Gale Allen Boyd | Scholars@Duke

Gale Allen Boyd
Associate Research Professor in the Social Science Research Institute

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Research Professor in the Social Science Research Institute, Social Science Research Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2014
Associate Research Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2015
Faculty Network Member of The Energy Initiative, Duke University Energy Initiative, Initiatives 2012

Contact Information

261 Gross Hall, Box 90989, Durham, NC 27708
gale.boyd@duke.edu (919) 660-6892

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Southern Illinois University 1984
Recognition
In the News
- SEP 1, 2015
  
  Behind Closed Doors with the Triangle Data Research Center
Research
Selected Grants
- What Policies Drive Entrepreneurship? An Exploration Using Microdata awarded by Wake Forest University 2019 - 2021
- Energy Star for Industry certification in North America awarded by Natural Resources Canada 2018 - 2020
- Building Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Industrial Sector awarded by ICF, Inc. 2018 - 2019
- Industrial Energy Efficiency: The Role of Management Practices and Public Policy awarded by Wake Forest University 2017 - 2018
- Building Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Industrial Sector - Phase 2 awarded by ICF, Inc. 2016 - 2018
- Energy Star for Industry certification in North America awarded by Natural Resources Canada 2017 - 2018
- Building Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Industrial Sector awarded by ICF, Inc. 2016 - 2018
- Energy Efficiency in North American Manufacturing - Phase 2 awarded by Natural Resources Canada 2016 - 2017
- Energy Efficiency in North American Manufacturing awarded by Natural Resources Canada 2015 - 2016
- Building Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Industrial Sector awarded by ICF, Inc. 2007 - 2016
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Boyd, GA, and Lee, JM. "Measuring plant level energy efficiency and technical change in the U.S. metal-based durable manufacturing sector using stochastic frontier analysis(Accepted)." Energy Economics 81 (June 1, 2019): 159-174. Full Text
  - Dalzell, NM, Boyd, GA, and Reiter, JP. "Creating linked datasets for SME energy-assessment evidence-building: Results from the U.S. Industrial Assessment Center Program." Energy Policy 111 (December 1, 2017): 95-101. Full Text
  - Boyd, GA. "Comparing the statistical distributions of energy efficiency in manufacturing: meta-analysis of 24 Case studies to develop industry-specific energy performance indicators (EPI)." Energy Efficiency 10, no. 1 (February 1, 2017): 217-238. Full Text
  - Boyd, G, Doolin, M, Dutrow, E, and Zhang, S. "A new benchmark of energy performance for energy management in U.S. and Canadian integrated steel plants." AISTech - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings 3 (January 1, 2016): 2835-2848. Open Access Copy
  - Boyd, GA. "Estimating the changes in the distribution of energy efficiency in the U.S. automobile assembly industry." Energy Economics 42 (March 1, 2014): 81-87. Full Text
  - Boyd, G, and Guo, Y. "Energy performance indicator for integrated mills." Paper360 9, no. 2 (January 1, 2014): 26-29.
  - Boyd, GA, and Curtis, EM. "Evidence of an "Energy-Management Gap" in U.S. manufacturing: Spillovers from firm management practices to energy efficiency." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 68, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 463-479. Full Text
  - Boyd, G, and Zhang, G. "Measuring improvement in energy efficiency of the US cement industry with the ENERGY STAR Energy Performance Indicator." Energy Efficiency 6, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 105-116. Full Text
  - Dutrow, E, Tunnessen, W, and Boyd, G. "Measuring and encouraging energy efficiency." Glass International 35, no. 9 (October 1, 2012): 15-16.
