Home | EAEI Skip to main content Berkeley Lab About the lab News Careers Contact us About Us + Researchers in EAEI focus on three broad areas: Energy Markets, Policy, and Infrastructure; Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis; and Appliance and Equipment Standards. We develop analytical and experimental methods and tools to assess the technical, economic and market potential of energy technologies, as well as the associated social, economic, health and environmental impacts. Contact Us Organizational Chart Research Departments Research Facilities Staff Research + EAEI researchers provide unbiased, scientific, high quality and innovative research and technical assistance to government agencies in the United States and throughout the world. We help these entities develop long-term strategies, policies and programs that facilitate energy efficiency and the deployment of clean energy technology with minimum environmental and health impacts in all sectors and industries. Technoeconomic & Life-Cycle Modeling Energy Markets & Policy Renewable Energy Transportation Systems Energy and Environmental Justice Energy Efficiency Environmental Science & Technology Healthy & Efficient Buildings Research Facilities Publications News Tools Search Home Research at the Intersection of Science, Technology, Policy and Economics We conduct research on energy consumption and related impacts to inform policy, standards, and decision-making for the benefit of society and the environment Technoeconomic & Lifecycle Modeling Evaluating the environmental impacts of a product, material, process or activity Energy Markets & Policy Extensive analysis on energy, working with industry, government and academia Renewable Energy Wind, solar and more -- cost, benefits and market analysis Transportation Systems Pathways to discover solutions to challenging transportation issues Energy and Environmental Justice Highlighting clean energy transitions to lift all communities Energy Efficiency Appliance and equipment research for optimal efficiency Environmental Science & Technology Testing product performance and efficiency Healthy & Efficient Buildings Air quality and climate modeling Research Facilities On-site testing facilities at Berkeley Lab Staff Spotlight: ​​​​​​​Awards for electric grid analysis Joe Rand and Will Gorman The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG), a nonprofit organization that marshals the expertise of the electricity industry’s technical community to support grid transformation and energy systems integration, recently gave its 2022 Excellence Award to Lab researchers Joe Rand and Will Gorman. Rand and Gorman were honored for their “contributions to transmission interconnection queue process reform.” “Announcing this year’s recipients is a special moment for everyone as it shows how critical it is to keep moving forward and pushing one another in our industry to continue to innovate and lead,” said Mark Ahlstrom, President of the ESIG Board of Directors. The awards were granted at the annual ESIG Spring Technical Workshop on March 23 in Tucson, Arizona. Read full announcement at: energyanalysis.lbl.gov/news/awards-electric-grid-analysis. Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability (IDEA) Spotlight Liz Stuart Liz serves as the EAEI Division representative to the Women Scientists and Engineers Council (WSEC) ERG and has been co-chair of the WSEC Networking Committee for over 5 years. In that capacity, she has led/co-led several initiatives that support the Lab’s IDEA principles including: Lab-wide events including the 2020 Women @ The Lab virtual awards ceremony and past years’ annual networking events. The WSEC “Co-coaching Initiative” that offered skill-building sessions and created a community of practice for any Lab employee who wished to improve their skills with difficult conversations, including constructively giving and receiving feedback Monthly events that include Women @ The Lab talks, peer exchanges and skill-building sessions Led volunteers to develop myriad Women’s History Month events and resources for the Lab community Facilitate collaboration between WSEC and other ERGs on speaker events and intersecting topics Outside of WSEC, Liz participates in the monthly ETA IDEA Working Group meetings, and was part of a small team that formed an equity/justice group within the Electricity Markets and Policy Department with two key objectives: 1) operationalize IDEA principles in group processes in the department; and 2) develop equity/justice-related research proposals. She also supports the Lab’s K-12 outreach efforts in various ways; most recently she recorded a video demonstration of Middle Eastern percussion instruments for the Lab’s December Live Science outreach event. Energy Storage Virtual Field Trip Series Join Berkeley Lab’s Energy Storage Center + SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory for a virtual field trip seminar series exploring the sometimes surprising role energy storage plays in the world around us. To learn more, sign up for upcoming virtual field trips, and watch the event recordings, including a virtual trip to the International Space Station, visit secretlifeofenergystorage.lbl.gov. Latest News Minimizing Virus Spread Sep-22-22 Berkeley Lab researchers reviewed evidence on using indoor engineering controls to reduce transmission risk Watch the... Read more Helping Cities Cope with Heat Aug-24-22 By the middle of this century, temperatures in some California cities are expected to be in the triple digits for a thir... Read more See More Recent Publications Spurlock, C. Anna, Salma Elmallah, and Tony Reames."Equitable deep decarbonization: A framework to facilitate energy justice-based multidisciplinary modeling."Energy Research & Social Science 92 (2022) 102808. DOI Lin, Jiang, Nina Khanna, Xu Liu, Wenjun Wang, Jessica Gordon, and Fan Dai."Opportunities to tackle short-lived climate pollutants and other greenhouse gases for China."Science of The Total Environment 842 (2022). DOI Gorman, Will, Galen L. Barbose, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Sunhee Baik, Chandler Miller, Philip White, and Marlena Prapost."Evaluating the Capabilities of Behind-the-Meter Solar-plus-Storage for Providing Backup Power during Long-Duration Power Interruptions." (2022). 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