About DREAM

Berkeley Lab’s Energy Technologies Area (ETA) international researchers have developed and continually refined detailed, bottom-up national energy end-use models, known as Demand Resources Energy Analysis Models (DREAM), to evaluate potential future pathways and roadmaps for key countries with fast-growing energy demand.

Our national DREAM models are unique in their levels of detail at the end-use technology level, cross-sectoral linkages, and differ from other models in using physical drivers for energy consuming activities. 

Using the Low-emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP), developed by the Stockholm Environmental Institute, our modeling research provides the analytical basis for planning and assessing progress, defining performance targets and strategies for validating technologies and systems, conducting systems-level policy, industry, and environmental analyses, developing and implementing effective policies and programs. Our modeling approach complements and is synergistic with other integrated assessment and sector-specific models in informing national pathway analysis.