A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Report for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory: May 23, 2014 -- June 5, 2015

Vogel, J.¹  O'Grady, M.¹  Renfrow, S.¹ 

[1] Abt Environmental Research, Boulder, CO (United States)

关键词: climate change;    vulnerability assessment;    resiliency;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1226484
RP-ID  :  NREL/SR--3500-64174
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1226484

学科分类：能源（综合）

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in Golden, Colorado, focuses on renewable energy and energy efficiency research. Its portfolio includes advancing renewable energy technologies that can help meet the nation's energy and environmental goals. NREL seeks to better understand the potential effects of climate change on the laboratory--and therefore on its mission--to ensure its ongoing success. Planning today for a changing climate can reduce NREL's risks and improve its resiliency to climate-related vulnerabilities. This report presents a vulnerability assessment for NREL. The assessment was conducted in fall 2014 to identify NREL's climate change vulnerabilities and the aspects of NREL's mission or operations that may be affected by a changing climate.