Steven Nadel joined ACEEE in 1989 and was has served as executive director since 2001. Before his promotion he served as deputy director and director of ACEEE’s Utilities and Buildings programs. Before ACEEE, Steve worked for Massachusetts’ largest electric utility and largest environmental group and worked with an inner city housing organization in Connecticut. He has worked in the energy efficiency field for more than 40 years and has over 200 publications. His current research interests include energy and climate change policy; strategies to decarbonize the buildings, transportation and industrial sectors; utility-sector energy efficiency programs and policies; and appliance and equipment efficiency standards. Steve earned a MS in energy management from the N.Y. Institute of Technology and a MA in environmental studies and BA in government from Wesleyan University.
Expertise:
Multiple U.S. cities and one state — all of which have active energy efficiency programs — have recently adopted mandatory building performance standards (BPS) that require existing commercial buil…
As baseline building energy codes become more stringent, and as interest in decarbonizing buildings increases, a growing number of efficiency program administrators are focusing all or a portion of…
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…
Programs to promote the electrification of space heating in homes and buildings, primarily using high-efficiency heat pumps, are rapidly growing. Current year budgets are nearly $110 million, up 70…
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