Thanks to new alliances, real-world trainings, and ambitious climate goals, a once-niche technology is transforming the way American industry thinks about energy and sustainability.
The scorecard offers mostly good news about energy efficiency — the nation’s third-largest electricity resource. In response to federal efforts to freeze U.S. vehicle and appliance standards, quite a few states worked to retain their own standards and to promote electric vehicles as well as zero-energy buildings.
The ACEEE produces its state scorecard annually. This year’s edition zeroes in on six policy areas in which states pursue energy efficiency, including utility and public benefits programs and policies, transportation policies, building energy codes, combined heat and power (CHP) policies, state government-led initiatives around energy efficiency, and appliance and equipment standards.
20 states improved in this version of ACEEE's State Energy Efficiency Scorecard
December 7, 2015
The top 10 states for energy efficiency are Massachusetts, California, Vermont, Rhode Island, Oregon, Connecticut, Maryland, Washington, and New York, with Minnesota and Illinois tied for 10th place.
Maryland, Illinois, the District of Columbia, and Texas among most improved
October 22, 2015
The ninth annual edition of the State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, released by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), once again ranks Massachusetts as the top state with California a very close second.
Advances in energy efficiency have spurred economic growth, lowered bills
July 15, 2015
Energy efficiency has made major strides in the U.S. in the last 35 years, with “energy intensity” — energy used per dollar of gross domestic product — down from 12.1 thousand Btu per dollar in 1980 to 6.1 thousand Btu per dollar in 2014, according to a new report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).
ACEEE ranks 51 US cities for energy-efficiency efforts in five policy areas
June 22, 2015
The ACEEE second biennial 2015 City Energy Efficiency Scorecard measures the progress of city policies and programs that save energy while benefitting the environment and promoting economic growth.
What kind of energy-efficiency goals are realistic, what types of rebates and reward programs should energy providers have in place for consumers, and how great is the demand for these conservation programs?
Board Also Expressed Appreciation to Rose McKinney-James, Who Is Transitioning Off the Board
September 4, 2014
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has announced that Kathrin Winkler of EMC and Michael Sachse of OPower have joined the organization’s board of directors.