Jennifer Amann is a senior fellow in ACEEE’s buildings program. In this role, she develops and supports strategic directions for the organization’s efforts to improve efficiency in homes and commercial buildings. Since joining ACEEE in 1997, she has written and presented extensively on buildings and equipment efficiency technologies, policies, and programs. Her current work focuses on maximizing energy savings from key buildings policies including building codes, performance standards, and appliance standards; scaling up deep retrofits and building decarbonization; improving efficiency in indoor agriculture; and analyzing new opportunities for energy efficiency in the buildings sector. She also leads content development for ACEEE’s consumer-focused website, Smarter House. Jennifer serves on the Board of Directors of the Attachments Energy Rating Council and the Resource Innovation Institute. Jennifer earned a Master of Environmental Studies from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies from Trinity University.
Expertise:
New report provides recommendations on program designs and policies to support multistage retrofits
How we can leverage federal investments for long term market transformation
Utilities (and other administrators of utility-sponsored energy efficiency programs) are uniquely positioned to help states implement federally funded residential retrofit incentive programs includ…
Utilities (and other administrators of utility-sponsored energy efficiency programs) are uniquely positioned to help states implement federally funded residential retrofit incentive programs includ…
Over 25% of Texas households are heated and cooled by central air-conditioning systems with electric resistance coils that distribute warm air via ducts and registers. These systems are a major con…
Billions of dollars of new federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) provide funding for states to develop and exp…
The seventh ACEEE City Clean Energy Scorecard tracks adoption of clean energy plans, policies, and programs in 75 large U.S. cities, scoring these activities and ranking cities based on their score…
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