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How to Get a Robust Green New Deal through Congress: Determining the Philosophy, the Cost, and the Subsequent Political Approach
(2020-12)The United States has not engaged in rapidly decarbonizing its economy for two reasons: because there are unpleasant nuances, and the politics are complicated. The first sector of the economy which is on track to be fully ... -
How to Leverage Corporate Sustainability Ratings to Drive Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Policy Proposal for the Next U.S. Administration
(2020-12)For decades oil and gas corporations have been major contributors to global warming and its harmful effects on the environment and economy. Yet global efforts to hold these and other carbon-intensive companies accountable ... -
Identifying Factors that Affect Political Feasibility of Climate and Energy-Related Policies
(2020-12)Climate change is an urgent problem. Due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, the average planet is warming at an alarming rate, causing large-scale changes to ecosystems humans depend on. Additionally, since what ... -
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the US Shale Industry: An (Expert) Review
(2020-12)The US shale industry turned the world-wide energy landscape upside down in less than a decade and put the US (back) atop the global energy hierarchy. At the beginning of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic shocked the global ... -
Impacts of Climate Change on Utility Vegetation Management in Florida
(2019-12)With the ever-growing concerns about climate change and its impacts, it was time to take a look at what kind of role it might play on the number of vegetation caused outages across the state of Florida. Vegetation falling ... -
Introduction to and Evaluation of Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS)
(2019-12)This paper, in particular, explores home energy management system (HEMS) literature for methods and criteria to determine the effectiveness of various HEMS architectures and applications. By tailoring these findings to ... -
Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Power Generation: A Comparative Analysis Between the United States and the European Union and its Implication for Developing Economies Using the Example of China
(2016-12)In this study, it will be examined how these technologies, including coal, natural gas, nuclear, and renewables (wind, hydro, solar, biomass, and geothermal), are currently generating greenhouse gas emissions in the ... -
Microgrids on Department of Defense Installations: Energy Policy's Impact on National Security
(2019-12)Energy policy serves as a key component to national security. How the United States protects its military’s access to dependable electricity is important to ensure that servicemembers are trained, equipment functions, and ... -
Passive Cooling Potential of a Suite of Retrofits for Older Los Angeles Housing with Significance for Policy
(2019-12)Four retrofits to older housing are examined: cool roofs, window overhangs, window films and shade trees. The potential of these measures to lower the temperature inside homes in Los Angeles is evaluated through literature ... -
The People Versus Conventional Energy: The Transition to Come
(2019-12)The past decade has seen growth in the spread of knowledge throughout the world about the dangers of climate change. The majority of the scientific community is in agreement that humans due to burning of fossil fuels have ... -
A POLICY PAPER ON OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY AS A NET POSITIVE FOR THE TOURISM INDUSTRY OF NEW JERSEY
(2020-05)As offshore wind becomes more economically viable off the east coast of the United States, the push to develop this resource becomes greater in order to decrease our carbon dioxide emissions. In many coastal states and in ... -
Potential Marine Renewable Energy Research and Development Opportunities at Pacific Marine Energy Center
(2017-12)This capstone project is closely aligned with the professional goals of the author as an engineer within the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technology Office (WPTO). The WPTO has two primary branches, conventional ... -
Quantifying Changes in Retail Electricity Rates Resulting from a Microgrid Deployment
(2017-12)Understanding how a proposed microgrid would affect customers is critical to deciding whether to deploy such a system and this paper seeks to assess how a microgrid deployment would affect retail electricity rates for ... -
The Relationship Between Low Carbon Policy and Low Carbon Employee Behavior
(2020-05)Many businesses are choosing to go green with the hope of instilling social responsibility within the culture of their employees. Studies have shown various benefits for both the employee and the organization implementing ... -
The Relationship Between Renewable Energy Manufacturers and Host Communities
(2018-04)As public opinion increasingly favors renewable energy, we must consider the communities that manufacture and dispose of materials related to renewable energy. The future will always be dependent on people receiving accurate ... -
Retraining Programs for Coal Workers in Transition: Lessons from Appalachia
(2018-04)The use of coal for energy in the United States is being pushed to historic lows for a number of reasons, including the ascent of natural gas as the fuel of choice, technological advancements, environmental regulations, ... -
Risk Management for the Impacts of Coronal Mass Ejections, Electromagnetic Pulse Threats and Climate-Related Weather Events on Power Cables Supporting the Potential of Offshore Wind Energy Off of the Northern East Coast of the United States
(2020-12)The offshore wind industry is in the midst of its technology breakthrough phase, as humankind has experienced recently in other technology breakthroughs such as the internet and the smart phone. Wind turbine capability ... -
Santa Rosa City Schools Sustainability Management Plan
(2020-05)The Santa Rosa City Schools Sustainability Management Plan intends to identify areas for improvement within school district operations through a utility management approach. This is accomplished by identifying ways in which ... -
Significant Concern about Climate and Health Among Montana Public and Environmental Health Professionals
(2019-12)A survey of Montana public and environmental health professionals conducted during September and October 2019 revealed that these health professionals not only largely accept climate change but also have significant concerns ... -
Storage Policy for High Integration of Renewable Energy on the Electricity Grid
(2019-05)This paper will look the role energy storage plays as the country moves towards high integration of renewable energy on the electricity grid. We highlight energy storage technologies, emissions results of storage deployment, ...