Peer-Reviewed Publications

Farhar, Barbara C. and Timothy C. Coburn. 2005. “Energy Policy” in Polling America: An Encyclopedia of Public Opinion. Samuel J. Best and Benjamin Radcliff (Eds.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, pp 183-194.

Coburn, Timothy C. and Barbara C. Farhar. 2004. “Public Reaction to Renewable Energy Sources and Systems.” Encyclopedia of Energy, Vol. 5, pp. 207-222. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/012176480X

Farhar, Barbara C. 2002. “Geothermal Access to Federal and Tribal Lands.” GRC Transactions 26: 611-615

Dilling, Lisa and Barbara Farhar. Forthcoming. “Making it Easy: Institutionalizing energy efficiency and renewable energy into everyday consumer practice.” In Creating a Climate for Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Farhar, Barbara C. 2005. “Networking around the World: Gender and Energy at WREC-VIII.” ENERGIA News: 8, p. 6.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Timothy C. Coburn. (Forthcoming 2005). A Comparative Market and Utility Analysis of New High-Performance Homes in San Diego. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Farhar, Barbara C. 2005. “Networking around the World, Gender and Energy at WREC-VIII.” in ENERGIA News 8:6. April.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Timothy C. Coburn. 2005. “Energy Policy” in Polling America: An Encyclopedia of Public Opinion. Samuel J. Best and Benjamin Radcliff (Eds.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, pp 183-194.

Farhar, Barbara C.  2004. Evaluation of the Geothermal Public Power Utility Workshops in California.  NREL/TP-550-36637. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. September. 60 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  2004. “Gender and Energy at the Eighth World Renewable Energy Congress” in Proceedings of the World Renewable Energy Congress, Linking the World with Renewable Energy. Editor:  A.A.M. Sayigh. London: Elvesier, Ltd. on CD-ROM (5 pages).

Coburn, Timothy C. and Barbara C. Farhar. 2004. “Public Reaction to Renewable Energy Sources and Systems.” Encyclopedia of Energy, Vol. 5, pp. 207-222.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/012176480X

Farhar, Barbara C., Timothy C. Coburn, and Megan Murphy.  2004. “Comparative Analysis of Homebuyer Response to New Zero Energy Homes,” in Proceedings of the 2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Breaking out of the Box. pp. 8-48 to 8-60. Presentation at Pacific Grove, California, on August 24, 2004. http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/35912.pdf

Farhar, Barbara C., Timothy C. Coburn, and Megan Murphy.  2004. “Large Production Home Builder Experience with Zero Energy Homes.” in Proceedings of the 2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Breaking out of the Box. pp. 8-09 to 8-109. Presentation at Pacific Grove, California, on August 24, 2004. http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/35913.pdf

Farhar, Barbara C. and Paul Dunlevy. 2003. “Native American Issues in Geothermal Energy.” (Forthcoming) Presented at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Geothermal Resources Council, Morelia, Mexico. October 12-15, 2003, to be published in the GRC Transactions.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Donna M. Heimiller. 2003. Opportunities for Near-Term Geothermal Development on Public Lands in the Western United States. CD-ROM with report, maps, and GIS data. Golden, CO: U.S. Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Report No. DOE/GO-102003-1707. April. Http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy03osti/33105.pdf.

Farhar, Barbara C., Timothy C. Coburn, and Nancy Collins. 2002.  “Market Response to New Zero Energy Homes in San Diego, California.” In Proceedings of the 2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.  Washington, D.C.: American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy, pp. 8.41-8.54.

Farhar, Barbara C. 2002.  “Geothermal Access to Federal and Tribal Lands.” GRC Transactions 26: 611-615.

Farhar, Barbara C., Timothy C. Coburn, and Nancy Collins. 2002.  “Market Response to New Zero Energy Homes in San Diego, California.” In Proceedings of the 2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.  Washington, D.C.: American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy, pp. 8.41-8.54.

Farhar, Barbara C.  2001.  “Seeking Solutions.  Government-Industry Workshops Address Ongoing Problems for Siting Geothermal Energy Facilities on U.S. Federal Lands.”  Geothermal Bulletin 30: 134-138.

Farhar, Barbara C. 2001. “Sun, Wind, and Water: A Quiet Revolution in Renewable Energy.” Public Perspective: 12, pp. 14-16, 41-45. November-December.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Timothy C. Coburn.  2000.  A Market Assessment of Homeowner Response to Residential Grid-Tied PV Systems in Colorado. NREL/TP-550-25383, Golden, CO:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory.  September.  209 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Timothy C. Coburn.  2000.  A Market Assessment of Homeowner Response to Residential Grid-Tied PV Systems in Colorado, Executive Summary.   NREL/TP-550-28872, Golden, CO:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory.  September. 15 pp.

Irene D. Hays and Barbara C. Farhar. 2000.  The Role of Science and Technology in the Advancement of Women Worldwide.  NREL/TP-820-28944, Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory.  September.  52 pp.

Judkoff, Ron and Barbara C. Farhar.  2000.  “Lessons Learned: Five Years of Home Energy Rating Systems (HERS) and Energy-Efficient Mortgages (EEMs) in the Pilot States,” in Proceedings of the 2000 ACEEE, Efficiency and Sustainability, Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.  Washington, DC: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, pp. 9.201-9.214.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Timothy C. Coburn.  2000.  “Some Recent Research on the Markets for Residential Renewable Energy.”  in Proceedings of the 2000 ACEEE, Efficiency and Sustainability, Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.  Washington, DC: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, pp. 8.93-8.108.

Farhar, Barbara C. 2000.  “Progress on Linking Gender and Sustainable Energy,” in Renewables:  The Energy for the 21st Century, Proceeding of the World Renewable Energy Congress VI (WREC2000), Part III,  edited by A.A.M. Sayigh, Oxford: Pergamon, pp. 1518-1523.

Farhar, Barbara C.  2000.  Pilot States Program Report: Home Energy Rating Systems and Energy-Efficient Mortgages.  NREL/TP-550-27722.  Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, April.  53 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1999.  Willingness to Pay for Electricity from Renewable Resources: A Review of Utility Market Research.  NREL/TP.550.26148.  July.  22 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Tim Coburn.  1999.  Colorado Homeowners Preferences on Energy and Environmental Policy.  NREL/TP-550-25285.  June.  37 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. 1998.  Willingness to Pay for Renewable Electricity: A Review of Utility Market Research.  NREL/TP-555-25765, Topical Issue Brief, Golden, CO:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 22 pp.

Buhrmann, Jan and Barbara C. Farhar.  1998.  Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy: A Follow-up Study of Colorado Homeowners Interested in Residential Grid-Tied PV Systems.  Boulder, CO: University of Colorado, Bureau of Sociological Research.  December.  61 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1998.  “Gender and Renewable Energy:  Policy, Analysis, and Market Implications.Proceedings of the World Renewable Energy Congress-V, Oxford, United Kingdom, September, pp. 230-239.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Marc Roper.  1998.  “Understanding Residential Grid-Tied PV Customers and Their Willingness to Pay Today’s Costs:  A Qualitative Assessment.”  Proceedings of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy 1998 Summer Study Program, Pacific Grove, CA, Vol. 8, August, pp.8.55-8.67.

