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Environment

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  • Demographics

    Delivering practical, policy-oriented analysis of census and demographic data.

  • Economics

    Examining taxes, economic development, workforce data, and flood resilience.

  • Energy

    Informing policy through research to facilitate solar development in Virginia.

  • Survey Research

    Providing full-service survey design, data collection, and report preparation.

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A graph comparing NETs results from several different IAMs.

Negative Emissions Technologies Modeling

By
  • William Shobe,
  • Jay Fuhrman,
  • Haewon McJeon,
  • Scott C. Doney,
  • Andres F. Clarens
    • The study finds there is a need to model more kinds of negative emissions technologies (NETs) to understand how the economics of NETs will change with time and innovation and in order to consider the tradeoffs between NETs and sustainable development goals
    A bar chart showing the various parks respondents think are needed in Charlottesville.

    2017 Charlottesville Parks and Recreation Survey

    By
  • Kara Fitzgibbon,
  • Jim Ellis,
  • Shawn Bird
    • A survey conducted on behalf of the Charlottesville Division of Parks to get feedback on residents’ experience with Charlottesville’s parks, facilities, and programs and elicit feedback on future programs, parks, and athletic opportunities.
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    Emission Market Design: California Allowances

    By
  • William Shobe,
  • Charles Holt,
  • Thaddeus Huetteman
    • This study uses economic experiments to look at the effects of some novel features of California's new controls on greenhouse gas emissions in terms of market liquidity, efficiency, and price variability.

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