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Contributed to important energy legislation including the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987, the Energy Policy Act of 1992, the energy title of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, and energy legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2001 and the Senate in 2002.
Led successful efforts to establish and update minimum-efficiency standards for residential appliances, motors, lighting products, and other equipment—standards that have already saved consumers more than $50 billion and that ultimately will result in net economic benefits to consumers of more than $150 billion.
Contributed to President Bush's National Energy Policy and President Clinton's U.S. Climate Change Action Plan and Climate Change Technology Initiative.
Helped defend and obtain additional funding for federal energy efficiency research, development, and deployment programs.
Led the design of programs that are stimulating sales of innovative technologies such as resource-efficient clothes washers; high-efficiency air conditioners; and energy-efficient motors, transformers, traffic lights, and furnaces.
Provided widely cited analyses of the technical and economic feasibility of improving vehicle efficiency.
Played an instrumental role in rebuilding policy support for car and light truck fuel economy standards.
Helped several utilities (including Boston Edison, CINergy, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, New England Electric, Northern States Power, Commonwealth Edison, and Potomac Electric Power Company) develop new energy efficiency programs.
Helped develop programs and regulatory policies to remove barriers to combined heat and power systems that have been adopted in California, New York, Texas, and nationally.
Assisted various regional organizations, state agencies, and advocacy groups in the design and analysis of state-of-the-art energy efficiency policies and programs.
Issued a series of key studies on energy efficiency and economic development, making the case for job creation and other economic benefits of sustainable energy and climate strategies.
Helped design and implement DOE/EPA's ENERGY STAR, Motor Challenge, and Combined Heat and Power Challenge programs.
Played a key role in establishing the Consortium for Energy Efficiency, the Super Efficient Refrigerator Program, the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, the Building Codes Assistance Project, Compressed Air Challenge, the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, the New Buildings Institute, and the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project.
Developed ACEEE's Green Book^®, the first comprehensive green buyers' guide for cars and light trucks.
Organized 16 major Summer Studies on energy efficiency in buildings and industry. Hosted five Market Transformation Symposiums and co-organized several major conferences on sustainable transportation energy strategies.
Published 20 books, 15 conference proceedings, and over 225 research reports that are widely used by energy professionals.
Sold or distributed over 130,000 copies of our popular Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings and over 13,000 copies of three other consumer guides.
Filled publication orders totaling over $2.2 million between 1986 and 2002.
Helped establish and regularly assisted PROCEL—a successful national electricity conservation program in Brazil.
Spearheaded development of initiatives to improve the efficiency of motors and air conditioners in China and assisted with initiatives to improve Chinese refrigerators and lighting systems.
Assisted national energy efficiency centers and programs in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Thailand, including helping to develop new appliance efficiency standards for Thailand.