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Energy Efficiency at Stanford

PEEC sponsors periodic workshops that operate as a communication bridge between experts conducting cutting-edge research and key private sector, public sector, and not-for-profit decision makers who place a high value on implementing energy efficiency options. Technical experts from other universities and organizations are invited to join this forum, leveraging the significant contributions from the Stanford research community. In addition, an affiliates program allows an ongoing relationship with organizations that continue to support PEEC.

The Center brings together researchers from the sciences and engineering with those with expertise in the social sciences, decision sciences, and organizational theory. PEEC builds upon the meetings of the Stanford Energy Committee to foster additional discussion, inquiry, and collaboration into energy efficiency issues that cross traditional disciplines.

PEEC serves as a hub for these activities and provides the framework to help glue together those interested in energy efficiency. Closely linked to the Woods Institute for the Environment (WIE), the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP), and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), PEEC provides a focal point for bringing discussions of energy efficiency to the broader community outside of Stanford, as well. GCEP, WIE, and PEEC are financially separate, but many faculty and students participate in activities of all three organizations, assuring that insights are shared among the three groups. Likewise, although the Energy Modeling Forum (EMF) and PEEC are also financially separate, the cadre of energy modelers and policy analysts associated with the EMF greatly enhance the energy efficiency research and the outreach of PEEC.

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