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:
Reviews the status, sales trends, and energy savings from the adoption of high pressure sodium lamps, compact and circular fluorescent lamps, T8 fluorescent lamps, electronic ballasts, and specular…
Examines the current market for electric motors and motor speed controls in China, discusses the current status of efficient motor and speed control technologies, and suggests potential areas for f…
Provides guidance on how to "get the most bang for the buck" by discussing experience to date in four priority areas: market transformation; one-time efficiency opportunities; target retr…
This paper reviews past examples of market transformation, and then discusses the status of more than 10 new market transformation initiatives now underway or in the advanced planning stages. It is…
Discusses work that has taken place on developing new standards for several products and how states can use this information to enact new state standards. Among the products covered are refrigerato…
Examines trends in the development of appliance and equipment efficiency standards throughout the world and offers some observations about how standards may evolve in coming years.
Traces the history of standards, beginning with planning for power plant siting and electric reliability in the 1960s and proceeding to 1996. It includes an analysis of the potential savings from n…
Provides state-by-state estimates of the energy and energy bill savings of appliance and equipment efficiency standards for both current standards and new ones under development. In the 10 largest …
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