Lee, David, Rick Nevin, and Barbara C. Farhar.  1998.  “The Market Value of Energy Efficiency:  What Have We Learned?  What Do We Still Need to Learn?”  Proceedings of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy 1998 Summer Study Program, Pacific Grove, CA, Vol.2, August, pp. 2.103-2.113.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Jan Buhrmann.  1998.   Public Response to Grid-Tied Rooftop PV Systems in Colorado:  A Qualitative Market Assessment.  NREL/TP-550-24004, Golden, CO:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 72 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C., Nancy E. Collins, and Roberta Ward Walsh.  1997.  Case Studies of Energy Efficiency Financing in the Original Five Pilot States, 1993-1996.  NREL/TP-550-22355, Golden, CO:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, May 1997, 362 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1997.  “What Do Your Customers Want? How Do You Know?”  Proceedings of the DOE/EPRI Second National Green Pricing and Green Power Marketing Conference, EPRI TR_109179, Corpus Christi, TX, May, 5 pp.

Walsh, Roberta W., Nancy E. Collins, and Barbara C. Farhar.  1997.  “Home Energy Rating Systems and Energy Efficiency  Financing:  Guidelines for Designing and Implementing A Program.”  Proceedings, Energy Program Evaluation Conference,  Chicago, Ill, August, pp. 3-8.

 

Farhar, Barbara C.  1996.  Invited Book Review of Energy in World History (1994) by V. Smil.  Society & Natural Resources, An International Journal, 9:655-657.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1996.  “Energy and the Environment:  The Public View.”  Renewable Energy Policy Project REPP Issue   Brief, No. 3, College Park, MD:  University of Maryland at College Park, 20 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C., Nancy E. Collins, and Roberta Ward Walsh.  1996.  Linking Home Energy Rating Systems with Energy Efficiency Financing:  Progress on National and State Programs.  NREL/ TP_460-21322, Golden, CO:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, October, 25 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Ashley H. Houston.  1996.  Willingness to Pay for Electricity from Renewable Energy.  NREL/TP-460-21216, Golden, CO:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, September, 25 pp.


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Collins, Nancy E., Barbara C. Farhar, and Roberta Ward Walsh.  1996.  Linking Home Energy Rating Systems with Energy Efficiency Financing:  National and State Programs.” Washington, DC:  Proceedings of the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy 1996 Summer Study, Pacific Grove, CA, Vol.2, August, pp. 2.35-2.46.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Ashley H. Houston.  1996.  “Willingness to Pay for Electricity from Renewable Energy.” Proceedings of the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy 1996 Summer Study, Pacific Grove, CA, Vol. 9, August, pp. 9.65-9.76.

Reinking, Roger F., Neil H. Berg, Barbara C. Farhar, and Olin H. Foehner, Jr.  1995.  “Economic, Environmental, and Societal Aspects of Precipitation Enhancement by Cloud Seeding.”  Guidelines for Cloud Seeding to Augment Precipitation, A.M. Kahan, D. Rottner, R. Sena, and C.G. Keyes, Jr. (Eds.), ASCE Manual of Professional Practice, No.81, NY:  American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 9-47.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1995.  Abstract of “Trends:  Public Opinion About Energy.”  Public Opinion Quarterly, in Sociological Abstracts, p. 1.

Babiuch, William M. and Barbara C. Farhar.  1994.  Stakeholder Analysis Methodologies Resource Book. NREL/TP-461-5857, 104 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1994.  “Trends:  Public Opinion About Energy.”  Public Opinion Quarterly, Winter Issue, 58: 603-632.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1994.  “Trends in U.S. Public Perceptions and Preferences on Energy and Environmental Policy.” Annual Review of Energy and the Environment, 19:211-239.

Farhar, Barbara C.,  Rebecca Vories, and Catriona C. MacKirnan.  1994.  “The Use of Financial Incentives to Promote Energy Efficiency in Buildings:  Costs and Benefits.” Reprinted in Energizing the Energy Policy Process:  The Impact of Evaluation, Roberta W. Walsh and John G. Heilman (Eds.), Westport, CT:  Quorum Books, pp. 13-25.

Peelle, Elizabeth B. and Barbara C. Farhar1994.  Public Participation in Agency Decision Making:  Some Lessons Learned (Draft).  Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technical Report, December, 73 pp.

Collins, Nancy E., Barbara C. Farhar, William M. Babiuch, and Jan Eckert.  1994.  A Plan for Evaluating Alternative Approaches to Financing Energy Improvements in Housing.  NREL/TP-461-6688, August, 147 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C., Rebecca Vories, Jan Eckert, Tom Ferguson, and Susan Anson.  1994.  Impacts of Incentives on Energy  Use in Buildings (Preliminary Draft).  Barbara C. Farhar, NREL Technical Report, Washington, DC:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, April, 247 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1993.  “Environment and Technology Student Paper Award.”  Footnotes, Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, October, p. 7.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Jan Eckert.  1993.  Energy-Efficient Mortgages and Home Energy Rating Systems:  A Report on the Nation’s Progress.  NREL/TP-461-5478, Golden, CO:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, September, 265 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1993.  Trends in Public Perceptions and Preferences on Energy and Environmental Policy. NREL/TP-461-4857, Golden, CO:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, February, 376 pp. Http://www.nrel.gov/docs/legosti/old/4857.pdf  (PDF 20.4 MB)

Millhone, John, Mary-Margaret Jenior and Barbara C. Farhar.  1992.  “The National Collaborative on Home Energy Rating Systems and Energy-Efficient Mortgages.”  American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) 1992 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings:  Government, Nonprofit and Private Programs, Vol. 6, Washington, DC:  American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, pp. 6.167-6.176.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1992.  “Public Perceptions and Preferences on Energy Policy.”  ACEEE 1992 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Human Dimensions, Vol. 10, Washington, DC:  American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, pp. 10.47-10.63.

Mileti, Dennis, Colleen Fitzpatrick, and Barbara C. Farhar.  1992.  “Fostering Public Preparations for Natural Hazards:  Lessons from the Parkfield Earthquake Prediction.”  Environment, 34:16-24, April.

Farhar, C. Barbara (Ed.).  1992.  Going National with HERS and EEMs: Issues and Impacts, the Collected Papers of the  National Collaborative, NREL/TP-261-4706, Golden, CO:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 209 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. (Ed.)  1992.  A National Program for Energy-Efficient Mortgages and Home Energy Rating Systems:  A Blueprint for Action (Review Draft).  Members of the National Collaborative on Home Energy Rating Systems and Energy-Efficient Mortgages, NREL/TP-261-4677,  Washington, DC:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, March 31, 50 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1992.  Reviewing the “Blueprint for Action”:  Comments and Activities from the Member Organizations of the National Collaborative Consensus Committee on Home Energy Rating Systems and Energy Efficient Mortgages.  Washington, DC:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, September 30, 225 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C., Catriona C. MacKirnan, and Fred H. Abel.  1991.  An Inventory of Analysis, Modeling, and Data Base Projects for Fiscal Year 1991, Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy.  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Washington, DC, October 15, 110 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1991.  “Environmental Issues in Planning R&D for Building Energy Technologies in the United States.” Proceedings of the 1991 International Symposium on Energy and Environment, August 25-28, Espoo, Finland, Atlanta:  American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., pp. 121-126.

