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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

Can the US cut its energy use in half by 2050? Yes, but we will have to double down on our efforts.
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  • Insight
  • Behavior and Health
  • Energy Efficiency Policy
  • Industry and Manufacturing
  • Transportation
  • Can the US cut its energy use in half by 2050? Yes, but we will have to double down on our efforts.

    Five years ago, ACEEE found that energy efficiency could reduce projected 2050 US energy use by 40–60%. As a result, ACEEE established a strategic goal to reduce projected 2050 energy use...

    Dec 7, 2016

    Pathway to Cutting Energy Use and Carbon Emissions in Half
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  • Pathway to Cutting Energy Use and Carbon Emissions in Half

    We look at how much energy efficiency can reduce US energy use by 2040 and what this might mean for savings in 2050. Specifically, we analyze 13 packages of energy efficiency measures and find that…

    Dec 6, 2016

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