Our energy consulting practice is diversified, covering evaluation, measurement, economics and program analysis including: non-energy benefits, measure retention, greenhouse gas reductions, program evaluation , and forecasting and modeling.                                        

SERA examines a wide range of options – both traditional and innovative – to develop practical solid waste management systems.   We have experience and ready information on programs / policies, collection and processing, demographics, tonnages, cost, rates, funding, outreach, and more.    

Dr. Skumatz is the international authority on Pay As You Throw (PAYT), an incentive-based strategy for increasing recycling.  SERA's PAYT work includes feasibility, design, outreach, implementation, rates, and toolkits for communities. 

SERA has designed, conducted, and/or evaluated behavioral programs in the solid waste and energy fields for residential programs all across the nation, as well as military, school, and commercial programs. The work involves evaluations with quasi experimental design and detailed tracking of impacts, costs and persistence of effects.   

SERA is the leading firm nationally in the area of  non-energy benefits (NEBs) developing methods of measuring hard to measure benefits, and quantifying important utility, societal, and participant benefits from programs. SERA's ‘NEB-It” model is literally the “state-of-the-art” model and allows us to model and quantify NEBs for a wide variety of residential, low income, and commercial programs.                

Our  2020 Presentations 

Canceled -NRC Zero Waste -Berkeley, CA 

Canceled -SWANAPalooza - Mar 23-25, Atlanta

ACEEE - Aug. 16 -21, Pacific Grove CA

BECC - Dec 6-9, WA DC

please check the conference site, we may be providing on-line presentations

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