, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Haider Taha, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Dale Quattrochi, Jeff Luvall, National Aeronautics Space Administration
Energy Efficiency and the Theory of the Firm
Brent M. Haddad, University of California, Santa Cruz; Richard B. Howarth, Dartmouth College; Bruce Paton, University of California, Santa Cruz
Understanding the Economic Benefits of Climate Change Commitments
Adam W. Hinge, Sustainable Energy Partnerships; Thomas G. Bourgeois, Pace University Energy Project
Community Energy Planning for Revelstoke BC: A Case Study
Innes Hood, Sebastian Moffatt, Craig Edwards, Sheltair Scientific Ltd.; Mike Wiggin, Natural Resources Canada
Protection of Energy Efficiency and Public Goods in Electric-Utility
Restructuring in Brazil
Gilberto De Martino Jannuzzi, State University of Campinas, Brazil; Ashok Gadgil, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Mark Chao, Institute for Market Transformation
Combined Heat and Power (CHP or Cogeneration) for Saving Energy and
Carbon in Commercial Buildings
Tina Kaarsberg, Northeast-Midwest Institute; Ronald Fiskum, Joseph Romm, Arthur Rosenfeld, U.S. Department of Energy; Jonathan Koomey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; W. Peter Teagan, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
A Policy Analysis of Voluntary Agreements for Energy Efficiency in Industry
Anders Larsen, Signe Karup, Trine Pipi Kroemer, AKF, Institute of Local Government Studies, Denmark
Global Carbon Impacts of Using Forest Harvest Residues for District Heating in Vermont
Howard A. McLain, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Comprehensive Energy Services at Competitive Prices: Building Efficiency and
Energy for Small Consumers Through a Retail Buyers’ Cooperative
John Plunkett, Optimal Energy, Inc.; Beth Sachs, Vermont Energy Investment Corp.
Cooler Paving Materials for Heat Island Mitigation
Melvin Pomerantz, Hashem Akbari, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The Road from Kyoto: The Evolution of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy
Use in IEA Countries
Lee Schipper, Fridtjof Unander, Celine Marie, Roger Gorham, Debra Justus, International Energy Agency; Michael Ting, Marta Khrushch, Tom Krackeler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Energy Star® Label for Roof Products
Rachel S. Schmeltz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Sarah E. Bretz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The Quest for “Public Purposes” in the Pacific Northwest
Howard Schwartz, Washington State Department of Community Trade and
Economic Development and The Evergreen State College
Linking Market-Based Energy Efficiency Programs to Economic Growth,
Sustainable Development, and Global Warming
Peter R. Smith, Paul A. DeCotis, Karl S. Michael, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Carbon Offset Accounting and Monitoring of Emission Reductions in Energy
Efficiency Projects
Joel N. Swisher, Econergy International Corporation
Preliminary Results from a Bottom-Up Analysis to Determine Residential Energy
Consumption in the Emerging Economies of the World
Isaac Turiel, Sajid Hakim, David Fridley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Bidding the Green: Incentivizing New Renewable Power Development in California
Timothy N. Tutt, California Energy Commission
Aligning Climate Stabilization with State Policy Priorities: Actions and Issues
in Washington State
Tony Usibelli, K.C. Golden, Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development
The Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting, and Verification of Climate
Change Mitigation Projects
Edward L. Vine, Jayant A. Sathaye, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Meeting the United Kingdom’s CO2 Emissions Reduction Targets: The Role of
Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings
Joanne Wade, Association for the Conservation of Energy, London; Matthew A. Leach, University of London
Savings Potential of Energy Star® Voluntary Labeling Programs
Carrie A. Webber, Richard E. Brown, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Solving Employment Problems in the European Union: The Role of Energy Efficiency
Victoria Wiltshire, Association for the Conservation of Energy, London
Details, Details...The Impact of Market Rules on Emerging “Green” Energy Markets
Ryan H. Wiser, Steven J. Pickle, Joseph H. Eto, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Diverging Developments in Residential Space Heating and Electric Appliances:
the Impact on CO Emissions Evidence from Ten OECD-Countries
Josef Zoechling, Vienna University of Technology; Tom Krackeler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Reinhard Haas, Vienna University of Technology; Lee Schipper, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory