Dr. Bergerson’s primary research interests are systems-level analysis for policy and decision making of energy system investment and management. The focus of her work is developing frameworks for the assessment of prospective technology options and their policy implications from a life cycle perspective. To date, her work has addressed fossil fuel derived electricity (PhD Thesis), oil sands development (Project Website) and carbon capture and storage (ecoEnergy CCS Task Force Report). Dr. Bergerson received her Ph.D. in a joint program of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. The title of her dissertation was “Future Electricity Generation: An Economic and Environmental Life Cycle Perspective on Technology Options and Policy Implications” under the direction of Professors Lester Lave and Chris Hendrickson. She has a Masters of Engineering Degree in Chemical Engineering with a collaborative program in Environmental Engineering from the University of Toronto and an undergraduate degree in chemistry and environmental science from the University of Western Ontario. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program at Carnegie Mellon University, she worked as a technical systems analyst and a project manager for R&D projects at the Royal Bank of Canada in the Information Technology division.
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Joule Bergerson and Lester Lave. The Long-Term Life Cycle Private and External Costs of High Coal Usage in the U.S. Energy Policy. December, 2007. vol. 35, Iss. 12, pp.6225-6234.
Joule Bergerson and Lester Lave. Baseload Coal Investment Decisions Under Uncertain Carbon Legislation. Environmental Science and Technology. 2007. vol. 41, Iss. 10, pp. 3431-3436.
Joule Bergerson and David Keith. Life Cycle Assessment of Oil Sands Technologies. Alberta Energy Futures Workshop Paper. 2006.
Joule Bergerson and Lester Lave. Should We Transport Coal, Gas, or Electricity: Cost, Efficiency, and Environmental Implications. Environmental Science and Technology. May, 2005. vol. 39, Iss. 16, pp. 5905-5910.
Joule Bergerson and Lester Lave. Hybrid LCA: A Case Study. (chapter of Book on eiolca.net.). 2005.
Granger Morgan, Jay Apt, Lester Lave with contributions from: Joule Bergerson, Seth Blumsack, Joseph DeCarolis, Paul Hines, Douglas King, Dalia Patino Echeverri, and Hisham Zerriffi. The Future of the U.S. Electric Power Sector and it’s Implications for Climate Change. Prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. 2005.
Joule Bergerson and Lester Lave. Life Cycle Analysis of Power Generation Systems. Encyclopedia of Energy. 2004. Volume 3. p. 635-645.
Conference Presentations and Proceedings
Joule Bergerson and David Keith. Life Cycle Assessment of Oil Sands Technologies. USAEE/IAEE 2006 North American Conference. September 24-28, 2006. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Joule Bergerson and Lester Lave. Baseload Coal Investment Decisions Under Uncertain Carbon Legislation. USAEE/IAEE 2006 North American Conference. September 24-27, 2006. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Joule Bergerson and Lester Lave. The Life Cycle Private and External Costs of Increased Coal Use in the United States. USAEE/IAEE 2005 North American Conference. September 19-21, 2005. Denver, Colorado.
Joule Bergerson and Lester Lave. Cost, Efficiency & Environmental Implications of Moving Coal Energy. Conference Poster Presentation: Gordon Research Conference on Industrial Ecology. August, 1-6, 2004. Oxford, UK
Joule Bergerson, Lester Lave, Chris Hendrickson, Scott Mathews, Alex Farrell. Should We Transport Coal, Gas, or Electricity: Cost, Efficiency, and Environmental Implications. Conference Presentation: International Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Management: A Bridge to a Sustainable Future. September 22-25, 2003. Seattle, Washington.
Joule Bergerson and Lester Lave. Transport of Coal by Rail vs. Transmission for Electricity Generation: An Application of Hybrid LCA Comparative Analysis. Conference Proceedings: Twentieth Annual
International Pittsburgh Coal Conference. September 15-19, 2003. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Professional Affiliations
ISEEE – Institute for Sustainable Energy Environment and Economy
ASCE –
American Society of Civil Engineers
IAEE – International Association of
Energy Economics
ISIE – International Society of Industrial Ecologists
TRB
– Transportation Research Board
