The Public Benefit of Energy Efficiency to the State of Washington
The authors estimated energy efficiency by means of energy intensity measures controlled for sectoral composition and energy prices, among other factors.
Christopher Pernin is vice president, RAND Army Research Division, director of the RAND Arroyo Center, and a senior physical scientist at RAND. He is also a professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. He brings over two decades of experience analyzing international technology development and security implications. As former director of RAND's Force Development and Technology Program, Pernin has led numerous assessments of foreign research capabilities, technology transfer risks, and strategic technology development. His international experience includes extensive work while living in Europe and Africa, where he analyzed research institutions, technology development patterns, and cross-border scientific collaboration. Since joining RAND in 1999, Pernin has led projects examining institutional structures, strategic planning, and decisionmaking processes in research organizations across multiple countries. His expertise spans both technical assessment and policy analysis, with particular focus on identifying patterns of concerning research activities and evaluating their security implications.
Pernin serves on several NATO expert committees focused on emerging technology risks and has held editorial positions with leading scientific and security-focused journals. His earlier work at Argonne National Laboratory, where he contributed to the development of the Advanced Photon Source facility, provides him with direct insight into large-scale research infrastructure and operations. Throughout his career, he has advised multiple military and civilian agencies on science and technology security issues, serving as an ad hoc member of service scientific advisory boards and leading assessments of international research collaboration risks. Pernin holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from Northwestern University
Education
Ph.D. and M.S. in chemistry, Northwestern University; B.S. in chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Selected Work
- Pernin, Christopher G., Angela O'Mahony, Gene Germanovich, and Matthew Lane, Chasing Multinational Interoperability: Benefits, Objectives, and Strategies, RAND Corporation (RR-3068-A), 2020
- Pernin, Christopher G., Jakub P. Hlavka, Matthew E. Boyer, John Gordon IV, Michael Lerario, Jan Osburg, Michael Shurkin, and Daniel C. Gibson, Targeted Interoperability: A New Imperative for Multinational Operations, RAND Corporation (RR-2075-A), 2019
- Pernin, Christopher G., Elliot Axelband, Jeffrey A. Drezner, Brian Barber Dille, John Gordon IV, Bruce Held, K. Scott McMahon, Walter L. Perry, Christopher Rizzi, Akhil R. Shah, Peter A. Wilson, and Jerry M. Sollinger, Lessons from the Army's Future Combat Systems Program, RAND Corporation (MG-1206-A), 2012
- Pernin, Christopher G., Edward Wu, Aaron L. Martin, Gregory Midgette, and Brendan See, Efficiencies from Applying a Rotational Equipping Strategy, RAND Corporation (MG-1092-A), 2011
- Schank, John F., Christopher G. Pernin, Mark V. Arena, and Susan K. Woodward, Controlling the Cost of C4I Upgrades on Naval Ships, RAND Corporation (MG-907-NAVY), 2009
- Pernin, Christopher G., Katherine Comanor, Lance Menthe, Louis R. Moore, and Tim Andersen, Allocation of Forces, Fires, and Effects Using Genetic Algorithms, RAND Corporation (TR-423-A), 2008
- Pernin, Christopher G., Louis R. Moore, and Katherine Comanor, The Knowledge Matrix Approach to Intelligence Fusion, RAND Corporation (TR-416-A), 2007
- Lempert, Robert J., Parry Norling, Christopher G. Pernin, Susan A. Resetar, and Sergej Mahnovski, Next Generation Environmental Technologies: Benefits and Barriers, RAND Corporation (MR-1682-OSTP), 2003