Energy Analysis Program. Annual report, FY 1984

The Energy Analysis Program is engaged in interdisciplinary activities in which analysts from different fields work together on issues of national significance. The program's emphases on economics, public policy, and behavioral science distinguish it from other LBL activities. At the same time, however, engineering and technical analyses underlie its economic and policy studies, a foundation that distinguishes its work from that of most other analysis groups working on public policy issues. Virtually all of the program's research and analysis is quantitative, and much of the research staff is engaged in developing and applying mathematical models. At present, the work of the Energy Analysis Program emphasizes the study of energy use in buildings. This subject has been stressed for a number of reasons; one of the most important is the strong research effort within the Applied Science Division on energy conservation in buildings (especially the Energy Efficient Buildings and Solar Energy Programs). The Energy Analysis Program provides a rigorous and extensive capability in energy economics and analysis that complements the more technical pursuits of other groups in the Division studying energy in buildings. Some of the projects described have already provided a solid start to a systematic analysis of the issues studied.