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The Precourt Energy Efficiency CenterOriginally named the Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency (PIEE), PEEC was founded in October 2006 at Stanford University by a generous gift from Stanford Alumnus Jay Precourt. As a Stanford University research institute, PEEC draws upon intellectual resources from the entire university. At the core of the Precourt Center is an increasing number of faculty-led research teams including graduate and undergraduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Research teams include researchers and analysts from across the university, bringing expertise from many different disciplines.What is the Precourt Center's mission?The mission of the Precourt Center is to promote energy efficient technologies, systems, and practices, emphasizing economically attractive deployment. PEEC works to understand and overcome market, policy, technology, and human behavioral barriers to economically efficient reductions of energy use and to inform public and private policymaking. Energy Efficiency is vital for the U.S. and world economy, for environmental protection, and for energy security. How will PEEC do this?
EducationThrough the funding of graduate students either as research assistants or to support their dissertation research, PEEC is facilitating the education of graduate students who choose to work within energy efficiency.
ResearchPEEC has six focus areas of energy efficiency research that we believe will help create workable options to promote energy efficiency. These clusters are:
Conferences and WorkshopsPEEC convenes the annual Behavior, Energy, & Climate Change Conference, jointly with the California Institute for Energy and Environment and ACEEE; the annual Silicon Valley Energy Summit; an annual affiliates conference jointly with the Woods Institute for the Environment; and various workshops. These help assure that energy research is communicated broadly and that PEEC remains closely linked with industry, government, NGOs, and other research organizations. |
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