Publications and Resources
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White Paper - February 28, 2012
Local governments have the authority to implement discrete enabling policies that influence the real estate market and drive demand for utility energy efficiency programs. Many local governments and local organizations are also developing programs and plans to...
Research Report B122 - February 23, 2012
This report summarizes the results of recent, large-scale real-time feedback pilots and experiments in the U.S., U.K., and Ireland. It builds upon a previous meta-review by ACEEE of small residential feedback pilot studies, and was undertaken to further investigate the range of savings...
Research Report U122 - February 16, 2012
This report presents the results of a comprehensive national survey of state approaches to the evaluation of utility energy efficiency programs. A total of 44 states, plus the District of Columbia, were found to have formally authorized ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs in place,...
Research Report E122 - January 31, 2012
The U.S. is poised to make a major transition from dirty, outdated, and wasteful energy resources to a cleaner, more efficient energy system. Over the next decade, a suite of federal regulations required under the Clean Air Act will impose compliance obligations and set standards for multiple air...
Research Report A122 - January 26, 2012
This report outlines the opportunity and strategies for the multifamily housing sector to engage electric and natural gas utilities in order to expand resources available for energy efficiency retrofits and improve the use of these investments. Every state holds opportunities to improve the...
Testimony - January 24, 2012
On January 24, 2012, John A. “Skip” Laitner, Director of Social & Economic Analysis at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), testified at the third and final hearing for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety...
White Paper - January 23, 2012
ACEEE is preparing a series of working papers on how energy efficiency issues might be addressed as part of tax reform. We call them working papers because we solicit feedback and comments on these drafts, so that our analyses and proposals can be refined. We plan to...
Research Report A121 - January 18, 2012
A previous study, Emerging Hot Water Technologies and Practices for Energy Efficiency as of 2011, found that there are many underutilized technologies that could provide about 25-50% energy savings over federal minimum energy efficiency standards. In light of this savings potential, our new...
Research Report E121 - January 11, 2012
The U.S. economy has tripled in size since 1970 and three-quarters of the new demand for energy comes from an amazing variety of advances in energy efficiency—not from other energy supplies. Going forward, the current economic recovery, and our future economic prosperity, will depend much...
Research Report B121 - January 10, 2012
This report focuses on energy behavior programs in the workplace, which aim to reduce building energy use through change in employees’ attitudes and behaviors. The report reviews five energy behavior projects across the U.S. and Canada. Energy savings of the studied energy behavior projects...
