Analytica was selected to evaluate life-cycle costs for the proposed radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, NV, after comparing it with 12 other software tools.
Lonnie Chrisman
Lonnie Chrisman, PhD, is Lumina's Chief Technical Officer, where he heads engineering and development of Analytica. He was awarded the Alton B. Zerby award "Most outstanding Electrical Engineering Student in the USA", 1987. He has a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University; and a BS in Electrical Engineering from University of California at Berkeley.
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Bechtel SAIC and the Yucca mountain project
Corporate sustainable energy purchasing plans
Most large organizations try to procure electricity from renewable sources to minimize greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. See how some are weighing their options.
Savings from shifting electricity load to off-peak
This open-source Analytica tool evaluates the cost-effectiveness of load-shifting technologies, including batteries and thermal cooling.
The future of coal in South Africa
The Coal Roadmap study used Analytica to model the coal value chain under several possible future scenarios to assess the impact on the economy & environment.
Helping DOE decide which R&D projects to fund
See how the prioritization of technologies and projects are managed based on the reduction…
Helping gas utilities reduce risk with RSE
Learn about the decision-support web application named ANAGRAM.
The future of electricity in the US Pacific Northwest
See how the region plans to meet its aggressive carbon emission targets while ensuring that utilities can provide economic and reliable power.
Building electrification: heat pump technology for California homes
Lumina set out to build a useful tool to assess the benefits of heat pumps. Learn more about heat pumps and their impact.