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

Cleaner Air Through Energy Efficiency: Analysis and Recommendations for Multi-Pollutant Cap-and-Trade Policies
  • Research Report
  • Energy Efficiency Policy

    • Cleaner Air Through Energy Efficiency: Analysis and Recommendations for Multi-Pollutant Cap-and-Trade Policies

    This report examines possible scenarios for the various proposals thathave been introduced to enact national multi-pollutant cap-and trade policies. The analysis includes costs, economic benefits, …

    Apr 1, 2005

    William Prindle, Steven Nadel, Martin Kushler, Dan York, Neal Elliott, Anna Monis Shipley

    Leading the Way: Continued Opportunities for New State Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards
  • Research Report
  • Energy Efficiency Policy
  • Homes and Buildings

    • Leading the Way: Continued Opportunities for New State Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards

    Appliance and equipment standards have been one of the most successful policies used by state governments and the federal government to save energy. These standards prohibit the production and impo…

    Jan 1, 2005

    Steven Nadel, Andrew deLaski, Jim Kliesch, Toru Kubo

    Motor-Related Joint Ventures in China
  • Research Report
  • Energy Efficiency Policy

    • Motor-Related Joint Ventures in China

    China has a rapidly growing economy and is both a major consumer of energy and a major supplier of energy-consuming products on the world market. China is now the second largest consumer of energy …

    Nov 1, 2004

    Steven Nadel, Jun Liu

    Powerful Priorities: Updating Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential Furnaces, Commercial Air Conditioners, and Distribution Transformers
  • Research Report
  • Homes and Buildings
  • Utilities and the Power Sector

    • Powerful Priorities: Updating Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential Furnaces, Commercial Air Conditioners, and Distribution Transformers

    This report examines three products for which the U.S. Department of Energy is now developing new product efficiency standards. For each of these three products, the report discusses technical opti…

    Sep 1, 2004

    Steven Nadel, Andrew deLaski, Jim Kliesch, Anna Monis Shipley, Edward Osann

    Natural Gas Price Effects of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Practices and Policies
  • Research Report
  • Utilities and the Power Sector

    • Natural Gas Price Effects of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Practices and Policies

    ACEEE conducted this ground-breaking analysis to determine the near-term impact of modest increases in energy efficiency and renewable energy on wholesale natural gas prices. Assisted by the state-…

    Dec 1, 2003

    Neal Elliott, Anna Monis Shipley, Steven Nadel, Elizabeth Brown

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