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Overview
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in conjunction with a multiorganizational Planning Committee, framed the initial structure and activities of the Energy Collaborative Analysis Initiative. The goals include making analysis more efficient and cost-effective and providing better input to decision makers by improving analytical methods, developing standardized assumptions and methodologies, and producing better results.
To kick off analysis collaboration activities, the Planning Committee convened a workshop for federal and state officials and research organizations to identify opportunities to enhance collaboration on energy analysis, in order to inform and drive policy making. The Planning Committee designed the workshop to inform the direction of analysis to answer policy-maker questions, so that they can use analysis to develop sound policies that achieve multiple objectives simultaneously.
The workshop allowed energy analysis leaders to identify priority energy analysis issues over the next five years, immediate common analysis needs along with steps that the participants can take to collectively address those needs, and efficient mechanisms to promote ongoing energy analysis coordination and information sharing. Sixty-two analysts from 27 different organizations participated in the June 2006 workshop.
The larger energy vision and details of collaboration activities are detailed in the Outcomes Document (PDF 206 KB) Download Adobe Reader.
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