Mediated Modeling

Welcome to the Participatory Energy Planning - Mediated Modeling project, a series of workshops about electrical energy in Vermont. Using a method called Mediated Modeling, participants at the workshops:

1. Create a Shared Understanding of the electrical energy realities in Vermont.
2. Collaborate to Build a Computer Model that simulates the interrelationships that affect issues like cost, reliability and environmental impact.
3. Reach for Consensus on Recommendations for Vermont's energy future.

Ten workshops are scheduled through October 2006. Although participation is by invitation only, the meetings are open to the public, and the materials distributed to the participants and created at the workshops can be accessed on these web pages in the dropdown menus for each workshop on the right-hand side of each web page.

You can see the model as it develops at each workshop. Navigate to the instructions for viewing and running the model by clicking on the dated model within the drop-down menu for each workshop on the right-hand side of each web page.

The public is invited to view the postings of the workshop participants on the Participatory Energy Planning - Mediated Modeling Message Board.