EPP Faculty :: Inês Azevedo

 

Inês Azevedo
Office: Baker Hall 129
Phone: (412) 268-3754
Email: ilimade@andrew.cmu.edu

Assistant Research Professor, Department of Engineering and Public Policy

Carnegie Mellon University, 2010-

B.Sc & M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, IST, Portugal, 2004
M.Sc. in Engineering Policy and Management of Technology, IST, Portugal, 2009
Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy, CMU, 2009

Dr. Azevedo’s research interests lie at the intersection of environmental, technical, and economic issues, such as how to address the challenge of climate change and to move towards a more sustainable energy system. She tackles complex problems in which traditional engineering plays an important role but cannot provide a complete answer. In particular, she has been looking at how energy systems are likely to be shaped in the future, which requires comprehensive knowledge not only of the technologies that can address future energy needs but also of the decision-making process followed by different agents in the economy. Dr. Azevedo has also been working on assessing how specific policies will shape future energy systems, especially in a carbon-constrained world.

Representative Publications

Peer reviewed journal publications

  1. Global Energy Assessment, under review. Knowledge Module 16: Trends and transitions in Energy Systems. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Lead Analyst.

  2. Azevedo, I.L., Sonnberger, M., Thomas, B., Morgan, G., Renn, O., accepted, April 2012. Developing Robust Energy Efficiency Policies While Accounting for Consumer Behavior. IRGC report.

  3. Siler-Evans, K., Azevedo, I.L., Morgan, M.G., (2012). "Marginal Emissions Factors for the US Electricity System". In press,  Environmental Science & Technology.

  4. Hittinger, E., Mullins, K., Azevedo, I.L., (2012). "The Untapped Energy Savings Potential of Video Game Consoles in the Unites States". In press, Energy Efficiency.

  5. Thomas, B., Azevedo, I.L., Morgan, M.G., (2012). "Edison Revisited: Should we use DC circuits for lighting in commercial buildings?" , Energy Policy, 45 pp. 399-411.

  6. Siler-Evans, K., Morgan, M.G, Azevedo, I.L., (2012) “Distributed Cogeneration For Commercial Buildings: Can We Make The Economics Work?”., Energy Policy, 42, pp. 580-590.

  7. Blackhurst, M., Azevedo, I.L., Matthews, H.S., Hendrickson, C.T. (2011)  Designing building energy efficiency programs for greenhouse gas reductions.Energy Policy, 39(9), pp. 5269-5279.

  8. Blackhurst M., Matthews, H.S., Sharrard, A.L., Hendrickson, C.T. Azevedo, I.L., (2011). Preparing US community greenhouse gas inventories for climate action plans. Environmental Research Letters, 6(3), p034003.

  9. Wiesmann, D., Azevedo, I.L., Ferrao, P., Fernandez J., (2011). Residential Electricity Consumption in Portugal: Findings from top-down and bottom-up models. Energy Policy, Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2011, Pages 2772-2779.

  10. Azevedo, I. L., Morgan, M.G., Lave, L. (2011) “Residential and regional electricity consumption in the US and EU:  How much will higher prices reduce CO2emissions?”. The Electricity Journal, Vol. 24, Issue 1 1040-6190.

  11. Azevedo, I.L., Morgan, M.G., Morgan, F., (2009). “The Transition to Solid State Lighting”.  The Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 97, Issue 3, pp. 481-510. ISSN: 0018-9219.

Policy briefs and other publications

  1. Samaras, C., Apt J., Azevedo, I.L., Lave, L.B., Morgan, M.G., Rubin, E.S., 2009. “Cap and Trade is Not Enough: Improving U.S. Climate Policy”. Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University.

Peer reviewed conferences/proceedings

  1. Abreu, J., Azevedo, I.L., Pereira, F. (2011). A contribution for a better understanding of the residential sector electricity demand, European Energy Efficiency Council (ECEEE) Summer Study, France.

  2. Azevedo, I.L., Venâncio, A. (2010). “Does renewable energy policy create and sustain entrepreneurs? Evidence from Portugal”, GIRA Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, September 9th.

  3. Azevedo, I.L., Samaras, C., Gilmore, E.A., 2008. “Better Cars or Better Appliances? Evaluating the Cost Effectiveness of U.S. Household Carbon Mitigation Strategies”, USAEE Conference, New Orleans, LA.

  4. Azevedo, I.,L., 2007. “Energy Efficiency and Conservation: A Bright Idea with Solid State Lighting?” Proceedings of the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) Summer Study.

  5. Azevedo, I.L., 2006. “Electricity Prices and Residential Electricity Consumption: A US/EU Comparison”. Proceedings of the USAEE North American Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.

  6. Azevedo I.L., Domingos, T., Simões, A., Sousa, T., 2004. “Financing Public Goods in an Endowment Economy with Status Effects”. Proceedings of the 8th Biennial Scientific Conference, ISEE, Montréal, Canada.

Book Chapters or Sections

  1. 2005. Contribution for a chapter in: “How to prepare Portugal for a New Cycle of Structural European Funds: Innovations, Entrepreneurship and Development – What can we learn from research for the design of public policy in the fields of science, innovation, economic growth and sustainable development”; Edited by Paulo Ferrão, Pedro Conceição and Rui Baptista, IST, Lisbon, Portugal.

Technical Reports

  1. Global Energy Assessment, 2011. Knowledge Module 16: Trends and transitions in Energy Systems. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Lead Analyist.

  2. Stadler, M., C. Marnay, I. Lima Azevedo, R. Komiyama, and J. Lai, 2009. “The Open Source Stochastic Building Simulation Tool SLBM and Its Capabilities to Capture Uncertainty of Policymaking in the U.S. Building Sector”. LBNL-1884E. May 2009.

  3. Komiyama, R., Marnay, C., Stadler, M., Lai, J., Borgeson, S., Coffey, B., Azevedo, I. L., 2009.“Japan’s Long-term Energy Demand and Supply Scenario to 2050”, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan.

Theses

Azevedo, I.L., 2009. “Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Residential Sector: An Engineering and Economic Assessment of Opportunities for Large Energy Savings and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions”. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Azevedo, I.L., 2009. “Electricity Prices and Residential Electricity Consumption: A US/EU Comparison. M.Sc. Thesis, Master in Engineering and Management of Tecnology”. Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal.

Azevedo, I. L., 2004. “The Contribution of Public Goods to Social Welfare in an Endowment Economy with and without Relative Consumption Effects”. Graduation Project. Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal.

 

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