Modelling China's Energy Future   Climate Change, Air Pollution and Supply Security   by JianJun Tu   Published August 2008
	Hot Air   by Jeffrey Simpson, Mark Jaccard, Nic Rivers   Published October 2007
	By Mark Jaccard - Published December 2005    Winner of the 2006 Donner Prize for top Canadian book in public policy

The Energy and Materials Research Group (EMRG) is a research unit coordinated since 1986 by Dr. Mark Jaccard in the School of Resource and Environmental Management (REM) at Simon Fraser University (SFU). EMRG is comprised of faculty, adjunct professors, full-time research associates and graduate students; it collaborates closely with external researchers and consultants (see Research Team). EMRG focuses on the analysis of technologies, strategies, behaviour and policies that lead to a more sustainable flow of energy and materials in society (see Research Focus and our publications ). Two major components are:

• technologically explicit and behaviourally realistic simulation modelling of sustainability policies for government, business and consumers; and
• data collection on the energy and materials characteristics (including emissions) of technologies, systems and infrastructure.

For Sustainable Policy Modelling, EMRG developed the (CIMS) model. CIMS keeps track of the energy and material inputs and outputs of technologies, systems of technologies and infrastructure / urban form, and combines this with information on firm and household preferences and decision making processes to simulate how various policies (regulations, market instruments, information, incitation, tradable permits) might influence technological evolution, and thus sustainability performance.

As a Data Centre, EMRG houses the Canadian Industrial Energy End-Use Data and Analysis Centre (CIEEDAC). This is one of several centres across the country supported by Natural Resources Canada. Its primary focus is industrial energy use data, but it is also associated with energy and material flows data for other sectors of the economy. CIEEDAC data supports policy applications of the CIMS simulation model.

EMRG provides a home base for students wishing to do a graduate Master's or Ph.D. in REM (see Graduate Program and Funding). Graduates advance to employment in key energy and sustainability organizations (see Job Prospects for Graduates).

EMRG produces EMRG News, its newsletter, three times a year. See Contact Us to get on the electronic or hardcopy mailing list. Recent Articles and Reports are also linked to this website.