Farhar, Barbara C., Rebecca Vories, and Catriona C. MacKirnan.  1991.  “The Use of Financial Incentives to Promote Energy Efficiency in Buildings:  Costs and Benefits.”  Proceedings of the National Energy Program Evaluation Conference:  Energy Program Evaluation:  Uses, Methods, and Results, Chicago:  Argonne National Laboratory, August 22, pp. 338-345.

Mileti, Dennis S., Barbara C. Farhar, Colleen Fitzpatrick, and Steven G. Helmericks.  1991.  “Public Perception and Response to the Parkfield California Earthquake Prediction.”  The Analysis, Communication, and Perception of Risk, B.J. Garrick and W. C. Gekler (Eds.), New York:  Plenum Press, pp. 321-334.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1991.  “Toward a Sociology of Energy.”  Sociological Practice Review, 2:81-86, April.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1991.  “Toward a Sociology of Energy.”  Footnotes, 19:6, No. 9, February.

Mileti, Dennis S., Barbara C. Farhar, Colleen Fitzpatrick.  1990.  How to Issue and Manage Public Earthquake Risk Information:  Lessons from the Parkfield Earthquake Prediction Experiment.  Fort Collins, CO:  Hazards Assessment Laboratory and Department of Sociology, Colorado State University, 11 pp.

Mileti, Dennis S., Colleen Fitzpatrick, and Barbara C. Farhar.  1990.  Risk Communication and Public Response to the Parkfield Earthquake Prediction Experiment.  Final Report to the National Science Foundation, Fort Collins, CO: Hazard Assessment Laboratory and Department of Sociology, Colorado State University, December, 203 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1990.  “Environmental Issues in Planning Buildings Energy Efficiency R&D.”  Proceedings of the ACEEE 1990 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Washington, DC, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, September, pp. 4.31-4.33.

Farhar, Barbara C., Marilyn A. Brown, Bryan L. Mohler, Michael Wilde, and Fred H. Abel.  1990.

 A Planning Framework for Transferring Building Energy Technologies.  SERI/TP-260-3729, Golden, CO:  Solar Energy Research Institute, July, 183 pp.; Executive Summary, SERI/TP-260-3881, August, 11 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1990.  Transferring Building Energy Technologies by Linking Government and Private-Sector  Programs.  SERI/TP-260-3716, Golden, CO:  Solar Energy Research Institute, August, 63 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Colleen Fitzpatrick.  1990.  Weather Modification in Winter and Summer:  A Comparative Study of Community Responses.  Hazards Assessment Laboratory, Ft. Collins, CO:  Colorado State University, February, 155 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Colleen Fitzpatrick.  1989.  Snowpack Augmentation Research in the Sierra Nevada of California.  Hazards Assessment Laboratory, Ft. Collins, CO:  Colorado State University, May, 65 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C, and Colleen Fitzpatrick.  1989.  Snowpack Augmentation in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.  Hazards Assessment Laboratory, Ft. Collins, CO:  Colorado State University, May, 37 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Colleen Fitzpatrick.  1989.  North Dakota’s History of Cloud Modification.  Hazards Assessment Laboratory, Ft. Collins, CO:  Colorado State University, May, 70 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Colleen Fitzpatrick.  1989.  The History of Weather Modification in South Dakota, 1951-1988.  Hazards Assessment Laboratory, Ft. Collins, CO:  Colorado State University, May, 62 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Fred H. Abel.  1989.  A Framework for Planning Energy Conservation R&D for Buildings.  Office of Buildings and Community Systems, Washington, DC:  U.S. Department of Energy, April, 82 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C, and Colleen Fitzpatrick.  1989.  Effects of Feedback on Residential Electricity Consumption:  A  Literature Review.  SERI/TR_254_3386, Golden, CO:  Solar Energy Research Institute, January, 21 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Colleen Fitzpatrick.  1989.  Small Business Energy Conservation Programs:  A Literature Review.  SERI/TR_254_3387, Golden, CO:  Solar Energy Research Institute, January, 36 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Fred H. Abel.  1988.  “An Analysis of Private Sector Input on Buildings Energy Conservation R&D Needs.”  Proceedings from the International Symposium on Energy Options for the Year 2000:  Contemporary Concepts in Technology and Policy, Volume 3, Energy and Buildings, Newark, DE:  University of Delaware, pp. 3.95-3.101.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara,  Roy Popkin, Dennis Mileti, and Jonathon Shefner.  1985.  Unmet Needs of Disaster Victims in the United States.  Fort Collins, CO:  Hazards Assessment Laboratory, Colorado State University, November, 21 pp.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara.  1985.  “Social Analysis.”  Climate Impact Assessment:  Studies of the Interaction of Climate and Society.  R.W. Kates, J.H. Ausubel and M. Berberian (Eds.), London:  John Wiley and Sons, pp. 323-350.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara and William R. Freudenburg. 1984. “Nuclear Energy in Perspective:  A Comparative Assessment  of the Public View.”  Public Reactions to Nuclear Power:  Are There Critical Masses?  William R. Freudenburg and Eugene A. Rosa (Eds.), Boulder, CO:  American Association for the Advancement of Science/Westview Press, pp. 183-203.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara, Donald Searls, John Kalk and Donald Phillips.  1984.  State Education Policy and Academic Achievement:  An Exploratory Study.  Denver:  Education Commission of the States, January, 31 pp.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara.  1983.  “Surveys:  What They Can and Cannot Tell Energy Policymakers.”  Energy and Material  Resources:  Attitudes, Values and Public Policy.  W. David Conn (Ed.), Boulder, CO:  American Association for the Advancement of Science/Westview Press, pp. 15-38.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara and Charles T. Unseld.  1982.  America’s Solar Potential, A National Consumer Study. New York: Praeger, 438 pp.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara.  1982.  Homeowners Survey:  Gas Utilities and the Residential Solar Market.  A Joint Report for the American Gas Association Solar Energy Committee and the Solar Energy Research Institute, Washington, DC:  American Gas Association, April, 71 pp.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara and F. Floyd Shoemaker.  l98l.  “Public Communication Campaigns to Affect Energy Behavior.”  Public Communication Campaigns, R. Rice (Ed.), Sage Publi­cations,  pp. 161-180.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara and Bill D’Allesandro.  1981.  “A National Survey of Solar Homeowners,” Solar Age, September, pp.  28-3l.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara, Charles T. Unseld and Jerome Williams.  1981.  National Study of the Residential Solar Consumer:  Decision Factors and Exper­iences, Preliminary Summary Report.  SERI/SP-513-1209, May, 38 pp.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara and Bill D’Allesandro.  1981.  “A National Study of the Residential Solar Consumer.” Solar Age, 6:22-26, April.

