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Energy Conservation

Using less energy today can save money and improve the quality of the environment for future generations. RAND has informed public awareness and policy with research on such topics as energy use in commercial buildings, household energy conservation, the conflict between energy conservation and productivity in schools and offices, and the potential to reduce the energy requirements of U.S. commercial airlines.

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Preliminary Assessment of Factors Affecting DoD Facility Energy Management Capabilities
DoD is the largest single energy using organization in the U.S. Achieving DoD's energy conservation goals has become increasingly important in a tight budget environment.
Jan 1, 1994
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Two Shades of Green: Environmental Protection and Combat Training
This report discusses the implications of environmental restrictions on combat training.
Jan 1, 1992
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Regulation, Efficiency, and Competition in the Exchange of Electricity: First-Year Results from the FERC Bulk Power Market Experiment
This report presents the results of RAND's analysis of data from the first year of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Southwest bulk electric power market experiment.
Jan 1, 1985
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The tradeoff between equity and efficiency in electric utility rate structures : a comment on the TVA approach
Although they did not always identify them as conflicting, energy policymakers often have two conflicting objectives: (1) to ease the impact of rapidly rising energy prices, particularly on the poor or those with fixed incomes, and (2) to promote eff...
Jan 1, 1983
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Energy use in housing
Energy use in housing
Jan 1, 1983
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After Energy Price Decontrol: The Role of Government Conservation Programs
Examines issues in formulating national policies for energy consumption and conservation.
Jan 1, 1982
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Household Energy Conservation: Strategies for Behavioral Research
Reviews behavioral and social sciences research on household energy conservation. The Note describes the research, quantifies the savings in energy that were achieved, and indicates how they were achieved.
Jan 1, 1982
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An Appraisal of Evaluations of Utility-Sponsored Programs for Residential Energy Conservation
The federal Residential Conservation Service program is currently being reviewed for possible revision or even discontinuation.
Jan 1, 1982
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A Description of integrated retrofit delivery systems and innovative conservation services programs in selected localities
Describes the characteristics, achievements, and problems of twelve residential energy conservation programs in seven localities: Portland (Oregon), San Francisco, Seattle, Chattanooga, Providence, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Boston. The information ...
Jan 1, 1981
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Summary of findings and bibliography for the Department of Energy's innovative residential retrofit delivery system demonstrations
The Department of Energy was interested in learning more about which kinds of energy conservation services are of greater use to homeowners and in assessing the potential impact of integrated retrofit delivery systems in accelerating household retrof...
Jan 1, 1981
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Economic implications of mandated efficiency standards for household appliances: comment
In a recent article, J. Daniel Khazzoom has argued that a mandated appliance energy efficiency standard may raise energy consumption if increased intensity of utilization offsets the appliance's increased efficiency. However, since the level of servi...
Jan 1, 1981
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An assessment of the potential for large corporations to provide retrofit services to homeowners
Examines the potential for large corporations providing integrated retrofit services to assist homeowners in making their homes energy efficient. Some people have argued that the residential retrofit market presents an attractive business opportunity...
Jan 1, 1981
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Reducing U.S. vulnerability to oil supply disruptions
Dependence of the United States on imported oil poses two interrelated but distinct problems: chronic economic losses to the U.S. economy, and vulnerability to supply disruptions. The synthetic fuels program, conservation measures, and phased decon...
Jan 1, 1980
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Soviet energy balances
Soviet energy balances
Jan 1, 1978
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Legislative imperatives for California: new criteria for nuclear fuel cycle licensing in the light of U.S. antiproliferaton polices : testimony before the California Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, June 14, 1977
Comments on the possibility of decoupling decisions on the licensing of nuclear power plants from decisions on nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities. The author suggests that amended legislation should make it feasible to license new nuclear power pla...
Jan 1, 1977
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Residential Energy Use: Combining Disaggregated Data Sources for Policy Analysis
Describes the problems in combining databases and documents the data involved in empirical testing of electricity demand model in R-1899.
Jan 1, 1977
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The Move towards Marginal Cost Pricing in Electricity
A discussion of feasibility of using marginal cost pricing for electricity rates.
Jan 1, 1976
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California's Energy Future
An abridgment of results of a study on energy policy issues facing California, reported in full in Energy Alternatives for California: Paths to the Future, R-1793.
Jan 1, 1976
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Energy Conservation in Nonresidential Buildings.
Energy Conservation in Nonresidential Buildings.
Jan 1, 1976
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Energy Use and Conservation in the Residential Sector: A Regional Analysis
Estimates consumption of all forms of energy in the residential sector, broken down by the major end uses, for each of the nine census regions of the United States for the base year 1970.
Jan 1, 1975

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RAND Topic:
Energy Conservation

Topic Synonyms:
Energy Efficiency

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