Programs to Promote Zero/Near-Zero Energy and Carbon

Course Description

Steve Nadel discusses programs in New Jersey and other states designed to create zero or near zero energy and carbon buildings. 

Recorded January 16, 2025

Learning Objectives:

• Review programs that promote zero and near zero energy and carbon

• Explore programs focused on multifamily buildings

• Summarize some of the energy codes and requirements used by the programs

• Review the relative merits of difference energy programs

About the Instructor:

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:

• Energy policy
• Appliance standards
• Utility programs and policies
• Developing country issues

Course Outline

• Introduction

• Single-Family

• Multifamily

• Modular Homes

• Commercial

• Data, Findings, and Conclusions

• Exam