Farhar, Barbara C., Charles T. Unseld, Rebecca Vories, and Robin Crews.  1980.  “Public Opinion About Energy.” Ann. Rev. Energy, 5:141-172.

Farhar, Barbara C., Pat Weis, Charles T. Unseld, and Barbara Burns.  1979.  Public Opinion About Energy:  A Literature Review.   SERI/TR-53-155, Golden, CO:  Solar Energy Research Institute, June, 435 pp.

http://www.nrel.gov/docs/legosti/old/155.pdf (PDF 20.8 MB)

Farhar, Barbara C., Jack A. Clark, Lynn Sherretz, Sigmund Krane, and Jerry Horton.  1979.  Social Impacts  of the St. Louis Urban Weather Anomaly.  Boulder:  Institute of Behav­ioral Science,University of Colorado, March, 76 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C., Charles T. Unseld, Richard Caputo, and James Easterling.  1979.  Citizen Participation in the Domestic Policy Review of Solar Energy.  SERI/TR-53-1260, Golden, CO:  Solar Energy Research Institute, January, 323 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C., Grant Johnson, Jack A. Clark, Julia Mewes, Ronald Rinkle, and Susan Shoulders.  1978. Technology and Society:  Weather Modification in South Dakota. Boulder:  Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, December, 488 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Jack A. Clark.  1978.  Can We Modify the Weather?  A Survey of Experts. Boulder: Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, December, 89 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1978.  Annotated Bibliography on the Social Aspects of Weather Modification.  Boulder:  Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, December, 46 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1978.  “What Does Weather Modification Need?  A Societal View.”  J. Applied Met., 17: 878-888, June.

Sherretz, Lynn and Barbara C. Farhar.  1978.  “An Analysis of the Relationship between Rainfall and the Occurrence of Traf­fic Acci­dents.”  J. Applied Met., 17:711-715, May.

Changnon, Jr., Stanley A., Barbara C. Farhar, and Earl Swanson.  1978.  “Hail Suppression and Society.”  Science, 200:387-394, April 28.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1977.  “Social Implications of Weather Modification.”  Legal and Scientific Uncertainties of Weather Modification, William A. Thomas (Ed.), Durham:  Duke Uni­versity Press, pp. 114-118.

Farhar, Barbara C. (Ed.)  1977.  Hail Suppression:  Society and Environment.  Mono­graph #24, Boulder: Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, 293 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1977.  “The Public Decides About Weather Modification.”  Environment and Behavior, 9: 279-310, September.

Farhar, Barbara C., Stanley A. Changnon, Jr., Earl R. Swanson, Ray J. Davis, and J. Eugene Haas1977.  Hail Suppression and Society, Summary of Technology Assessment of Hail Suppression.  Urbana: Illinois State Water Survey, June.

Farhar, Barbara C. and  Stanley A. Changnon, Jr., et al.  1977.   Hail Suppression:  Impacts and Issues.  Final Report, Technology Assessment of the Suppression of Hail, Urbana: Illinois State Water Survey, April, 428 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Ronald Rinkle.  1977.  A Societal Assessment of the Proposed Sierra Snowpack Augmentation Project.  Final report to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder:  Human Ecology Research Services, Inc., January, 148 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. and  Ronald Rinkle.  1976.  “Community Response to Proposed Snowpack Augmentation in the Sierra Nevada Moun­tains.”  Journal of Weather Modifica­tion, 9:154-192, April.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1976.  “Hail As Sudden Disaster:  Public Response to Hail Suppression Activity.”  Mass Emergencies, Special Issue “Environmental Stress:  Threat and Response in Various Social Systems,” 1:313-321.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Julia Mewes.  1976.  Social Acceptance of Weather Modification:  The Emergent South Dakota Controversy. Boulder:   Institute of Behavioral Science Monograph #23, University of Colorado, 194 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1976.  “Weather Modification Goes Public.”  Journal of Weather Modifica­tion, 8:64-76, September.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1976.  “Impact of the Rapid City Flood on Public Opinion About Weather Modification.” Pacific  Sociological Review, 19:117-144, January.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1975.   “Anticipated Social Effects of the Sierra Project:  A Preliminary Assessment.” Proceedings of the Special Regional Weather Modification Conference, Aug­mentation of Winter Orographic Precipitation in the Western United States, San Francisco, CA, American Meteorological Society, November 11-13, pp. 194-200.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1975.  “Weather Modification and Agriculture:  A Sociological View.”  An Assessment of the Present and Po­tential Role of Weather Modifica­tion in Agricultural Production,  Colorado State University Atmospheric Paper No. 236, August, pp. 216-227.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Julia Mewes.  1975. “Weather Modification Decision-Making:  State Law and Public Response.” Invited paper presented to the American Meteorological Society Meeting, 4th Conference on Weather Modification, Fort Lauderdale, FL, November 18-21, 1974, and Journal of Applied Meteorology, 14:694-701, August.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1975.  “Weather Modification and Public Opinion in South Dakota, 1972 and 1973.”  Paper presented to the American Meteorological Society Meeting, 4th Confer­ence on Weather Modification, Fort Lauderdale, FL  (November 18-21, 1974), and Journal of Applied Meteorology, 14:702-709, August.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1975.  “Weather Modification and Public Opinion in South Dakota, Preliminary Find­ings 1974.”  Journal of Weather Modification, 7:145-153, April.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Julia Mewes.  1974.  “Public Response to Proposed Snowpack Augmentation in the Sierra Nevada.”  A Summary of the Initial Public Involve­ment Meetings, Cor­respondence and Public Response to a Proposed Research Program for Snow Augmenta­tion in the Sierra Nevada California, Division of Atmospheric Water Resources Manage­ment, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior, December, pp. 5-36.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1974.  “The Impact of the Rapid City Flood on Public Opinion About Weather Modif­ication.”  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 55:759-764, July.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Julia Mewes.  1974.  Weather Modification and Public Opinion:  South Dakota, 1973. Second Interim Report, March 1, 90 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Sigmund Krane.  1973.  Weather Modification and Public Opinion:  South Dakota, 1972.  Interim Report, July, 157 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1973.  “The Relationship of Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Attitudes Toward Weather Modification:  The South Dakota Study, 1972.”  Journal of Weather Modification, 5:261-276, June.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1972.   “Community Response to Juvenile Court Innovation:  Court-Agency Conflicts.” Journal of Volunteers with Delinquents, 1:33_46.

Presentations and Papers

Farhar, Barbara C. and Megan Murphy. 2004. “Comparative Analysis of Homebuyer Response to New Zero-Energy Homes.” Paper presented to the Colorado Renewable Energy Conference, Denver, Colorado. June 26. 2004.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Paul Dunlevy. 2003. “Native American Issues in Geothermal Energy.” Presentation at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Geothermal Resources Council, Morelia, Mexico. October 12-15, 2003.

