{"561981":{"#nid":"561981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Grant to Study Regional Industry, Economic Resilience and Energy Consumption","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has awarded a three year, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1510510\u0026amp;HistoricalAwards=false\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E$300,000 grant\u003C\/a\u003E to understand how regional economic activities and energy use interact with each other. The effort is led by Georgia Tech School of Economics Assistant Professor Juan Moreno-Cruz with BBISS Director \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/581\/overview\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJohn Crittenden\u003C\/a\u003E serving as Co-PI. The project is entitled, \u0026quot;Regional Industrial Structure, Economic Resilience and Energy Consumption: Comparative Evaluation, Historical Analysis and Pathway towards a More Sustainable Economy.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrent economic models that aim to understand how energy use and efficiency interact within a regional economy are geared towards a broad scale. They also don\u0026#39;t account well for an unintended consequence that crops up when energy efficiency is in play, known as the \u0026quot;rebound effect.\u0026quot; For example, energy use for lighting, as a percentage of total energy use, tends to increase as lighting technology becomes more efficient. This project will develop a model that introduces adjustments to comprehensively evaluate the economic impact of the rebound effect, as well as tailoring the model to a more regional scale. Understanding energy use and efficiency at a smaller scale will reveal how both energy efficiency and supply shocks effect a region\u0026#39;s economic and energy resilience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has awarded a three year,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1510510\u0026amp;HistoricalAwards=false\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E$300,000 grant\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to understand how regional economic activities and energy use interact with each other. The effort is led by Georgia Tech School of Economics Assistant Professor\u0026nbsp;Juan Moreno-Cruz\u0026nbsp;with BBISS Director\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/581\/overview\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJohn Crittenden\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;serving as Co-PI. The project is entitled, \u0026quot;Regional Industrial Structure, Economic Resilience and Energy Consumption: Comparative Evaluation, Historical Analysis and Pathway towards a More Sustainable Economy.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The National Science Foundation has awarded a three year, $300,000 grant to understand how regional economic activities and energy use interact with each other."}],"uid":"27338","created_gmt":"2016-08-11 12:54:10","changed_gmt":"2019-02-28 15:56:56","author":"Brent Verrill","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"561991":{"id":"561991","type":"image","title":"Cruz and Crittenden","body":null,"created":"1470935506","gmt_created":"2016-08-11 17:11:46","changed":"1475895364","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:04","alt":"Cruz and Crittenden","file":{"fid":"206788","name":"cruz_crittenden_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cruz_crittenden_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cruz_crittenden_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":116696,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cruz_crittenden_0_0.jpg?itok=TmFNrz5R"}}},"media_ids":["561991"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1510510\u0026HistoricalAwards=false","title":"Read the abstract"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/581\/overview","title":"John Crittenden Faculty Profile"}],"groups":[{"id":"244191","name":"Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166871","name":"bbiss_big_ideas"},{"id":"87921","name":"Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems"},{"id":"94711","name":"John C. Crittenden"},{"id":"107601","name":"Juan Moreno-Cruz"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Juan Moreno-Cruz,\u0026nbsp;Asst. Professor, Scheller College of Business,\u0026nbsp;School of Economics\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["juan.moreno-cruz@econ.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}