Heidi Fuchs

Heidi Fuchs

Policy Researcher II
(510) 486-6839
eta.lbl.gov/people/Heidi-Fuchs
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Bio

Heidi Fuchs conducts collaborative research to support climate and water resilience across multiple subject domains. She helps lead the Industrial Applications team's energy management systems research portfolio, with current projects including:
  • Understanding behavioral and organizational change at companies implementing energy management systems and communicating their benefits with the aim of increasing their uptake as a path to decarbonization;
  • Advancing knowledge about the risks and resilience of manufacturing water supplies;
  • Advising colleagues on applying social science research methods to various energy-related research questions; and
  • Serving on LBNL's Human Subjects Committee.
Heidi earned her M.S. in Energy and Resources from the University of California, Berkeley, focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to investigating the social dimensions of environmental change and adaptation. Before this, she worked for five years in various capacities in the environmental field in California, south India, Washington, DC, Massachusetts, and Texas, gaining experience in energy and environmental research, policy, and advocacy, water resources and access, geographic information systems, and land management.

Education

M.S., Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley
B.A., European Studies, Amherst College
Certificate with Distinction in Project Management, UC Berkeley Extension

Awards

Spot: Heidi Fuchs -  February 22nd 2022

For persistence in developing a robust and scalable data collection system that protects human subjects' privacy while engaging multiple external collaborators.

Spot: Heidi Fuchs -  August 10th 2018

Diligently led the design, review and HARC protocol of surveys that advance the understanding of the barriers that water suppliers and growers in California face to reduce the energy used for groundwater pumping.

Publications

2023

A review of water valuation metrics: Supporting sustainable water use in manufacturing

Authors: Das, Sujit; Heidi Fuchs; Ritu Philip, and Prakash Rao.
06/2023

2021

Survey of Available Information on U.S. Manufacturing Wastewater and Energy Requirements for Reuse

Authors: Fuchs, Heidi, and Prakash Rao.
09/2021

Water heating energy use reductions from EPA WaterSense lavatory plumbing fittings

Authors: Chen, Yuting; Heidi Fuchs; Jonah Schein; Victor H. Franco; Hannah Stratton; Thomas A. Burke, and Camilla Dunham.
06/2021

Strategic Energy Management Program Persistence and Cost Effectiveness An Analysis of the SEM Program Landscape

Authors: Therkelsen, Peter L.; Heidi Fuchs; William Miller; A. Whitlock, and E. Rightor.
06/2021

Characterizing manufacturing wastewater in the United States for the purpose of analyzing energy requirements for reuse

Authors: Fuchs, Heidi, and Prakash Rao.
03/2021

2020

Calculating average hot water mixes of residential plumbing fixtures

Authors: Chen, Yuting; Heidi Fuchs; Jonah Schein; Victor H. Franco; Hannah Stratton, and Camilla Dunham.
06/2020

Identification of drivers, benefits, and challenges of ISO 50001 through case study content analysis

Authors: Fuchs, Heidi; Arian Aghajanzadeh, and Peter L. Therkelsen.
04/2020

2019

Comparing datasets of volume servers to illuminate their energy use in data centers

Authors: Fuchs, Heidi; Arman Shehabi; Mohan Ganeshalingam; Louis-Benoit Desroches; Brian Lim; Kurt Roth, and Allen Tsao.
07/2019

Methodology for the national water savings models– indoor residential and commercial/institutional products, and outdoor residential products

Authors: Schein, Jonah; Peter T. Chan; Yuting Chen; Camilla Dunham; Heidi Fuchs; Virginie E. Letschert; Michael A. McNeil; Moya Melody; Sarah K. Price; Hannah Stratton, and Alison A. Williams.
07/2018

2018

Characteristics and Energy Use of Volume Servers in the U.S.

Authors: Fuchs, Heidi; Arman Shehabi; Mohan Ganeshalingam; Louis-Benoit Desroches; Brian Lim; Kurt Roth, and Allen Tsao.
08/2018

Using Industry’s Own Words to Evaluate ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems Adoption

Authors: Fuchs, Heidi; Arian Aghajanzadeh, and Peter L. Therkelsen.
06/2018

Using industry’s own words to quantify the benefits and challenges of ISO 50001

Authors: Fuchs, Heidi; Arian Aghajanzadeh, and Peter L. Therkelsen.
06/2018

2017

Benefits of a National Survey on Water Demand: Existing Data and Reporting Recommendations

Authors: Dunham, Camilla; Heidi Fuchs, and Hannah Stratton.
12/2017

Keeping Pace with Water and Wastewater Rates

Authors: Stratton, Hannah; Heidi Fuchs; Yuting Chen; Camilla Dunham; Chun Chun Ni, and Alison A. Williams.
10/2017

Characteristics and Energy Use of Volume Servers in the United States

Authors: Fuchs, Heidi; Arman Shehabi; Mohan Ganeshalingam; Louis-Benoit Desroches; Brian Lim; Kurt Roth, and Allen Tsao.
10/2017

Methodology for the National Water Savings and Spreadsheet: Indoor Residential and Commercial/Institutional Products, and Outdoor Residential Products

Authors: Schein, Jonah; Peter T. Chan; Yuting Chen; Camilla Dunham; Heidi Fuchs; Virginie E. Letschert; Michael A. McNeil; Moya Melody; Sarah K. Price; Hannah Stratton, and Alison A. Williams.
04/2017

2016

Water and Wastewater Rate Hikes Outspace CPI

Authors: Stratton, Hannah; Heidi Fuchs; Yuting Chen; Camilla Dunham, and Alison A. Williams.
05/2016

Methodology for Outdoor Water Savings Model and Spreadsheet Tool for U.S. and Selected States

Authors: Williams, Alison A.; Yuting Chen; Camilla Dunham; Heidi Fuchs; Sarah K. Price, and Hannah Stratton.
05/2016

Methodology For National Water Savings Model and Spreadsheet Tool - Outdoor Water Use

Authors: Williams, Alison A.; Yuting Chen; Camilla Dunham; Heidi Fuchs, and Hannah Stratton.
01/2016

2014

Computer usage and national energy consumption: Results from a field-metering study

Authors: Desroches, Louis-Benoit; Heidi Fuchs; Jeffery B. Greenblatt; Stacy Pratt; Henry Willem; Erin S. Claybaugh; Bereket Beraki; Mythri Nagaraju; Sarah K. Price, and Scott J. Young.
12/2014

Estimates of Savings Achievable from Irrigation Controller

Authors: Williams, Alison A.; Heidi Fuchs, and Camilla Dunham.
04/2014