  - Boyd, G. "A statistical approach to plant-level energy benchmarks and baselines: A manufacturing-plant energy performance indicator." Society of Petroleum Engineers Carbon Management Technology Conference 2012 1 (May 18, 2012): 150-163.
  - Dutrow, E, Boyd, G, Worrell, E, and Dodendorf, L. "Shifting energy performance in U.S. cement production." Ieee Cement Industry Technical Conference (Paper) (June 29, 2010). Full Text
  - Dutrow, E, Boyd, G, Worrell, E, and Dodendorf, L. "Engaging the U.S. Cement Industry to Improve Energy Performance." Cement World (December 2009). (Academic Article)
  - Boyd, G. "Benchmarking weather sensitive plant level manufacturing energy use." International Journal of Global Energy Issues 32, no. 1-2 (August 1, 2009): 4-18.
  - Boyd, GA. "Benchmarking Weather Sensitive Plant Level Manufacturing Energy Use." Int. J. Global Energy Issues 32, no. 1/2 (March 2009): 4-18. (Academic Article)
  - Boyd, G, Dutrow, E, and Tunnesen, W. "The Evolution of the Energy Star Industrial Energy Performance Indicator for Benchmarking Plant Level Manufacturing Energy Use." Journal of Cleaner Production, Invited paper for the special issue Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production in the United States of America 16, no. 6 (April 2008): 709-715. (Academic Article)
  - Boyd, G, Dutrow, E, and Tunnessen, W. "The evolution of the ENERGY STAR® energy performance indicator for benchmarking industrial plant manufacturing energy use." Journal of Cleaner Production 16, no. 6 (April 1, 2008): 709-715. Full Text
  - Boyd, GA. "Estimating plant level energy efficiency with a stochastic frontier." Energy Journal 29, no. 2 (January 1, 2008): 23-43. Full Text
  - Boyd, GA. "Estimating Plant Level Manufacturing Energy Efficiency with Stochastic Frontier Regression." The Energy Journal 29, no. 2 (2008): 23-44. (Academic Article) Open Access Copy
  - Tunnessen, W, Boyd, GA, and Weed, G. "ENERGY STAR industrial focus for pulp and paper mills PPIC 2007 panel." Ieee Conference Record of Annual Pulp and Paper Industry Technical Conference (December 1, 2007): 209-219. Full Text
  - Greening, LA, Boyd, G, and Roop, JM. "Modeling of industrial energy consumption: An introduction and context." Energy Economics 29, no. 4 (July 1, 2007): 599-608. Full Text
  - Boyd, GA. "Motivating auto manufacturing energy efficiency through performance-based indicators." Sae Technical Papers (December 1, 2006). Full Text
  - Boyd, GA. "Measuring plant level energy efficiency when production activities are not homogeneous: The ENERGY STAR energy performance indicator." Proceedings Aceee Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (December 1, 2005).
  - Dutrow, E, and Boyd, GA. "Motivating industrial energy efficiency through performance-based indicators." Proceedings Aceee Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (December 1, 2005).
  - Conzelmann, G, Boyd, G, Koritarov, V, and Veselka, T. "Multi-agent power market simulation using EMCAS." 2005 Ieee Power Engineering Society General Meeting 3 (October 31, 2005): 2829-2834.
  - Boyd, GA. "A method for measuring the efficiency gap between average and best practice energy use: The ENERGY STAR industrial energy performance indicator." Journal of Industrial Ecology 9, no. 3 (June 1, 2005): 51-65. (Review) Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Worrell, E, Ramesohl, S, and Boyd, G. "Advances in energy forecasting models based on engineering economics." Annual Review of Environment and Resources 29 (December 27, 2005): 345-381. (Review) Full Text
  - Boyd, GA, and Roop, JM. "A note on the fisher ideal index decomposition for structural change in energy intensity." Energy Journal 25, no. 1 (January 1, 2004): 87-101. Full Text
  - Boyd, GA, Tolley, G, and Pang, J. "Plant level productivity, efficiency, and environmental performance of the container glass industry." Environmental and Resource Economics 23, no. 1 (September 1, 2002): 29-43. Full Text
  - Boyd, GA, Molburg, JC, and Cavallo, JD. "Estimates of Learning by Doing in Gas Turbine Electric Power Systems." Energy Studies Review 10, no. 2 (2002): 85-99. (Academic Article)
