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:
Examines energy-saving technologies and practices for their appropriateness as market transformation initiatives in the Northwest. The study compares measures according to their potential energy sa…
Explains why a continued role is needed for ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs, then leads through a series of choices policymakers face in deciding issues such as: how to fund the program…
Presents the rationale for market transformation programs to policymakers and discusses how to develop and implement a market transformation plan. It also includes information on current and past m…
Examines 50 energy-saving technologies and practices—comparing them on potential energy savings, cost effectiveness, and likelihood of success in the market—and ranks them in terms of s…
Surveys the types of programs that communities, utilities, and states have used to improve the efficiency of existing housing stock. The programs include: mandatory energy conservation ordinances o…
Informs policymakers, energy professionals, and the public regarding the status, funding mechanisms, achievements, and rationale for state energy RD&D organizations. It addresses the appropriat…
Reviews the current status of China’s lighting industry, which is expanding rapidly as China’s electricity use grows at approximately 10% per year and energy used for lighting grows eve…
Reviews the current status and future directions of the Chinese market for energy-related products used in buildings, focusing on refrigerators, room air conditioners, and lighting equipment. For e…
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