Research Interests for Gale A. Boyd

Research activities include microeconomic modeling of industrial energy demand, emissions, and productivity; forecasting sector activity and energy demand; and integrating the above elements into market models of technology evaluation and emissions.

Keywords:

energy, productivity, efficiency, environment, frontier

Current projects:

Developing industry specific energy efficiency benchmarking tools for use in the EPA Energy Star voluntary energy efficiency program.

Estimating Hedonic Equilibrium models using Census Micro data.

Freight commodity mode choice using the micro-data Commodity Flow Survey

Areas of Interest:

energy markets
emission trading
voluntary environmental programs
Climate change

Recent Publications

1. Boyd, G. and E. Dutrow, The Evolution of the Energy Star Industrial Energy Performance Indicator for Benchmarking Plant level Manufacturing Energy Use., Journal of Cleaner Production (Accepted, 2006)
2. G.A. Boyd, A Statistical Model for Measuring the Efficiency Gap between Average and Best Practice Energy Use: The ENERGY STAR™ Industrial Energy Performance Indicator, in 9, Journal of Industrial Ecology, vol. 3 (2005)
3. Boyd, G.A., and J.M. Roop, A Note on the Fisher Ideal Index Decomposition for Structural Change in Energy Intensity, The Energy Journal, vol. 25 no. 1 (2004), pp. 87-101
4. Worrell, E., S. Ramesohl, and G. Boyd, Advances in Energy Forecasting Models based on Engineering-Economics, Annual Review of Energy and Resources, vol. 29 (2004), pp. 345-382
5. Boyd, G.A., and J.M. Roop, A Note on the Fisher Ideal Index Decomposition for Structural Change in Energy Intensity, The Energy Journal, vol. 25 no. 1 (2004), pp. 87-101