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China Energy Group:

http://china.lbl.gov/

The China Energy Group collaborates with energy researchers, suppliers, government agencies, and consumers in China and elsewhere. Their goal is to better understand the dynamics of energy use in China, to develop and enhance the capabilities of institutions that promote energy efficiency in that country, and to create links between Chinese and international institutions.
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Electricity Markets and Policy Group:

http://eetd.lbl.gov/EA/EMS

The Electricity Markets and Policy (EMP) Group analyzes public interest policy issues and conducts research projects on key electricity market issues, including electric power system reliability, energy efficiency, demand response, renewable energy, distributed energy resources, and retail energy services. EES works with the EMP Group to perform the Utility Analysis and Environmental Assessment that are part of each appliance energy-efficiency standard rulemaking. Using DOE/EIA's National Energy Modeling System (NEMS), the EMS Group applies the estimated energy savings from a proposed standard to model the impact on electricity generation capacity and the corresponding environmental impacts on CO2 and NOX emissions over an approximate 20-year time horizon.
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End-Use Forecasting and Market Assessment Group:

http://enduse.lbl.gov/

The Energy End-Use Forecasting (EUF) Group performs estimates of energy technology savings potential and collaborates with EES on analyses and reports. EUF compiles technology and market data into widely cited reference reports, assesses the effects of existing or proposed policies on energy service markets, and assists policymakers in program design, implementation, and evaluation. EUF maintains the Home Energy Saver website to assist homeowners in evaluating measures to improve home energy efficiency.
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Government and Industry Programs Group:

Energy-efficiency standards provide cost-effective mandates for consumers and other end users to use more efficient equipment. Additional opportunities for implementing efficient technologies exist in specific market segments. Voluntary, or market-specific, standards can help identify and realize these opportunities.

One example of such a market is public-sector procurement. In the U.S., the Federal government is the largest purchaser (by volume) of many energy-consuming products. The combined purchasing power of state, local, and municipal agencies is perhaps three to four times larger still. Implementing energy-efficient purchasing can have an enormous and direct impact on energy consumption. It can also have a significant impact on manufacturers' decisions to produce and market energy-efficient products.
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Lighting Research Group:

http://lighting.lbl.gov/

The Lighting Research Group conducts research on a large number of lighting technologies and their applications. The Lighting Research Group provides expertise on the evolving energy efficiency of lighting systems as well as peer review for EES Group analyses. The Lighting Research Group contains internationally recognized experts on a variety of lighting technologies. The group's lighting laboratory develops and tests new lighting technologies and collaborates with industry to transfer them to the marketplace.
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Washington DC Projects Office:

http://www.dc.lbl.gov/

The EES Group also collaborates with Berkeley Lab's Washington DC Projects Office. The DC Projects Office provides a site for project work near DOE headquarters. One key staff member there is a project manager representing the EES Group and our technical analyses to DOE and other clients in the Washington, DC area.
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Water and Energy Technology Team:

http://water-energy.lbl.gov

The LBNL Water and Energy Technology Team (WETT) mission is to achieve sustainability through efficient technologies and integrated management of water and energy resources. We develop tools that regional water authorities can use to evaluate the impact that conservation programs have on managing demand for growing populations. These tools can be used to design rate structures and conservation programs and evaluate the impact that these programs have on particular constituencies. Jim McMahon co-leads the WETT team, which includes several EES staff members. For more information, see the WETT website.
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Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program (CLASP)

Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program (CLASP):

http://eetd.lbl.gov/clasp/

Energy-efficiency standards and labels for appliances, equipment, and lighting products are cost-effective policies for conserving energy in over 60 countries. They fit well with most other energy policies and can form the backbone of national energy policy portfolios. Efficiency standards and labels can force a shift to energy-efficient technology to improve national energy efficiency. Used for many years in numerous developed countries, they delivered tangible results and are among the least-expensive and unobtrusive of policies.
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North American Energy Working Group (NAEWG):

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/csd14/PF/info/CLASP_Regional_CaseStudy.pdf

EES shares its assessment and analysis expertise with colleagues in various countries around the world. In addition, since the establishment of the North American Energy Working Group (NAEWG) in 2001, EES members have provided technical support for NAEWG's Energy Efficiency Expert Group.
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Policy Analysis Modeling System (PAMS):

http://www.clasponline.org/disdoc.php

CLASP has developed the Policy Analysis Modeling System (PAMS) to provide a software tool to help local policymakers assess the benefit of standards and labeling programs, and to identify the most attractive targets for appliances and efficiency levels. Even at the initial stages of program proposal, a technically robust estimate of energy savings and monetary costs and benefits is necessary to guide policymakers and funding agencies to prioritize strategies for maximum environmental and financial benefits. For many countries, and for developing countries in particular, this presents a dilemma, since resources and training may be scarce in the areas of technical analysis of types of programs for which they have little previous experience. PAMS is an Excel spreadsheet designed to give first-order policy impacts projections for a wide range of countries with a minimum of preparatory research on the part of local policymakers.
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U.S. DOE Home:

http://www.energy.gov/

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Energy Efficiency and Renewables Energy

U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy:

http://www.eere.energy.gov/

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Building Technologies Program

EERE: Building Technologies Program:

http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/

DOE's Building Technologies Program works in partnership with states, industry, and manufacturers to improve the energy efficiency of our nation's buildings. Through innovative new technologies and systems-engineered building practices we are transforming how we design, build, and operate the approximately 15 million new buildings projected to be constructed by 2015.
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