Nix, Gerald and Barbara C. Farhar. 2002.  “Geothermal Energy: Government Initiatives in Partnership with Industry.” Presentation at the International Energy Conference and Exposition, Reno, Nevada, November 14.

Farhar, Barbara C. 2002. “Geothermal Access to the Public Lands.” Presentation at the International Energy Conference and Exposition, Reno, Nevada, November 13.

Farhar, Barbara C. 2002. “Geothermal Access to Federal and Tribal Lands: A Progress Report.” Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the Geothermal Resources Council, Reno, Nevada, September 25.  http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy02osti/32204.pdf (PDF 434 KB)

Farhar, Barbara C., Timothy C. Coburn, and Nancy Collins. 2002. “Market Response to New Zero Energy Homes in San Diego, California.” Presentation at the 2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, California, August 19.

Farhar, Barbara C. 2002.  “Market Response to New Zero Energy Homes.” Presentation to the Zero Energy Homes Program Meeting, Mount Vernon Country Club, Evergreen, Colorado, July 9.

Farhar, Barbara C. 2002. “Market Response to New Zero Energy Homes in California.” Presentation to the Colorado Renewable Energy Society Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 29.

Farhar, Barbara C. 2002. “Opportunities for Near-Term Geothermal Development at Public Lands.” Presentation at the Bureau of Land Management’s National Fluid Minerals Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. May 15.

Farhar, Barbara C. 2002. “U.S. Department of Energy Solicitation for the Development of Renewable Energy on Tribal Lands.” Presentation to the Nevada Indian Commission Tribal Summit, Reno, Nevada, February 15.

Boddy, Sara, Gerald Nix, and Barbara C. Farhar. 2001. “GeoPowering the West NREL Activities – Let’s Harness the Earth’s Energy.” Presentation to the GeoPowering the West Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 11.

Farhar, Barbara C. 2001. “Tribal Opportunities in Geothermal Energy.” Presentation to the Inter-Tribal Energy Network and DOE/NREL Strategic Planning Session, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, December 4.

Farhar, Barbara C.  2001. “Sun, Wind, and Water, A Quiet Revolution in Renewable Energy,” Barbara C. Farhar, invited article in Public Perception Magazine, Vol. 12, Number 6, November-December 2001, pp. 40-42.

Farhar, Barbara C. 2001.  “Results from Two Informal Workshops on Geothermal Facility Siting Issues at Federal Lands.” Presentation at the 2001 Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, August 28.

Farhar, Barbara C.  2001.  “Report on an Informal Workshop on Geothermal Facility Siting Issues at Federal Lands,” Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, February, 32 pp.

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Judkoff, Ron and Barbara C. Farhar.  2000.  “Lessons Learned: Five Years of Home Energy Rating Systems (HERS) and Energy-Efficient Mortgages (EEMs) in the Pilot States.”  Presentation at the 2000 ACEEE, Efficiency and Sustainability, Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, California, August 24.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Timothy C. Coburn.  2000.  “Some Recent Research on the Markets for Residential Renewable Energy.”  Presentation at the 2000 ACEEE, Efficiency and Sustainability, Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, California, August 23.

Farhar, Barbara C.  2000.  “Electricity Customers and Green Power.”  Presentation at the Green Power Choice Workshop for Colorado Municipal Utilities sponsored by Western Area Power Administration, Aspen, CO, July 13.

Farhar, Barbara C.  2000.   “Progress on Linking Gender and Sustainable Energy.”  Presentation at the World Renewable Energy Congress VI (WREC2000), Brighton, U.K., July 5, 2000.

Farhar, Barbara C.  2000.  “A Study of Colorado Homeowner Markets for Grid-tied PV.”  Presentation for the Utility Photo Voltaics Group, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, March 14, 2000.

Farhar, Barbara C.  2000.  “Consumer Survey Results and Design Issues for Green Power Programs.”  Presentation for the Florida Utilities Workshop on Green Power, Florida Solar Energy Center, Cocoa Beach, FL, March 9.

Farhar, Barbara C.  2000.  “Consumer Survey Results and Design Issues,” Presentation for the Green Power Workshop, organized by Commonwealth Edison, Unicom, and the U.S. Department of Energy, Chicago, IL, January 28.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1999.  “Gender Roles and Renewable Energy.”  Presentation at the ENERGIA Workshop on Women and Energy: Policy, Programs, and Markets.  Enschede, The Netherlands, November 3, 1999.

Jan Buhrmann and Barbara C. Farhar.  1999.  “Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy: A Follow-up Study of Colorado Homeowners,” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August 21.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1999.  “Perceptions and Preferences on Energy and Environmental Policy: Highlights of Research.”  Invited presentation at the Energy Marketing Research Conference, American Marketing Association, San Antonio, TX.  May 26.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1999.  “Environmental Concern Motivating Solar Purchases.”  Invited presentation, session on “Solar Energy and the Environment,” SOLTECH 99, Kansas City, MO.  April 21.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1999.  Briefing on “Colorado Homeowner Preferences on Energy and Environmental Policy” for the Governor’s Task Force on Utility Restructuring, NREL Visitor Center, April 16.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1999.  “A Market Assessment of Residential Grid-Tied PV Systems in Colorado.”  Invited presentation for the Colorado Legislative Luncheon, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO.  February 26.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1999.  “Gender Roles, Sustainable Development, and Renewable Energy.”  Invited Lecture for the Environmental Institute, University of Denver, Denver, CO, February 17, 1999.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1998.  “A Market Assessment of Residential Grid-Tied PV Systems in Colorado.”  Invited presentation at the Colorado Renewable Energy Forum, Golden, CO, December 1, 1998.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1998.  “Gender and Renewable Energy:  Policy, Analysis and Market Implications.”  Plenary Address, World Renewable Energy Congress-V, Florence, Italy, September 24.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Jan Buhrmann.  1998.  “Understanding Residential Grid-Tied PV Customers and Their Willingness to Pay Today’s Costs: A Qualitative Assessment.”  Paper presented at American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 23, 13 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1998.  Invited panelist for session on “Micro-enterprise Opportunities.”  Women in Agriculture Conference, Washington, DC, July 2.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1998.  “Green Power Market Research.”  Invited presentation to Public Service of New Mexico Green Pricing Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, May.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1998.  “Public Response to Residential Grid-Tied PV in Colorado.”  Presentation for U.S. Department of Energy staff, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, May 6.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1998.  “Energy and Environment:  The Public View and Public Response to Residential Grid-Tied PV in Colorado.”  Presentation for the U.S. Department of Energy, Golden Field Office staff, April 23.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1998.  “Energy and Environment: The Public View.”  Presentation for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, March 20.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1998.  “A Longitudinal Evaluation of the Energy Star Homes Brand:  Builder and Consumer Market Research.”  Working paper for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Golden, CO:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, February 22.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1998.  “A Research Design to Analyze the Effect of Energy Costs on Mortgage Default Rates.”  Working  paper for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Golden, CO:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, February 22.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1997.  “Green Power Market Potential.”  Invited presentation at the TVA Green Pricing Workshop, Chattanooga, TN, November 19.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1997.  “Study Design Options on the Market Value of Energy-Efficient Housing.”  Invited presentation at the Fifth Annual Conference on Financing Residential Energy Efficiency, Indianapolis, IN, November 13.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1997.  “National and International Perceptions of Energy and Environmental Policy.” Invited presentation to Professor Russ McGoodwin’s Graduate Seminar in Environmental Policy,  Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder, November 11.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1997.  “Why Gender and Energy Are Critical to Sustainable Development.” Invited presentation to Feminist Scholars Seminar, University of Colorado, Boulder, November 11.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1997.  “Potential Grid-Tied Rooftop PV Customers Willing to Pay Today’s Costs.”  Invited presentation at the Second Annual Utility Photovoltaic Experience Conference and Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM, October 30. (Published in the Conference Proceedings, Washington, DC: Utility Photo Voltaic Group, pp. 443-452.)

