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Steven Nadel

Senior Fellow

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:

  • Energy policy
  • Appliance standards
  • Utility programs and policies
  • Developing country issues

Authored by Steven Nadel

Don’t Tread on ENERGY STAR
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  • Insight
  • Energy Efficiency Policy
  • Don’t Tread on ENERGY STAR

    In its recent budget outline, the new administration proposes to eliminate funding for the ENERGY STAR® program. An earlier leaked draft suggested that the private sector should take over the progr...

    Mar 22, 2017

    Demand response programs can reduce utilities’ peak demand an average of 10%, complementing savings from energy efficiency programs
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  • Insight
  • Utilities and the Power Sector
  • Demand response programs can reduce utilities’ peak demand an average of 10%, complementing savings from energy efficiency programs

    Demand response and energy efficiency programs are complementary: energy efficiency reduces both energy use and peak demand while demand response provides additional peak demand reductions. In this...

    Feb 9, 2017

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