Current models  and tools in the Energy & Climate Change research area

The major models, research tools, and databases produced by IIASA are listed below. Many of the results and methodologies of these resources are documented in refereed scientific literature available in IIASA's Publication Catalog.

BeWhere

A model that optimizes the size, location, and technology of bioenergy production plants from the regional to the European level. More

Energy Multi-Criteria Analysis Tool

An interactive Web-based scenario analysis tool which allows the concurrent assessment of multiple energy objectives More

Energy Access Interactive Tool

An interactive Web-based scenario analysis tool which allows the assessment of multiple energy access policies More

Energy and Carbon Emissions Inventories Database

A database of the major global inventories of energy use and carbon emissions More

The GAINS Model

A scientific tool to combat air pollution and climate change simultaneously More

Greenhouse Gas Initiative Scenario Database

A database of greenhouse gas emission mitigation scenarios More

Global Energy Assessment Scenario Database

The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) Scenario database documents results and assumptions of the GEA energy transformation pathways that underpin the GEA. The database serves as a central data repository for the dissemination of GEA scenario information. More

LSM2

A software tool to estimate the parameters of technological growth and substitution processes More

MESSAGE

A modeling framework for medium- to long-term energy system planning, energy policy analysis, and scenario development More

Representative Concentration Pathways Database

A database with scenarios from the integrated assessment community to expedite climate change assessments More

Scaling Dynamics of Energy Technologies

The SD-ET analysis provides a novel methodological framework of using observed historical patterns of technological change to test the plausibility of future scenarios of technological change to meet climate change mitigation goals. More



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Last edited: 21 August 2012

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