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Jennifer Amann

Senior Fellow, Buildings Program

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:

  • Residential energy efficiency and decarbonization
  • Appliances and lighting
  • Consumer education and behavior

Authored by Jennifer Amann

Residential Retrofit Programs to Complement Federal Rebate Programs, Brief 2: Navigating Regulatory Mandates for Utility Program Investments
  • Brief
  • Affordability and Energy Equity
  • Homes and Buildings
  • Utilities and the Power Sector
  • Residential Retrofit Programs to Complement Federal Rebate Programs, Brief 2: Navigating Regulatory Mandates for Utility Program Investments

    Utilities (and other administrators of utility-sponsored energy efficiency programs) are uniquely positioned to help states implement federally funded residential retrofit incentive programs includ…

    Feb 12, 2025

    Residential Retrofit Programs to Complement Federal Rebate Programs Series, Brief 1: Program Design and Delivery
  • Brief
  • Affordability and Energy Equity
  • Energy Efficiency Policy
  • Homes and Buildings
  • Residential Retrofit Programs to Complement Federal Rebate Programs Series, Brief 1: Program Design and Delivery

    Utilities (and other administrators of utility-sponsored energy efficiency programs) are uniquely positioned to help states implement federally funded residential retrofit incentive programs includ…

    Dec 11, 2024

    Transforming Texas: How Heat Pumps Can Replace Electric Resistance Heat, Reducing Costs and Winter Power Peaks
  • Research Report
  • Homes and Buildings
  • Transforming Texas: How Heat Pumps Can Replace Electric Resistance Heat, Reducing Costs and Winter Power Peaks

    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…

    Nov 4, 2024

    Retrofitting America’s Homes: Designing Home Energy Programs that Leverage Federal Climate Investments with Other Funding
  • Research Report
  • Affordability and Energy Equity
  • Energy Efficiency Policy
  • Homes and Buildings
  • Retrofitting America’s Homes: Designing Home Energy Programs that Leverage Federal Climate Investments with Other Funding

    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…

    May 30, 2024

    2024 City Scorecard
  • Research Report
  • Scorecard
  • Energy Efficiency Policy
  • Homes and Buildings
  • Transportation
  • 2024 City Scorecard

    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…

    Apr 30, 2024

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