Sydny Fujita

Sydny Fujita

Policy Researcher III
(510) 486-5796
eta.lbl.gov/people/Sydny-Fujita
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Bio

Sydny Fujita is a Scientific Engineering Associate for the Energy Efficiency Standards Department at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Sydny is a member of the Economic Research sub-team, which provides analysis supporting energy conservation standards. Sydny has over ten years of experience in the fields of environmental and energy economics and policy.

Sydny received a Master of Public Policy degree from the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, and holds a BA in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Awards

Spot: Sydny Fujita -  July 07th 2017

For outstanding performance in performing space heating and water heating energy efficiency standards project tasks.

Spot: Home Appliance Team -  October 20th 2015

The Home Appliance Team worked quickly and efficiently to get the analytical results of six standards profiles to DOE in record time.

Publications

2023

Commercial, industrial, and institutional discount rate estimation for efficiency standards analysis: Sector-level data 1998–2022

Authors: Fujita, K. Sydny.
04/2023

Shedding light on large-scale solar impacts: An analysis of property values and proximity to photovoltaics across six U.S. states

Authors: Elmallah, Salma; Ben Hoen; K. Sydny Fujita; Dana Robson, and Eric Brunner.
03/2023

2022

What you get is not always what you see—pitfalls in solar array assessment using overhead imagery

Authors: Hu, Wei; Kyle Bradbury; Jordan M. Malof; Boning Li; Bohao Huang; Artem Streltsov; K. Sydny Fujita, and Ben Hoen.
12/2022

Commercial, industrial, and institutional discount rate estimation for efficiency standards analysis: Sector-level data 1998–2021

Authors: Fujita, K. Sydny.
10/2022

Equity implications of market structure and appliance energy efficiency regulation

Authors: Spurlock, C. Anna, and K. Sydny Fujita.
06/2022

Green Light on Buying a Car: How Consumer Decision-Making Interacts with Environmental Attributes in the New Vehicle Purchase Process

Authors: Fujita, K. Sydny; Hung-Chia Yang; Margaret Taylor, and Dana Jackman.
03/2022

2021

Commercial, industrial, and institutional discount rate estimation for efficiency standards analysis:

Authors: Fujita, K. Sydny.
04/2021

2020

Enabling behavior through personal commitment statements: why do they work?

Authors: Spurlock, C. Anna; Saika Belal; K. Sydny Fujita, and Nikhil Sawe.
12/2020

2019

Explaining jurisdictional compliance with California’s top-down streamlined solar permitting law (AB 2188)

Authors: Taylor, Margaret; K. Sydny Fujita; Jingjing Zhang; Mustapha Harb; James Tamerius; Michelle Jones, and Sarah K. Price.
10/2019

Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Discount Rate Estimation for Efficiency Standards Analysis: Sector-Level Data 1998 – 2018

Authors: Fujita, K. Sydny.
06/2019

2018

Elasticity of Vehicle Miles of Travel to Changes in the Price of Gasoline and the Cost of Driving in Texas

Authors: Wenzel, Thomas P., and K. Sydny Fujita.
03/2018

Consumer Behavior and the Plug-In Electric Vehicle Purchase Decision Process: A Research Synthesis

Authors: Taylor, Margaret, and K. Sydny Fujita.
01/2018

2016

Commercial Discount Rate Estimation for Efficiency Standards Analysis

Authors: Fujita, K. Sydny.
04/2016

2015

Estimating Price Elasticity using Market-Level Appliance Data

Authors: Fujita, K. Sydny.
08/2015

2013

Accounting for Technological Change in Regulatory Impact Analyses: The Learning Curve Technique

Authors: Taylor, Margaret, and K. Sydny Fujita.
04/2013

Accounting for Innovation in Energy Efficiency Regulation

Authors: Fujita, K. Sydny, and Margaret Taylor.
03/2013

2012

Achieved and Potential Energy Savings through Energy Efficient Procurement

Authors: Fujita, K. Sydny, and Margaret Taylor.
11/2012

Program Potential: Estimates of Federal Energy Cost Savings from Energy Efficient Procurement

Authors: Taylor, Margaret, and K. Sydny Fujita.
09/2012

The Path to Savings: Understanding the Federal Purchase of Energy-Consuming Products

Authors: Taylor, Margaret, and K. Sydny Fujita.
09/2012

Peak Electricity Impacts of Residential Water Use

Authors: Fujita, K. Sydny; Gary A. Fitts, and Larry L. Dale.
07/2012

Who Buys What? Understanding Federal Procurement of Energy Efficient Products

Authors: Taylor, Margaret, and K. Sydny Fujita.
05/2012

An Exploration of Innovation and Energy Efficiency in an Appliance Industry

Authors: Taylor, Margaret; K. Sydny Fujita; Larry L. Dale, and James E. McMahon.
03/2012

2011

Market and behavioral barriers to energy efficiency: A preliminary evaluation of the case for tariff financing in California

Authors: Fujita, K. Sydny.
06/2011

2010

Conservation Strategies for the Sonoma County Water Agency

Authors: Erickson, John; K. Sydny Fujita, and Sarah Swanbeck.
05/2010

Demand Response and Open Automated Demand Response Opportunities for Data Centers

Authors: Ghatikar, Girish; Mary Ann Piette; K. Sydny Fujita; Aimee T. McKane; Junqiao Han Dudley; Anthony Radspieler Jr.; KC Mares, and Dave Shroyer.
01/2010

2009

Retrospective Evaluation of Appliance Price Trends

Authors: Dale, Larry L.; Camille Antinori; Michael A. McNeil; James E. McMahon, and K. Sydny Fujita.
11/2009

Price Impact on the Demand for Water and Energy in California Residences

Authors: Dale, Larry L.; K. Sydny Fujita; Felipe Vásquez Lavín; Mithra M. Moezzi; Michael Hanemann; Santiago Guerrero, and Loren Lutzenhiser.
08/2009

2008

The Interaction of Water and Energy in California: Climate Change and Price Impacts

Authors: Dale, Larry L.; K. Sydny Fujita; Joseph O'Hagan, and Michael Hanemann.
06/2008

An Analysis of the Price Elasticity of Demand for Household Appliances

Authors: Dale, Larry L., and K. Sydny Fujita.
02/2008