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.
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We analyzed the likely jobs created, energy saved, and carbon emissions avoided from several proposed energy efficiency investments for economic stimulus or infrastructure. The proposed investments…
Lowell Ungar testified to the Subcommittee on Energy of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce in support of three energy efficiency bills. His testimony focused on the Energy Savings and …
This updated analysis of key provisions in the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act (also known as Portman-Shaheen, S. 2137/HR 3962) finds that they would save $51 billion net after in…
US companies should make energy efficiency the foundation of their commitment to addressing climate change because it can yield large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions while providing energy c…
Energy efficiency can slash US energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by about 50% by 2050, getting us halfway to our national climate goals. We can achieve almost all these savings, worth more th…
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