  - Boyd, G. "A probit model of energy efficiency technology decision making." Proceedings Aceee Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry 1 (December 1, 2001): 521-533.
  - Dowd, J, Friedman, K, and Boyd, GA. "How well do voluntary agreements and programs perform at improving industrial energy efficiency?." Proceedings Aceee Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry 2 (January 1, 2001): 125-139.
  - Sanstad, AH, DeCanio, SJ, Boyd, GA, and Koomey, JG. "Estimating bounds on the economy-wide effects of the CEF policy scenarios." Energy Policy 29, no. 14 (January 1, 2001): 1299-1311. Full Text
  - Boyd, GA, and Pang, JX. "Estimating the linkage between energy efficiency and productivity." Energy Policy 28, no. 5 (May 1, 2000): 289-296. Full Text
  - Boyd, GA, and McClelland, JD. "The impact of environmental constraints on productivity improvement in integrated paper plants." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 38, no. 2 (January 1, 1999): 121-142. Full Text
  - Boyd, GA, Roop, JM, and Woodruff, MG. "Potential for energy efficient technologies to reduce carbon emissions in the United States: the industrial sector." Proceedings of the Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference 3-4 (December 1, 1997): 2126-2131.
  - Boyd, GA. "Impacts of industrial decision making on productivity and energy efficiency: examples from the integrated paper sector." Proceedings of the Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference 3-4 (December 1, 1997): 2132-2137.
  - Woodruff, MG, Boyd, GA, and Poop, JM. "Potential for industrial energy efficiency technology to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions." Proceedings Aceee Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry (December 1, 1997): 361-372.
  - Boyd, G, Karlson, S, Neifer, M, and Ross, M. "Energy Intensity Improvements in Steel Minimills." Contemporary Policy Issues XI, no. 3 (1993): 88-99. (Academic Article)
  - Boyd, G, Karlson, SH, Neifer, M, and Ross, M. "ENERGY INTENSITY IMPROVEMENTS IN STEEL MINIMILLS." Contemporary Economic Policy 11, no. 3 (January 1, 1993): 88-100. Full Text
  - Boyd, G, and Karlson, S. "The Impact of Energy Prices on Technology Choice in the United States Steel Industry." Energy Journal 14, no. 2 (1993): 47-56. (Academic Article)
  - Streets, DG, Bloyd, CN, Boyd, GA, Santini, DJ, and Veselka, TD. "Climate change and US energy policy." Energy 16, no. 11-12 (January 1, 1991): 1437-1466. Full Text
  - Boyd, G, Fox, J, and Hanson, D. "An integrated acid precipitation policy and energy market model." Proceedings of the Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference 4 (December 1, 1990): 450-455.
  - Boyd, G, Fox, J, and Hanson, D. "3.4. Set of models." Energy 15, no. 3-4 (January 1, 1990): 345-362. Full Text
  - Boyd, GA, Hanson, DA, and Sterner, T. "Decomposition of changes in energy intensity. A comparison of the Divisia index and other methods." Energy Economics 10, no. 4 (January 1, 1988): 309-312. Full Text
  - Boyd, G, McDonald, JF, Ross, M, and Hanson, DA. "Separating the Changing Composition of U.S. Manufacturing Production from Energy Efficiency Improvements: A Divisia Index Approach." The Energy Journal 8, no. 2 (1987): 77-96. (Academic Article)
  - Boyd, GA. "Factor intensity and site geology as determinants of returns to scale in coal mining." Review of Economics &Amp; Statistics 69, no. 1 (January 1, 1987): 18-23. Full Text Open Access Copy
- Conference Papers
  - Boyd, G. "A statistical approach to plant-level energy benchmarks and baselines: A manufacturing-plant energy performance indicator." January 1, 2012.
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Service to the Profession
- Referee various Energy and Applied Economics Journals. January 4, 2011 2011

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Education, Training, & Certifications

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Selected Publications

Academic Articles

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