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Technical assistance programs and the diffusion of environmental technologies in the printing industry: The Case of SMEs

Rothenberg, Sandra; Becker, Monica - 2004

The goal of this article is to better understand the diffusion of environmentally preferable manufacturing technology (as distinct from pollution control technology) in small-and medium-sized firms (SMEs) and the influence of technical assistance programs on the diffusion of these technologies....

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New analysis techniques for estimating impacts of federal appliance efficiency standards

McMahon, James E. - 2008

Impacts of U.S. appliance and equipment standards have been described previously. Since 2000, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has updated standards for clothes washers, water heaters, and residential central air conditioners and heat pumps. A revised estimate of the aggregate impacts of all...

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Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport utilities metering, Phase 1

Carroll, D.M. - 2008

Pacific Northwest Laboratory developed this report for the US Navy's Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, Rhode Island (NUWC). The purpose of the report was to review options for metering electricity and steam used in the NUWC compound, and to make recommendations to NUWC for...

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Evaluation of resource impact factors versus social cost estimates in determining building energy performance standard levels

Nieves, L.A.; Nesse, R.J.; Adams, R.C.; McDonald, C.L. - 2011

In order to increase the welfare of society through the implementation of a building energy-performance standard, a method is required by which the least-cost means of obtaining the desired space conditioning of a building can be estimated. In other words, a life-cycle cost model must be...

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Estimation of the social costs of natural gas

Nieves, L.A.; Lemon, J.R. - 2011

This study determines the extent to which it is possible to develop monetary estimates of the marginal social cost of fuels, using natural gas to test a methodology that could be applied to other fuels. This requires review of previous estimates of both market and nonmarket costs to the extent...

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Characterizing emerging industrial technologies in energy models

Laitner, John A.; Worrell, Ernst; Galitsky, Christina; … - 2008

Conservation supply curves are a common tool in economic analysis. As such, they provide an important opportunity to include a non-linear representation of technology and technological change in economy-wide models. Because supply curves are closely related to production isoquants, we explore...

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Check-Testing of Manufacturer Self Reported Labeling Data& Compliance with MEPS

Zhou, Nan; Zhou, Nan; Zheng, Nina; Fridley, David; … - 2008

China first adopted minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) in 1989. Today, there are standards for a wide range of domestic, commercial and selected industrial equipment. In 1999, China launched a voluntary endorsement label, which has grown to cover over 40 products including water-saving...

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Program evaluation: Weatherization Residential Assistance Partnership (WRAP) Program

2008

The Connecticut low income weatherization program was developed in response to a 1987 rate docket order from the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) to Connecticut Light Power Co., an operating subsidiary of Northeast Utilities (NU). (Throughout this report, NU is referred to...

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The impact of rising energy prices on household energy consumption and expenditure patterns: The Persian Gulf crisis as a case example

Henderson, L.J.; Poyer, D.A.; Teotia, A.P.S. - 2008

triggered immediate increases in world oil prices. Increases in world petroleum prices and in US petroleum imports resulted in … crisis is now over and world oil prices have returned to their prewar levels, the differential impacts of rising energy … prices on poor and minority households as a result of any future crisis in the world oil market remains a significant long …

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Hawaii demand-side management resource assessment. Final report, Reference Volume 5: The DOETRAN user`s manual; The DOE-2/DBEDT DSM forecasting model interface

2009

The DOETRAN model is a DSM database manager, developed to act as an intermediary between the whole building energy simulation model, DOE-2, and the DBEDT DSM Forecasting Model. DOETRAN accepts output data from DOE-2 and TRANslates that into the format required by the forecasting model. DOETRAN...

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