#13 Effective Climate Policy with Naomi Baum, COO of the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
What is the best thing you can do to prevent climate change at this moment in time? Vote for policies that bring the world closer to net-zero emissions. In our first episode of Season Two Nathan speaks with Naomi Baum, COO of ACEEE, the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, on how policy is the most effective tool we have to reach net-zero emissions and the different roles efficiency and innovation have in helping us reach that target.
During the show, Nathan and Naomi discuss:
Naomi is the Chief Operating Officer of ACEEE, the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. Naomi is an expert on all on things policy and Washington. She earned a bachelor of arts in political science and French from Wellesley College and a master’s in public administration from the Kennedy School at Harvard University. Naomi has more than 20 years of legislative and oversight experience and has worked on a wide range of policy issues. Before joining ACEEE, she was the executive director of the bipartisan Congressional Oversight Panel and prior to that she served as the staff director for the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Since 2012, Naomi has been COO of ACEEE, a nonprofit research organization that develops transformative policies to reduce energy waste and combat climate change.
You can get in touch with Naomi via email NBaum@aceee.org or through ACEEE's website.
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Building performance standards. The policies typically require existing buildings larger than a specified size to meet a certain energy efficiency standard, based on either energy use or greenhouse gas emissions per square foot of space. This effectively requires owners of less-efficient buildings to make efficiency upgrades by certain deadlines, generally several years in the future.
EnergyGuide labels – these labels show the estimated cost of using a certain appliance model, allowing consumers to differentiate between options - https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-use-energyguide-label-shop-home-appliances
ENERGYSTAR – this is a certification, where products above a certain level of efficiency display an ENERGY STAR sticker - https://www.energystar.gov/
Utilities can run programs that help customers save energy. During the show Naomi discusses utilities’ effort to improve energy efficiency in homes and business by providing customers incentives to make energy-efficient upgrades.
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