Mr. Bandza has experience in the energy and environmental fields and has worked on projects related to carbon capture and storage, enhanced oil recovery, renewable energy policy, energy efficiency, and emissions trading.
Prior to joining Exponent, Mr. Bandza was the MAP Sustainable Energy Fellow at the United Nations Foundation in Washington, D.C., contributing to their work on energy efficiency and the regulation of the electricity sector in Europe. As an intern at Resources for the Future in Washington, D.C., he started his own research project examining the risk and regulatory connections between enhanced oil recovery and carbon capture and storage. Mr. Bandza has also contributed to an economic analysis of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme during an internship with Ecologic – Institute for International and European Environmental Policy in Berlin, Germany.
Bandza AJ. Gone with the wind? Understanding the problems of wind energy policy in the United States through the Successes of Denmark and Germany. Environ Law Reporter 2007; March 37(3):10197–10208.
Presentations
Vajjhala SP, Bandza AJ. Long-term risks and short-term regulations: Modeling the transition from enhanced oil recovery to carbon sequestration. 7th Annual Carbon Capture and Sequestration Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008.
Bandza AJ. Carbon capture and storage. Invited lecturer, Management Science and Engineering Graduate Seminar “Energy Decision Making,” Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2008.
Bandza AJ, Vajjhala SP. Long-term risks and short-term regulations: Making the transition from enhanced oil recovery to carbon sequestration. Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2007.