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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Since the 1970s, state governors and legislatures have often led the way on energy policy, from appliance standards to public benefit efficiency programs. States have been the laboratories of progr…
This study focused on the New York Energy $martK Cool It! campaign in order to determine baseline information regarding market penetration; equipment pricing; and the knowledge, beliefs, and practi…
Retrocommissioning (often abbreviated as RCx) is a systematic process for optimizing building performance. Through the RCx process, improvements to building systems and operations are identified. R…
The term "market transformation" was first coined in 1992 to describe the process which substantially increases the energy efficiency of all new appliances, buildings, vehicles, or other …
Lighting accounts for more than 40% of commercial sector electricity consumption in the United States. Lighting programs to date have achieved tremendous savings through lamp and ballast replacemen…
Fans and pumps account for more than a quarter of industrial electricity consumption nationally. Six industries represent 84% of the potential industrial fan and pump energy savings: chemical manuf…
Packaged refrigeration systems include reach-in refrigerators and freezers,ice-makers, refrigerated vending machines, beverage merchandisers, and walk-in refrigerators and freezers. Packaged refrig…
During the 1990s, several studies were conducted to identify the most promising targets for market transformation initiatives and, as a result, many of the most promising opportunities were pursued…
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