The Environment & Energy Program promotes research and policy analysis on critical environmental and energy issues such as conservation and land-use policy, benefit-cost analysis of renewable energy, invasive species management, non-market valuation of green energy programs, and the impacts of climate change on the North Carolina coast. CERPA researchers employ a diverse set of approaches with a comprehensive perspective that considers the interdependence of economics, energy and the environment.

• Preferences for Off-Shore Wind Turbines: An Application of Visualization Wall Technology, Appalachian Energy Center/NC State Energy Office, $39,000, 2008-2009.
• Wind Energy Conversion in the Appalachian Mountain Region of NC, US Department of Energy/NC Energy Office, $135,000, 2002- 2003.
• An Analysis of the Potential for an Advanced Materials Industry in Northwestern North Carolina, Northwest NC Advanced Materials Cluster Development Initiative, $10,000, 2004.

• Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics
• Energy Center