[E&E seminars] Monday - Neal Elliott: An Efficient Future for Energy Use in the Built Environment

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  An Efficient Future for Energy Use in the Built Environment

   Neal Elliott

Associate Director for Research, ACEEE

Monday, January 10   2:00 - 3:00 PM   Room 32-141



 Abstract



Over the past quarter century, building energy efficiency has focused
on improvements to components and equipment. While component
efficiencies increased dramatically, the size of our homes and the
amount of energy-using stuff has increased even faster. Looking
forward, the focus for energy efficiency in buildings will need to
shift to systems rather than components. This shift will involve
transformations in how we build, and where and how we live. This shift
does not mean that we can ignore component efficiency, because
energy-using appliances are proliferating, but that we need to take a
more holistic approach to our communities.



About the speaker



Neal Elliott is the Associate Director for Research of the American
Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), coordinating ACEEE's
overall research efforts. Elliott has been with ACEEE since 1993,
founding the Industrial and Agricultural Programs. Elliott is an
internationally recognized expert and author on energy efficiency,
energy efficiency programs and policies, electric motor systems,
combined heat and power and clean distributed energy, analysis of
energy efficiency and energy markets, and a frequent speaker at
domestic and international conferences.



Prior to joining ACEEE, Elliott was an adjunct associate professor of
Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University and Senior
Engineering Project Manager at the N. C. Alternative Energy Corp. (now
Advanced Energy) where he founding director of the Industrial Energy
Laboratory. Prior to AEC he worked as N.C. Wood Assistance Team Leader
for the Industrial Extension Service and Department of Wood and Paper
Science at North Carolina State University.



Elliott received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from
North Carolina State University, and was a Dean's Fellow and received a
Ph.D. from Duke University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in
North Carolina and has six patents in the area of thermal storage and
produce processing.





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