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Publications

Publications by Research Area

2008

Lin, Jiang, and Gregory J. Rosenquist."Stay cool with less work: China's new energy-efficiency standards for air conditioners."Energy Policy 36.3 (2008) 1090 - 1095. DOI

Price, Lynn K.."Technologies and Policies to Improve Energy Efficiency in Industry." (2008).

Fridley, David, Nina Zheng, Nan Zhou, Nathaniel T. Aden, Jiang Lin, Jianhong Cheng, Tomoyuki Sakamoto, and Nina Khanna."China Refrigerator Information Label: Specification Development and Potential Impact." (2008).

Worrell, Ernst, Lynn K. Price, Maarten Neelis, Christina Galitsky, and Nan Zhou."World Best Practice Energy Intensity Values for Selected Industrial Sectors." (2008).

Worrell, Ernst, Christina Galitsky, and Lynn K. Price."Energy Efficiency Improvement Opportunities for the Cement Industry." (2008).

2007

Fridley, David, Nathaniel T. Aden, Nan Zhou, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory."China’s Building Energy Use." (2007).

Zhou, Nan, and Jiang Lin."The Reality and Future Scenarios of Commercial Building Energy Consumption in China." (2007).

Galitsky, Christina, and Lynn K. Price."Opportunities for Improving Energy Efficiency, Reducing Pollution and Increasing Economic Output in Chinese Cement Kilns."ACEEE 2007 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (2007).

Price, Lynn K., and Wang Xuejun."Constraining Energy Consumption of China’s Largest Industrial Enterprises Through the Top-1000 Energy-Consuming Enterprise Program." (2007).

Lin, Jiang, Nan Zhou, Mark D. Levine, and David Fridley."Taking out One Billion Tons of CO₂: The Magic of China’s 11th Five Year Plan?." (2007).

McKane, Aimee T., Lynn K. Price, and Stephane de la Rue du Can."Policies for Promoting Industrial Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries and Transition Economies." (2007) 87.

Fridley, David, Nathaniel T. Aden, Nan Zhou, and Jiang Lin."Impacts of China’s Current Appliance Standards and Labeling Program to 2020." (2007).

Lin, Jiang."Energy Conservation Investments: a Comparison Between China and the US."Energy Policy 35.2 (2007) 916 - 924. DOI

Zhou, Nan, Michael A. McNeil, David Fridley, Jiang Lin, Lynn K. Price, Stephane de la Rue du Can, Jayant A. Sathaye, and Mark D. Levine."Energy Use in China: Sectoral Trends and Future Outlook." (2007).

Bernstein, Lenny, Joyashree Roy, K. Casey Delhotal, Jochen Harnisch, Ryuji Matsuhashi, Lynn K. Price, Kanako Tanaka, Ernst Worrell, Francis Yamba, and Zhou Fengqi."Industry."Climate Change 2007: Mitigation (2007).

2006

Lin, Jiang, Nan Zhou, Mark D. Levine, and David Fridley."Achieving China’s Target for Energy Intensity Reduction in 2010: An exploration of recent trends and possible future scenarios." (2006).

Worrell, Ernst, Christina Galitsky, Lynn K. Price, Nathan C. Martin, Michael Ruth, R. Neal Elliott, Anna Shipley, and J. Thorne."Energy Efficiency Improvement Opportunities for the Petroleum Refining Industry." (2006).

Price, Lynn K., and Christina Galitsky."Opportunities for Improving Energy and Environmenta Performance of China’s Cement Kilns." (2006).

Lin, Jiang."Mitigating Carbon Emissions: the Potential of Improving Efficiency of Household Appliances in China." (2006).

Aden, Nathaniel T., and Jonathan E. Sinton."Environmental implications of energy policy in china."Environmental Politics 15.2 (2006) 248-270.

2005

Yang, Yongwen, Weijun Gao, Yingjun Ruan, Ji Xuan, Nan Zhou, and Chris Marnay."Optimal Model of Distributed Energy System by Using GAMS and Case Study."International Symposium on Sustainable Development of the Asian City Environment (SDACE) 2005 (2005).

Price, Lynn K., Christina Galitsky, Jonathan E. Sinton, Ernst Worrell, and Wina Graus."Tax and Fiscal Policies for Promotion of Industrial Energy Efficiency: A Survey of International Experience." (2005).

Fridley, David, Jiang Lin, Andrea Denver, Peter J. Biermayer, and Tyler J. Dillavou."CFL Labeling Harmonization in the United States, China, Brazil and ELI Member Countries: Specifications, Testing, and Mutual Recognition." (2005) 30.

Lin, Jiang."A Light Diet for a Giant Appetite: an Assessment of China's Fluorescent Lamp Standard."Energy 30.10 (2005) 1873 - 1887. DOI

Lin, Jiang."Trends in Energy Efficiency Investments in China and the US." (2005).