Lowell Ungar leads the federal policy program at ACEEE. He develops legislative proposals, builds stakeholder and policymaker support for them, promotes administrative actions under existing authorities, and analyzes existing and proposed policies and programs. He has worked on policies in all economic sectors and often leads cross-cutting research on potential policy impacts. He joined ACEEE in 2013.
Prior to joining ACEEE, Lowell was director of policy at the Alliance to Save Energy. He played a key role in enacting legislation on building energy codes, appliance efficiency standards, tax incentives, funding, federal energy management, and other areas. He also co-wrote reports mostly on buildings and utility policy issues. Before working at the Alliance he was a legislative aide in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives.
Lowell earned a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Chicago and a BS in chemistry with distinction and with honors in humanities from Stanford University.
Expertise:
President Biden has proposed an Energy Efficiency and Clean Electricity Standard (EECES), yet in congressional discussions about including clean electricity policy in a budget reconciliation bill, …
Rapidly decarbonizing the power sector is fundamental to confronting the climate crisis. Since fossil fuels still account for roughly three-fifths of utility-scale electricity generation in the Uni…
ACEEE published an updated and expanded analysis on this subject in May 2022. Please refer to that publication. Although building energy codes are set at the state or local level, the fed…
Energy efficiency investments in an infrastructure bill could result in more than 4 million more people working for a year (job-years), nearly 4 billion tons of reduced carbon dioxide emissions, an…
We analyzed the economic and environmental impacts of the Energy Efficient Qualified Improvement Property (E-QUIP) proposal, which would allow accelerated tax depreciation for energy-efficient inve…
This set of issue briefs lays out recommendations for how federal agencies can improve building efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions under existing law. The briefs describe the relevant i…
We analyzed the likely jobs created, energy saved, and carbon emissions avoided from several energy efficiency investments that have been proposed for inclusion in economic stimulus and infrastruct…
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