Farhar, Barbara C.  1997.  “Characteristics of Potential Grid-Tied Rooftop PV Customers Willing to Pay Today’s Costs.”  Invited presentation at the Second Annual Utility Photovoltaic Experience Conference and Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM, October 29.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1997.  “Home Energy Rating Systems and Energy Efficiency Financing:  Guidelines for Designing and Implementing a Program.”  Presentation at 1997 Energy Program Evaluation Conference, Chicago, IL, August 27-29.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1997.  “Energy and  Environment:  The Public View.”  Invited presentation at the Forum on Incorporating Renewable Energy in New York’s Energy Future and a Restructured Electric Utility Industry, Albany, NY, June 18.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1997.  “Net Metering:  Preferences of Potential Candidates for the Colorado Rooftop PV Program.”  Invited presentation at the Net Metering Workshop, Colorado Office of Energy Conservation, Denver, CO, June 4.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1997.  “What Do Your Customers Want? How Do You Know?”  Invited presentation at the DOE/EPRI Second National Green Pricing and Green Power Marketing Conference, Corpus Christi, TX, May 13-14.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1997.  “Ideas for Utility Market Research and the Colorado Rooftop PV Market Assessment.”  Invited presentation  for Utility PhotoVoltaic Group’s 1997 Annual Meeting during the Solar Energy Forum, Washington, DC, April 25-30.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1996. Opening Plenary Remarks and “Institutionalizing Energy Efficiency Financing:  Progress in the HUD/FHA Pilot States,” and “Everything You Wanted to Know about Marketing Home Energy Rating Systems, But Were Afraid to Try.” Papers presented at the Financing Residential Energy Efficiency Conference, San Antonio, TX, November 7.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1996.  “Turning Customer Interest into Willing-to-Pay Partners.”  Invited panelist, UPVG Annual Utility PV Experience Conference and Exhibition, Lakewood, CO, October 16.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1996.  “The Proposed PV-VALUE Market Research.”  Presentation to Colorado Sun Services, Denver, CO, June.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1996.  “Public Perceptions and Preferences on Energy and the Environment, Including Willingness to Pay and Where Do We Go from Here?”  Brown Bag Seminar, NREL Management Team, June 27.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1996.  Plenary presentation on Symposium on Women and Sustainable Energy and Session on Institutional Issues at Closing Plenary, World Energy Congress, Denver, CO, June 21.  The symposium summary was subsequently distributed to Congress attendees and added to www newsletters and networks.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1996.  “U.S. and World Public Perceptions and Preferences on Energy and the Environment.” Institutional Issues Session, World Renewable Energy Congress, Denver, CO, June 20.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1996.  “The Virginia Experience with Energy Efficiency Financing:  An Evaluation Case Study (Draft).”  Golden, CO:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, May, 35 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1996.  “What Customers Say and What They Do:  The Importance of Quality Market Research.”  Presentation at the DOE/EPRI Green Pricing Workshop, Golden, CO, April 11.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1996.  “Trends and Patterns in Public Perceptions and Preferences on Energy and Environmental Policy.”  Invited speech at America Speaks Out on Energy:  Results of Recent Public Opinion Polling, an Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) Capitol Hill Briefing, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, March 22.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1996.  “Public Preferences for Renewable Energy and the Need for Quality Market Research.” Presentation at the Soltech Conference, Palm Springs, CA, March 14.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1996.  “Women and Sustainable Energy.”  Invited presentation, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC, March 7.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Robert Dyson.  1995.  “Relational Data Base of Stakeholders for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.”  Briefing for the Office of Management and Resources, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, April 19.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1994.  “Evaluating EEMs Pilot Programs:  A National Perspective.”  Paper presented at the Financing Residential Energy Efficiency Conference, Cincinnati, OH, December.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1994.  “Strategy on Women and Sustainable Development for the Secretary of Energy’s China Mission.” Memorandum to Gloria Ochoa, November 19.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1994.  “Women and Sustainable Development.”  Presentation at the Second Annual Caribbean Energy Conference and Trade Exposition, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, November.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1994.  “What Americans Think about Energy and the Environment:  A Trend Analysis.” Invited presentation to the Cooperative Energy Education graduate students, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, October.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1994.  “Letter Report on the Biofuels Facility Siting Study” (Draft). September 30, 26 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1994.  “Gender, Energy, and Environmental Policy:  Perspectives from an International Workshop.”  Presentation at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting; served as panelist in a Professional Workshop on “Negotiating the Corporate and Nonprofit Job Market,” Los Angeles, CA, August 5-8.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1994.  “Trends in Public Perceptions and Preferences on Energy and Environmental Policy.” Presentation at the Society of Human Ecology International Conference, East Lansing, MI, April 23.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1994.  Foreign Travel Trip Report, Women and Global Energy Policy Workshop, Dakar, Senegal, January 19-22, 29 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1993.  “Evaluation of the Energy-Efficient Mortgage Pilot Project.”  Presentation at the Financing Residential Energy Efficiency Conference, Richmond, VA, December 7.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1993. “Noneconomic Decision Factors.”  Presentation at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Planning and Assessment Program Review, Washington, DC, November 4.

Farhar, Barbara C. 1993.  “What Americans Think about Energy and the Environment.”  Plenary Address, Energy and Communications Workshop, American Public Power Association, Scottsdale, AZ, October 18.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1993.  “Evaluation of the Energy-Efficient Mortgage Pilot Projects.”  Presentation at the EEMs Five-State Pilot Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 6.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1993.  “Monitoring and Evaluation of the Residential Energy Efficiency Ratings Voluntary Guidelines and Energy-Efficient Mortgage Pilot Program Required under the Energy Policy Act of 1992:  A Working Paper” (August 10); “Preliminary Discussion on Evaluation of the HUD/FHA EEMs Pilot Program, Monitoring/Evaluation Activities and the Statutory Requirements for EEMs Pilots” (October 6), working papers, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Washington, DC.

