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.
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The United States is currently faced with many challenges: finding ways to help Americans save money, decreasing the rate of unemployment, and battling global warming, all in the midst of an econom…
There is a huge potential for cost-effective investments in energy efficiency throughout all sectors of the U.S. economy: on the order of 45 to 50 billion barrels of oil equivalent between now and …
This is the second annual edition of the popular ACEEE state-by-state rankings on energy efficiency. The policy scorecard rates the states on eight energy efficiency areas including: utility-sector…
In August 2007, the U.S. House passed a provision requiring that electric utilities meet 15% of their energy requirements from renewable energy sources and energy efficiency measures. Although the …
Despite the enormous range of summer climate conditions in the US, central air conditioners everywhere have been rated by a single measure, SEER. This study examined alternatives that would require…
Expanding its traditional ranking of states on utility program spending, ACEEE issued a new and more comprehensive scorecard that rates state accomplishment on multiple efficiency policy and progra…
Florida is one of the most rapidly growing states in the country. In addition, the state has a particularly vulnerable energy infrastructure due to its lack of indigenous resources and stretched su…
Texas, among the fastest growing states in the country, is facing an energy crisis as it strives to meet its electricity needs. This report reviews energy projections; assesses the potential for en…
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