Neal Elliott directed ACEEE’s research for many years prior to transitioning to emeritus status. He continues to contribute to ACEEE’s research and policy efforts as an internationally recognized expert and author on energy efficiency programs and policies, industrial energy efficiency and decarbonization, electric motor systems, and clean distributed energy and thermal storage. Neal is a frequent speaker at domestic and international conferences. He joined ACEEE in 1993.
Prior to joining ACEEE, Neal was an adjunct associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University and senior engineering project manager at the N.C. Alternative Energy Corp. (now Advanced Energy) where he was founding director of the Industrial Energy Laboratory. Prior to AEC he worked as N.C. Wood Assistance team leader for the Industrial Extension Service and Department of Wood and Paper Science at North Carolina State University. He is also a member of the U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Technology Innovation Advisory Committee (ITIAC).
Neal earned a bachelor of science and a master of science in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University, and was a dean’s fellow and received a PhD from Duke University. He is a registered professional engineer in North Carolina and has six patents in the area of thermal storage and produce processing.
Expertise:
Over the past twenty years, we have seen a transformation in U.S. energy markets, in part brought about by the energy crises of the 1970s and in part by a deregulation of energy markets begun in th…
Reviews past experience with energy technology tax credits and looks at how various tax incentives strategies work. The impact of various elements of the federal tax code on strategies are discusse…
Details the methods for determining the environmental benefits of CHP systems versus traditional heat and power generation systems. It offers valuable guidance on how to structure an environmental …
Examines the role combined heat and power (CHP) currently occupies in Texas’ energy picture as the state addresses environmental and energy challenges, from degraded air quality to an overbur…
Same report as Emerging Energy-Efficient Industrial Technologies, but includes chapter on current technologies in NY State.
Identifies and profiles 54 promising energy-efficient, sector-specific, and cross-cutting industrial technologies. The emerging technologies are profiled and include energy efficiency characteristi…
Establishes a set of terms for the areas of distributed energy resources and combined heat and power. The definitions are determined through two parameters: systems size and system design and opera…
Demystifies effiiciency needs and concerns of small and medium-sized manufacturers. It describes current programmatic efficiency strategies and reveals those that have met with success as well as t…
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