Sustainable Energy Systems

The Sustainable Energy System (SES) Group strives to understand energy systems and their environmental and health impacts.  We use a multidisciplinary approach to study problems of diverse topics and applications.  Group members have backgrounds in engineering, sciences, economics, statistics, and public health. 

Current Topics include:Climate diagram

  • Water-energy interactions
  • Energy economics
  • Resource and Life Cycle Assessment
  • Human and environmental health risk
  • Indoor Environment modeling and hazard assessment
  • Primary and Secondary Aerosols
  • Ozone Production
  • Urban Meteorology and Energy Balance
  • Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Group Leader
Thomas McKone

Deputy Group Leaders
Thomas Kirchstetter and Michael Sohn

Sustainable Energy Systems Group Staff

Related Publications

Submitted

Mathieu, Johanna L., Ashok J. Gadgil, Duncan S. Callaway, Phillip N. Price, and Sila Kiliccote. Characterizing the Response of Commercial and Industrial Facilities to Dynamic Pricing Signals from the Utility., Submitted. Download: PDF (513.21 KB)
Timko, Michael T., Zhenhong Yu, Jesse Kroll, John T. Jayne, Douglas R. Worsnop, Richard C. Miake-Lye, Timothy B. Onasch, David Liscinsky, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Hugo Destaillats et al. Sampling Artifacts from Conductive Silicone Tubing., Submitted.

2013

Chen, Modi, Mari Titcombe, Jingkun Jiang, Coty Jen, Chongai Kuang, Marc L. Fischer, Fred L. Eisele, Ilja J. Siepmann, David R. Hanson, Jun Zhao et al. " Acid–base chemical reaction model for nucleation rates in the polluted atmospheric boundary layer." In Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols: 19th International Conference. Fort Collins, CO: AIP Publishing LLC, 2013.
Gilmanov, Tagir G., Bruce K. Wylie, Larry L. Tieszen, Tilden P. Meyers, Vern S. Baron, Carl J. Bernacch, David P. Billesbach, George G. Burba, Marc L. Fischer, Aaron J. Glenn et al. "CO2 uptake and ecophysiological parameters of the grain crops of midcontinent North America: Estimates from flux tower measurements." Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 164 (2013): 162-175.
Wei, Max, James H. Nelson, Jeffery B. Greenblatt, Ana Mileva, Josiah Johnston, Michael K. Ting, Christopher Yang, Chris Jones, James E. McMahon, and Daniel M. Kammen. "Deep carbon reductions in California require electrification and integration across economic sectors ." Environmental Research Letters 8, no. 1 (2013).

