2012 CEDM Annual Meeting Presentations

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Day 1: May 21st, 2012

08:00 – 9:20 Opening and Introductions
Overview of CEDM
Granger Morgan and Inês Azevedo, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
09:20 – 10:35 Session 1: Decisions and Behavior in Energy Efficiency
Overview of CEDM work on energy efficiency and “rebound” effects
Inês Azevedo, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Direct and indirect rebound effects for the U.S. household using a partial equilibrium model
Brinda Thomas, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Energy and rebound in first nation villages
Hadi Dowlatabadi, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Lessons learned from 100 million vehicle registrations
Paul Fischbeck, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
10:35 – 12:10 Session 2: Decision-Making in Climate Mitigation Strategies
Overview of CEDM work on mitigation
Granger Morgan, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Public choice of low carbon energy technologies
Lauren Fleishman, RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
CEIC and the RenewElec project
Jay Apt and Paulina Jaramillo, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
The role of PUCs in adoption of low carbon energy
Dalia Patiño-Echeverri, Duke University, Durham, NC
Expert elicitation on small modular nuclear reactors
Ahmed Abdulla, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Plug-in vehicle life cycle costs and benefits
Jeremy Michalek and Costa Samaras, Carnegie Mellon University and RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
Marginal emissions factors for the U.S. electricity system
Kyle Siler-Evans, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
13:30 – 15:10 Session 3: Incorporating Environmental and Economic Impacts Under Uncertainty in Decision Making Processes
CEDM work on adaptation
Inês Azevedo, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Impacts of ocean acidification on mollusk production and low income nutrition
Sarah Cooley and Scott Doney, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
Robust alternatives for climate adaptation in forest land management
Tim McDaniels, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
A multi-expert scenario analysis for systematic comparison of expert weighting approaches
Umit Guvenc, Mitch Small and Granger Morgan, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Economic incentives and regulatory framework for shale gas well site reclamation in Pennsylvania
Austin Mitchell, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Quantifying the hurricane risk to offshore wind turbinesof offshore wind
Stephen Rose, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Carbon footprints, uncertainty, and decision-making
Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
15:10 – 16:35 Session 4: Climate and Weather: Uncertainty, Decision-Making and Attitudes
CEDM work on climate and weather
Granger Morgan, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Trade-offs between the objectives to reduce sea-level rise and rates of temperature change through solar radiation management
Klaus Keller, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Tradeoffs in SRM: Temperature versus sea level
Robert Lempert, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
New hurricane forecast products with more lead time for disaster preparation
Iris Grossmann, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Evolution of climate change attitudes and policies as a function of extreme event feedback
Robert Axtell, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Does tropical cyclone modification make sense?
Kelly Klima, Center for Clean Air Policy, Washington, D.C.
Modeling international coalitions and geoengineering
Kate Ricke, Carnegie Institute for Science, Stanford, CA and Juan Moreno Cruz, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

This research was made possible through support from the Center for Climate and Energy Decision Making (CEDM). This Center has been created through a cooperative agreement between the National Science Foundation (SES-0949710) and Carnegie Mellon University.