The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a repository of resources to help users assess emerging technologies, determining their potential costs and environmental impacts. Energetics worked with the Industrial Efficiency & Decarbonization Office and the Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Te...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released its Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap, a foundational new report that lays out a comprehensive strategy for reducing industrial sector carbon dioxide emissions. Two Energetics senior scientists, Caroline Dollinger and Heather Liddell, co-authored t...
Energetics is developing a series of short, animated tutorial videos focused on life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic analysis (TEA) topics. Working with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Energetics’ Tracy Evans (program director, energy management) and Heather Liddell (senior scie...
Energetics supported Clear Roads, a national research consortium seeking to improve the safety and efficiency of U.S. transportation through improved maintenance. The collaboration, which includes 38 state departments of transportation (DOTs), evaluates materials, equipment, and methods in real-wo...
Sustainable Materials Selection in Manufacturing: A Framework for Design-Integrated Life Cycle Thinking was co-authored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Energetics. The report investigates the opportunity to reduce a manufactured product’s enviro...
Sustainable Manufacturing and the Circular Economy is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) report that evaluates the sustainability of different circular economy strategies and provides four detailed case studies examining possibilities in different sectors. Caroline Dollinger, a senior scientist in E...
Shasta County, in Northern Central California, is increasingly vulnerable to fire. In response, the Shasta Regional Transportation Agency (with funding from the California Department of Transportation) asked Energetics to help mitigate this growing threat. We examined the vulnerability of the region...
Nearly 20 years ago, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) selected Energetics to develop comprehensive analyses of energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across manufacturing sectors. Over these past two decades, Energetics has provided AMO with periodic updates...
Energetics conducted third-party evaluations of several major transportation electrification demonstration projects, undertaken by California utilities. The demonstrations are part of a larger state-wide strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change. In 2018, the Californ...
Our specialists developed a sector-specific characterization of relevant factors and decision-making drivers influencing the current operating environment and the security and resilience posture of the U.S. chemical sector. The document is designed to help government stakeholders and industry partne...
Our team supported the development of the online Navigator tool, which provides step-by-step guidance to set up and maintain an energy management system conforming to the ISO 50001 Energy Management System Standard. We also advised on the development of DOE’s strategic energy management programs,...
We creatively leverage a broad spectrum of communications platforms to inform diverse audiences in the buildings sector to develop, manufacture, supply, select, install, maintain, or purchase technologies that support net-zero emission buildings. Outreach mechanisms include blogs, speeches, fact she...
Our team used geospatial mapping to assess vulnerabilities to wildfire, flooding, landslide, avalanche, heat wave, and changing precipitation patterns and helped develop an inter-agency climate resilience strategy for the Basin’s multimodal transportation network, water, and energy infrastructure, a...
To support California’s energy RDD&D portfolio, our technical assessment and roadmapping activities identified 123 promising energy-saving technologies to address gaps in key areas: agriculture; bioenergy; industrial processing, facilities, and power; and water/wastewater. We conducted 19 webinars a...
We provide technical support in planning, coordinating, and reporting on BTO’s annual project peer reviews. We manage the sessions, speakers, slides, real-time audience polling, and panels. We also summarize the project presentations, reviewer comments, and scoring in an attractive report. In 2019,...
To ensure the effectiveness of NYSERDA programs, operations, and investments under future climatic conditions, we identified an appropriate set of climate adaptation measures to enhance resilience. For each measure, we characterized the key barriers, estimated costs and benefits, and developed imple...
During this three-year project, Energetics and its project partners installed 108 new charging ports, directly supported the acquisition and showcasing of eight EVs in municipal fleets, coordinated 141 EV promotional outreach events, and facilitated many additional activities to promote EV adoption...
Our specialists conducted a comprehensive roadmapping process to guide the California Energy Commission's (CEC’s) RDD&D activities in photovoltaics, concentrating solar, land-based and offshore wind, bioenergy, geothermal power, small hydropower, grid integration, and energy storage. Through a liter...
We developed a complete climate resilience assessment for the Santa Barbara County multi-modal transportation network, including a risk-based evaluation of climate threats, a detailed inventory of 90+ adaptation actions, and a climate adaptation strategy for mainstreaming resilience into future co...
We worked closely with DOE to design, launch, and support this CEM initiative to assist governments in accelerating the adoption of energy management systems across industrial, commercial, and public sectors. We brought together representatives of participating countries, led the strategic planning...
We helped organize the virtual roundtable, then captured and summarized the perspectives of the speakers, panelists, and participants from industry, trade associations, and academia on the use of sustainable chemistry practices in manufacturing consumer and commercial products. Viewpoints span the...
Electric vehicle (EV) ownership in New York State will increase rapidly over the next few years, causing a demand for more charging stations. Developers and planners are in an influential position to recommend and encourage EV charging stations during a crucial stage in development pr...
Driving Electrification Through the Power of Data Clean Cities Coalitions, fleets, state/local governments, vehicle manufacturers, utilities, plug-in vehicle drivers, and charging station providers are working together to develop a national data resource on end-user driving and vehicle charging pa...