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Fact Sheet - December 21, 2011
A national Clean Energy Standard (CES) would require that some percentage of total energy supply comes from "clean" energy resources. The types of energy resources that are considered "clean" depend on the definition in the CES. Many CES proposals have included energy...
Research Report T113 - December 16, 2011
Heavy-duty vehicle standards, adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2011, represent an important step toward reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of the transportation sector. The standards cover vehicles and...
Research Report E118 - December 8, 2011
High upfront costs continue to be a significant barrier to achieving potential monetary and energy savings from energy efficiency investments across the building sector. Over the past several decades, a number of innovative energy efficiency financing program designs have emerged with the...
Research Report E116 - December 2, 2011
This report analyzes the opportunity presented to the Cincinnati region by the Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance, a local nonprofit organization committed to improving energy efficiency in existing buildings, through its grant work under the Department of Energy Better Buildings Neighborhood...
Research Report E117 - November 22, 2011
The ACEEE Local Energy Efficiency Policy Calculator, or LEEP-C (pronounced “leap see”), is intended for use by local policymakers and stakeholders interested in advancing the adoption of energy efficiency in their communities. Currently the tool is capable of analyzing the impacts of...
Fact Sheet - November 14, 2011
With unemployment hovering at a stubborn 9 percent, it is no wonder that job creation has become a hot topic. It is nearly impossible to read the news without encountering an article describing how a policy or industry creates a given number of jobs. These claims, however, rarely or clearly...
Research Report B111 - November 9, 2011
The utility bill is the most common way for utilities to provide information about energy use to their customers, but it is often overlooked both as a way to give customers better control over their energy use and to support utilities’ goals for more actively engaging customers, especially...
Fact Sheet - November 7, 2011
To evaluate the macroeconomic impacts of a variety of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and climate policies at the local, state, and national level, ACEEE uses the proprietary Dynamic Energy Efficiency Policy Evaluation Routine, or DEEPER model. The DEEPER Modeling System is a 15-sector...
Fact Sheet - November 7, 2011
There are often misunderstandings or “myths” about how we verify that energy efficiency is working and measure what benefits it’s providing. Four measurement and verification (M&V) myths are debunked in this fact sheet.
Research Report IE112 - October 25, 2011
There is evidence today that successful and effective self-direct programs exist for large energy consumers. These programs allow large energy consumers to avoid paying all or some of the fees collected from utility customers to fund system-wide energy efficiency. In exchange for this special...
