Two Reports Analyzing US Department of Defense and Federal Energy Management Co-Authored by ISE Senior Fellow, Dorothy Robyn
Dr. Dorothy Robyn, a Washington DC-based ISE Non-Resident Senior Fellow, specializes in energy resiliency of US military bases. She is the former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment where she oversaw $850 billion portfolio that included 300,00 buildings and 28 million acres of land. Most recently, Dr. Robyn served as the Commissioner […]
Professor Philip Hanser’s Off-Grid PV research published in Utilities Policy Journal
ISE affiliated faculty member Philip Hanser has published, along with associates in the Brattle Group, an article analyzing the technical and economic feasibility of moving households off the grid through photovoltaic (PV) solar. The article will appear in the Utilities Policy journal. Given recent technological advances in solar energy and large-scale battery storage, as well […]
Policy and the emergence of driverless, shared, and electric vehicles
On November 15-16, 2016, Postdoctoral Associate John Helveston represented the ISE at the “3 Revolutions Conference” hosted by the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis (ITS-Davis). The conference brought together 40 academic, government, industry, and policy experts and stake holders to consider the relevant policies for steering the emerging transportation revolutions […]
New whitepaper: Hurry or Wait?
Jürgen Weiss and Dean Murphy released a whitepaper with the Brattle Group on the national of energy switching. Climate change risk will likely require the decarbonization of our economy, in large part through investment in renewable generation. Since technological progress will likely lower the future cost of renewable generation capacity, however, delaying decarbonization could save money by benefitting […]
New MA Legislation May Force Utilities to Repair Gas Leaks Faster
This month the House approved a bill that would require utilities to fix nearly 16,000 gas leaks within the next five years. A recent study by Boston University researchers, including Margaret Hendrick, a post-doctoral associate with the Institute for Sustainable Energy, helped to inform this legislation. The study found that about 7% of gas leaks […]
Whitepaper by Brattle Economists Examines Clean Energy Policy Options
With contributions from ISE Director Peter Fox-Penner as well as former Massachusetts State officials David Cash and Ann Berwick, the Brattle Group released a whitepaper detailing clean energy policy options for the state of Massachusetts on June 21, 2016 Download the whitepaper.
[UPDATED] Whitepaper by Brattle Economists Examines Clean Energy Policy Options for Massachusetts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
With contributions from ISE Director Peter Fox-Penner as well as former Massachusetts State officials David Cash and Ann Berwick, the Brattle Group recently released a whitepaper detailing clean energy policy options for the state of Massachusetts. The report, prepared for the Barr Foundation, provides policymakers with a series of recommendations that will help meet greenhouse […]
Solar Power Saves Everyone Money
Study finds benefits for all ratepayers and greater reduction in greenhouse gases By Nancy Averett Hoping to reduce their greenhouse emissions, Kelley Hippler and her husband, Tom, installed solar panels on the roof of their Colonial-style home in suburban Sharon in summer 2015. “We had, like a lot of folks, become more aware of global […]
New BU study shows home insulation can save lives and cut carbon emissions cost-effectively
BU Professor of Public Health and ISE affiliate Jonathan Levy just published a new study explaining the cost-effectiveness and public health benefits of home insulation. On a national average basis, the study finds that the monetized public health benefits of home insulation in New England are $49 per ton of carbon dioxide reduced. The study […]
BU Research on a Sustainable Energy Future
On March 3, 2016 the Institute made its debut with a symposium of diverse, cutting-edge sustainable energy research conducted by BU researchers from all across the university. The symposium consisted of 15 five-minute “microtalks,” with each speaker allowed one slide. The slide deck for the full symposium is posted here. Watch this space – we’ll soon […]