2012

Peischl, Jeffrey, Thomas B. Ryerson, John S. Holloway, Michael K. Trainer, Arlyn E. Andrews, Elliot L. Atlas, Donald R. Blake, Bruce C. Daube, Edward J. Dlugokencky, Marc L. Fischer et al. "Airborne observations of methane emissions from rice cultivation in the Sacramento Valley of California." Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 117, no. D24 (2012).
Newman, Sally, Seongeun Jeong, Marc L. Fischer, Xiaomei Xu, Christine L. Haman, Barry Lefer, Sergio Alvarez, Bernhard Rappenglueck, Eric A. Kort, Arlyn E. Andrews et al. "Diurnal tracking of anthropogenic CO2 emissions in the Los Angeles basin megacity during spring 2010." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 13 (2012): 4359-4372.
Sudderth, Erika A., Samuel St. B. Clair, Sarah A. Placella, Stéphanie M. Swarbreck, Cristina Castanha, Donald J. Herman, Marc L. Fischer, Markus Kleber, Erik B. Sudderth, Margaret S. Torn et al. "Annual grassland resource pools and fluxes: sensitivity to precipitation and dry periods on two contrasting soils." Ecosphere 3, no. 8 (2012).
Fischer, Marc L., Margaret S. Torn, David P. Billesbach, Geoffrey Doyle, Brian Northup, and Sebastien C. Biraud. "Carbon, water, and heat flux responses to experimental burning and drought in a tallgrass prairie." Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 166-167 (2012): 169-174.
Jeong, Seongeun, Chuanfeng Zhao, Arlyn E. Andrews, Laura Bianco, James M. Wilczak, and Marc L. Fischer. "Seasonal variation of CH4 emissions from central California." Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 117, no. D11 (2012).
Salamanca, Francisco, Shaheen R. Tonse, Surabi Menon, Vishal Garg, Krishna P. Singh, Manish Naja, and Marc L. Fischer. " Top-of-atmosphere radiative cooling with white roofs: experimental verification and model-based evaluation ." Environmental Research Letters 7, no. 4 (2012).
Wennberg, Paul O., Wilton Mui, Debra Wunch, Eric A. Kort, Donald R. Blake, Elliot L. Atlas, Gregory W. Santoni, Steven C. Wofsy, Glenn S. Diskin, Seongeun Jeong et al. "On the Sources of Methane to the Los Angeles Atmosphere." Environmental Science & Technology 46, no. 17 (2012): 9282-9289.
Jeong, Seongeun, Chuanfeng Zhao, Arlyn E. Andrews, Edward J. Dlugokencky, Colm Sweeney, Laura Bianco, James M. Wilczak, and Marc L. Fischer. "Seasonal variations in N2O emissions from central California." Geophysical Research Letters 39, no. 16 (2012).
Baumgardner, Darrel, Olga Popovicheva, James Allan, Vera Bernardoni, Junji Cao, Fabrizia Cavalli, Julie Cozic, Evangelia Diapouli, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Johan P. Genberg et al. "Soot reference materials for instrument calibration and intercomparisons: a workshop summary with recommendations." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 5 (2012): 1869-1887.
Wei, Max, James H. Nelson, Michael K. Ting, and Christopher Yang. California’s Carbon Challenge: Scenarios for Achieving 80% Emissions Reduction in 2050., 2012. Download: PDF (12.15 MB)
Wang, Yungang, Ashok J. Gadgil, and Thomas W. Kirchstetter. "How Many Replicates Are Sufficient for Characterizing Cookstove Emissions – A Case Study Using the Berkeley-Darfur Stove and Three Stone Fire." In AAAR 31st Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN, 2012.
Hadley, Odelle L., and Thomas W. Kirchstetter. "Black carbon snow albedo reduction." Nature Climate Change 2 (2012): 437-440.
Kirchstetter, Thomas W., and T. L. Thatcher. "Contribution of organic carbon to wood smoke particulate matter absorption of solar radiation." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12 (2012): 6067-6072.

2011

Turnbull, Jocelyn C., Anna Karion, Marc L. Fischer, Ian C. Faloona, Tom Guilderson, Scott J. Lehman, Ben R. Miller, John B. Miller, Stephen A. Montzka, Thomas S. Sherwood et al. "Assessment of fossil fuel carbon dioxide and other anthropogenic trace gas emissions from airborne measurements over Sacramento, California in spring 2009." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11 (2011): 705-721.
Soto-Garcia, Lydia L., Meinrat O. Andreae, Tracey W. Andreae, Paulo Artaxo, Willy Maenhaut, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Tihomir Novakov, Judith C. Chow, and Olga L. Mayol-Bracero. "Evaluation of the carbon content of aerosols from the burning of biomass in the Brazilian Amazon using thermal, optical and thermal-optical analysis methods." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2011). Download: PDF (1.15 MB)
Apte, Michael G., Mark J. Mendell, Michael D. Sohn, Spencer M. Dutton, Pam M. Berkeley, and Michael Spears. Final Report: Balancing energy conservation and occupant needs in ventilation rate standards for “Big Box” stores in California: predicted indoor air quality and energy consumption using a matrix of ventilation scenarios. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2011.
Brown, Nancy J., L. A. J. Bastien, and Phillip N. Price. "Transport Properties for Combustion Modeling." Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 37 (2011): 565-582.
Koch, Dorothy M., Susanne E. Bauer, Anthony Del Genio, Gregory S. Faluvegi, Joseph R. McConnell, Surabi Menon, Ronald L. Miller, David H. Rind, Reto Ruedy, Gavin A. Schmidt et al. "Coupled aerosol-chemistry-climate twentieth century transient model investigation: Trends in short-lived species and climate responses." Journal of Climate 24 (2011): 2693-2714.
Koch, Dorothy M., Yves Balkanski, Susanne E. Bauer, Richard C. Easter, Sylvaine Ferrachat, Steven J. Ghan, Corinna Hoose, Trond Iversen, Alf Kirkevåg, Jon E. Kristjánsson et al. "Soot microphysical effects on liquid clouds, a multi-model investigation." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11 (2011): 1051-1064.
Sednev, Igor, and Surabi Menon. "Analyzing numerics of bulk microphysics schemes in community models: warm rain processes." Geoscientific Model Development 4 (2011): 1403-1434.