Industrial Capital Investment Decisions: Pathways to Energy Program Engagement
New research explores how firms make energy investment decisions
Grace Lewallen conducts research on the human behavior aspects of energy efficiency to encourage more pro-environmental behaviors. She joined ACEEE in 2023.
Prior to joining ACEEE, Grace worked at two environmental behavior change nonprofits, Rare and Root Solutions, supporting research on understanding consumer valuations of carbon-neutral labeling and developing capacity-building behavioral science training for environmental practitioners.
Grace holds a master of behavioral and decision sciences from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor of arts in German language and international trade from Clemson University.
New research explores how firms make energy investment decisions
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