About the Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program
ISE's Environment, Energy, and Economic Development program conducts
research and analysis for federal, state, non-profit, and private-sector
clients on the interrelated issues of the environment, natural resources,
energy, and economic development. Projects address environmental quality and
regulation, energy resources and systems, water resources and systems,
climate, agriculture, oceans, natural hazards and disasters, and economic
development.
Selected News and Publications
Major Technology Progress Needed for 25 Percent Renewable Energy Use to Be Affordable — Jun. 24, 2008
Dramatic progress in renewable energy technology is needed if the United States desires to produce 25 percent of its electricity and motor vehicle fuel from renewable sources by 2025 without significantly increasing consumer costs.
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Economic Progress of Allegheny County Could be Enhanced by Government Consolidation — Apr. 3, 2008
The City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania could enhance the economic progress of the region if its governments are consolidated, although evidence of such gains in other consolidations is mixed.
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Estimating the Value of Water-Use Efficiency in the Intermountain West — Jan. 10, 2008
Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of water-efficiency programs can be difficult, because not all the benefits are easily quantified.
An economic framework based on two tools from the California Urban Water Conservation Council helps estimate the avoided costs and
environmental benefits of increasing water-use efficiency.
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Benefits and Costs of Increased Water-Use Efficiency in Commercial Buildings — October 24, 2007
This report suggests ways for the owners of commercial buildings to determine how to invest in water-efficient equipment, and uses two configurations of the current RAND headquarters as a case study.
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