Babiuch, William and Barbara C. Farhar.  1993.  “Stakeholder Analysis Methodologies.”  Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Miami, FL, August.

Eckert, Jan and Barbara C. Farhar.  1993.  “Energy-Efficient Reconstruction after the 1993 Midwest Floods:  Selected Organizational Resources (Draft).”  Washington, DC:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, August.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1993.  “A National Collaborative Process on Financing Residential Energy Improvements: A Retrospective.” Presentation at the Session on Human Dimensions of Energy and the Environment,  American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston, MA, February 15.

Millhone, John, Mary-Margaret Jenior, and Barbara C. Farhar.  1992.  “The National Collaborative on Home Energy Rating Systems and Energy-Efficient Mortgages.”  Paper presented at the 1992 Summer Study of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Pacific Grove, CA, August 30.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1992.  “Public Perceptions and Preferences on Energy Policy.”  Paper presented at the 1992 Summer Study of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA, August 29.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1991.  “FY 1991-92 Behavioral Analysis Activities for the Office of Planning and Assessment, Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy.” Presentation at the Analysis Program Review, U.S. Department of Energy,Washington, DC,  November 11.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1991.  “Stakeholder Perceptions of a Potential National Program of Energy Rated Mortgages.” Presentation to members, observers, and staff of the HERS/EEMs National Collaborative, Washington, DC, October 29.

Farhar, Barbara C.,  Fred H. Abel, Andrew K. Nicholls, and John P. Millhone.  1991.  “Environmental Issues in Planning Building Energy Technologies R&D in the United States.” Paper presented at the 1991 International Symposium on Energy and Environment, Espoo, Finland, August 25-28.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1991.  “Report on the Brown-Bag Seminars:  Toward a Social Science Research Agenda.” Washington, DC, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, July.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1991.  “DOE Planning for Home Energy Rating Systems and Energy-Efficient Mortgages.” Presentation at the Winter Meeting of the National Association of State Energy Officials, Washington, DC, February 6.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1990.  “Toward a Social Science Research Agenda for Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy.”  Presentation at the DOE Brown Bag Seminar Series, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, November 29.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1990.  “DOE’s Office of Building Technologies Technology Transfer Planning Project.” Invited briefing for the Deputy Assistant Secretaries, Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, October 18.

Farhar, Barbara C., Rebecca Vories, and James Kenaston.  1990.  “The Use of Financial Incentives to Promote Energy Efficiency in Buildings:  A Working Paper.”  Washington, DC:  Solar Energy Research Institute, September 14, 86 pp.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1990.  “The Impact of National Energy Policy on Potentially Affected Groups:  A Concept Paper.”  Golden, CO:  Solar Energy Research Institute, August, 59 pp.

Fitzpatrick, Colleen, Dennis S. Mileti, and Barbara C. Farhar.  1990.  “Citizen Perception and Response to Risk Communications during the Parkfield Earthquake Prediction Experiment:  An Overview of Findings.” Paper presented at the Meeting of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Disaster at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, August 11.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1990.  “Federal Technology Transfer Planning for the Office of Building Technologies Energy R&D Program.”  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association,  Washington, DC, August 11-15.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1990.  Abstracts of seven papers in two sessions on the Sociology of Energy at the 1990 Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Spokane, WA, April 5-8.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1990.  “Sociopolitical Factors:  A Comparative Longitudinal Study of Community Responses to Weather Modification.”  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Symposium on Factors Influencing Responses to Deliberate and Inadvertent Weather Modification, New Orleans, LA, February 20.

Mileti, Dennis S., Barbara C. Farhar, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Steven G. Helmericks.  1989.  “Public Perception and Response to the Parkfield, California Earthquake Prediction.”  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis, Session on Seismic Risk Perception, San Francisco, CA, October 31.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1989.  “Experiments in Alternative Energy Program Design.”  Presentation and discussion section, Conference on Energy Program Evaluation:  Conservation and Resource Management, Chicago, IL, August 24.

Farhar, Barbara C., Colleen Fitzpatrick, Steven Helmericks, and Dennis Mileti.  1989.  “Public Earthquake Risk Perception and Response to Risk Communications.”  Presentation at the 14th Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, CO, July 19.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1989.  “Winter and Summer Weather Modification, a Comparative Longitudinal Study of Community Responses.”  Presentation at the Weather Modification Association Annual Meeting, Park City, UT, May 18.

Farhar, Barbara C. (Ed.)  1989.  Experiments in Alternative Energy Program Design, Report Series, Volume One: “Experiments in Alternative Energy Program Design,” Barbara C. Farhar, 45 pp.; Volume Two: “Evaluation of the Boston Edison Company åEASY-Plus’ Disaggregated Utility Electric Usage Analysis,” Stephen J. Morgan, 50 pp.; Volume Three: “Massachusetts Home Energy Assistance Team,” Nancy Schalch and Marika Tatsutani, 139 pp.; Volume Four: “Small Commercial Energy Efficiency:  Lessons from a Successful Program,” Craig B. Smith, 63 pp.; Volume Five: “North Carolina Alternative Energy Corporation Downtown Small Business Demonstration Project,” Meredith Emmett and William Stevens, 39 pp.; Volume Six: “The Diffusion of Information about Energy Cost Reduction to Religious Congregations,” Andrew Rudin, 64 pp.; Volume Seven: “United Way’s Energy Service Delivery to Nonprofit Organizations:  The View from a National Office,” Martin I. Scherr, 36 pp. and “Designing Local Energy Programs for  Nonprofits:  A Micro-level Perspective,” Susan Stamler; Golden, CO:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory, March.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1988.  “Reviews of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Buildings and Community Systems Program.”  Paper presented at the 1988 Summer Study, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, Pacific Grove, CA, September 1.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1988.  “Innovative Energy Efficiency Program Delivery for Homes, Small Businesses, and Nonprofits.”  Workshop Organizer and overview presenter, and “Review of Innovative Energy Programs for Homes, Small Businesses, and Nonprofits.”  Informal Session Organizer and overview presenter, 1988 Summer Study, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, Pacific Grove, CA, August 30.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1988.  “Diffusion of Innovations Concepts:  Selected Implications for Office of Buildings and Community Systems Analysis and Technology Transfer.”  Presentation at the BCS Analysis and Technology Transfer Meeting, Oak Ridge, TN, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 10_11.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Colleen Fitzpatrick.  1988.  “Factors Influencing Weather Modification Continuance Decisions.”  Presentation at the Weather Modification Association Annual Meeting, Newport Beach, CA, April 28_29.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1986.  “Unmet Needs of Disaster Victims.”  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York City, August 29-September 4.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1986.  “Market Characterization and Potentials Assessment.”  Paper presented at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Summer Study, Santa Cruz, CA, August.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1985.  “Climate-Society Interactions.”  Paper presented at the Illinois State Water Survey, Urbana, IL, March 19.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1984.  “The Relationship of State Academic Policy and Academic Achievement.”  Paper presented at the Large-Scale Assessment Conference, Boulder, CO, June.

