Energy Systems of the Future
Our current energy system is a potent contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions.
The Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) is pursuing research that investigates clean, affordable, accessible systems and advises the energy industry, regulators, and policymakers on the wide-ranging changes needed to meet ambitious climate goals. Research topics focus on both supply and demand, including renewables, energy storage, efficient heating and cooling technologies, electric vehicles and mobility transitions, distributed energy systems, energy access, clean cooking fuels, and more.
Coal in the 21st Century and the Critical Transition to Clean Energy
Two IGS co-authored papers on coal transitions inspired by work with UNDP and UNECE were published in The Electricity Journal Read more
Trusting Clean Energy: Novel Perspectives on Transition Pathways for Coal Phaseouts and Clean Electrification Phase-ins
IGS Research | The Electricity Journal, August–September 2023 Read more
Coupling for Climate Intervention: Sectoral and Sustainability Couplings for Carbon Removal and Solar Geoengineering Pathways
IGS Research | Technological Forecasting and Social Change, September 2023 Read more
Building a Green Future: Examining the Job Creation Potential of Electricity, Heating, and Storage in Low-Carbon Buildings
IGS Research | The Electricity Journal, June 2023 Read more
The Socio-technical Dynamics of Net-Zero Industrial Megaprojects: Outside-in and Inside-out Analyses of the Humber Industrial Cluster
IGS Research | Energy Research & Social Science, April 2023 Read more
Uneasy Tensions in Energy Justice and Systems Transformation
IGS Research | Nature Energy, March 13, 2023 Read more
Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage in Review: Sociotechnical Implications for a Carbon Reliant World
IGS Research | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, May 2023 Read more
Growing Importance of Climate Change Beliefs for Attitudes Towards Gas
IGS Research | Nature Climate Change, March 2, 2023 Read more
Conspiracy Spillovers and Geoengineering
IGS Research | iScience (Cell Press), February 28, 2023 Read more
Guiding Hardware-Driven Turbo with Application Performance Awareness
IGS Research | 2022 IEEE 13th International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference, October 24-25, 2022 Read more