Williams, Jerome D., and Barbara Farhar-Pilgrim.  1982.  “Minority Consumers and Residential Solar Use.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Southern Marketing Associa­tion, New Orleans, LA, August.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1982.  “Results of the National Study of the Residential Solar Consumer.”  Invited lecture at the Governor’s SOLARCAL Council meeting, Sacramento, CA, February 1982.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara C.  1981.  “Next Likely Residential Solar Owners.”  Invited presentation to the American Gas Association Solar Committee, Boston, MA, October 18-19.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara C.  1981.  “Identifying the Solar Market.”  Invited presentation to the American Gas Association Solar Committee, Denver, CO, May 12-13.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara C.  1981.  “National Study of the Residential Solar Consumer:  Overview and Homeowners Survey.”  Presentation at Solar Market Analysis and Research Symposium/­Contractor Review, Albuquerque, NM, February 11-13.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara C.  1981.  “National Study of the Residential Solar Consumer:  Preliminary indings.” Paper presented at the American Gas Association Solar Committee Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 17.

Farhar-Pilgrim, Barbara C., and F. Floyd Shoemaker.  1980.  “National Study of the Residential Solar Consumer.”  Invited paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Commu­nication Association, Acapulco, Mexico, May 23.

Changnon, Jr., Stanley A., Ray J. Davis, Barbara C. Farhar, J. Eugene Haas, and Earl R. Swanson. 1977. “A Technology Assessment of Hail Suppression in the United States.”  Paper presented at the American Meteorological Society Weather Modification Con­ference, Urbana, IL.

Farhar, Barbara C., Ronald Rinkle, and Grant Johnson.  1977.  “Cloud Seeding in California:  Risk, Control and Citizen Response.”  Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Associa­tion Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, April 20.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1977.  “The Societal Implications of Weather Modification:  A Review of Issues toward A National Policy.”  Issue paper prepared for the National Oceanic and Atmos­pheric Admin­istration, Department of Commerce, March 1.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1977.  “The TASH Adoption Analysis.”  Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting, Denver, CO, February 24.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Jack Clark.  1977.  “Social Structural Correlates of Scientific Judgment in Weather Modification.”  Paper presented at American Sociological Association Meet­ings, Chicago, IL.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1976.  “Where Have We Come From?”  Invited paper presented as Work­ing Group Leader, Vail Conference, Vail, CO, November 8.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1976.  “Estimating Future Adoption of Hail Suppression.”  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Weather Modification Association, Rapid City, SD, October 7.

Farhar, Barbara C. and Stanley A. Changnon, Jr.  1976.  “Report on the TASH User Workshops.”  Illinois State Water Survey, Urbana, IL, November.

Haas, J. Eugene, Stanley A. Changnon, Jr., Ray J. Davis, Barbara C. Farhar, and Earl Swanson.  1976.  “Impact Assessment of Future Hail Suppression Technologies in the U.S.”  Paper presented at the Second World Meteorological Organiza­tion Scientific Conference on Weather Modification, Boulder, CO, August 26.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1976.  “Collective Innovation Decisions:  The Emergent South Dakota Controversy Over Weath­er Modification.” Paper presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO, April 21-24.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1976.  “The Sierra Survey:  Highlights of Findings.”   Boulder: Human Ecol­ogy Research Services, Inc., paper for 200 respondents in the Sierra survey in CA, February 20.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1976.  “Public Reaction to Weather Modification.”  Invited presenta­tion, National Science Foundation Weather Modification Advisory Panel Meeting, Boulder, CO, July 13-15.

Farhar, Barbara C., and Julia Mewes.  1975.  “Public Response to Proposed Snowpack Augmentation in the Sierra Nevada.”  Paper presented at the 43rd Annual Meet­ing of Western Snow Conference, San Diego, April 24.

Haas, J. Eugene, Barbara C. Farhar, Patricia B. Trainer, and Janice R. Hutton.  1975.  “Can Sociologists Influence Governmental Policy?”  Paper presented at Midwest Sociological Soci­ety, 39th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 9-12.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1974.  “Weather Modification and Public Opinion in South Dakota, 1972 and 1973.”  Paper distributed to 293 respondents in the South Dakota longitudinal survey, November 8.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1974.  “Public Acceptance of Weather Modification in South Dakota.”  Invited paper presented to Annual Convention of County Commissioners of South Dakota, Deadwood, SD, September 18.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1974.  “Factors Affecting Public Response to Weather Modification Programs in the United States.”  Invited paper presented to the Governor’s Confer­ence on Weather Modification in the United States:  Potential and Prob­lems for Interstate Action, Sioux Falls, SD, June 10-12.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1974.  “Cloud Seeding and the Rapid City Flood.”  Paper presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Omaha, NE, April 4-6.

Haas, J. Eugene, Barbara C. Farhar, and Dennis S. Mileti.  1974.  “Value and Role Issues for the Involved Social Scientist:  The Case of Weather Modifica­tion.”  Paper presented at Soci­ology of Science Session, 1974 Annual Convention of Pa­cific Sociological Association, San Jose, CA, March 28-30.

Haas, J. Eugene, Barbara C. Farhar, and Sigmund Krane.  1973.  “The People Speak:  A Sociological Perspective on Weather Modification.”  Invited paper presented at Symposium on Legal-Political-Social-Economic Aspects of Climate and Weath­er Modification, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Santa Barbara, CA, November 15-16.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1973.  “Cloud Seeding and the Rapid City Flood:  The Response of South Dakotans, 1972.” Paper presented at Fall Meeting of Weather Modifi­cation Asso­cia­tion, Champaign, IL, September 13-14.

Haas, J. Eugene, Barbara C. Farhar, and Sigmund Krane.  1973.  “General Observations of the Social Impact of Weather Modification and Find­ings from the South Dakota Weather Modification Program, 1972.” Invited paper presented to Study Group on the Societal Con­sequences of Weather Modification, La Jolla, CA, July 27-28.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1973.  “Sociologists and Social Policy:  Some Notes.”  Discussion paper for session entitled “Problems and Opportunities in Policy-Oriented Re­search,” Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, April 25-28.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1973.  “Agency-Aged Interaction.”  Paper presented to Midwest Council for Social Research in Aging, Winter Seminar, Kansas City, MO, January 10-13.

Haas, J. Eugene, Barbara C. Farhar.  1972.  “Sociological Aspects of Weather Modification (The Many Views of Planned Weather Mod­ification).”  Paper presented at Fall Meeting of New Mexico Section, American Society of Civil Engineers, Water Resources Division, Santa Fe, NM, October 27.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1972.  “Problems of the Elderly.”  Paper presented to Study Group, Mountain View Methodist Church, Boulder, CO, October 17.

Farhar, Barbara C.  1972.  “Extension:  Past and Future.”  Paper presented to Midwest Council for Social Research in Aging, Fall Seminar, Kansas City, MO, September 11-14.