Hurdling Financial Barriers to Low Energy Buildings: Experiences from the USA and Europe on Financial Incentives and Monetizing Building Energy Savings in Private Investment Decisions
Steve Baden, Residential Energy Services Network
Philip Fairey, Florida Solar Energy Center
Paul Waide, Philippine de T’serclaes, and Jens Laustsen, International Energy Agency

The California Model for Fighting Global Warming with Energy Efficiency: Accomplishments, Current Status, and Next Steps
Audrey B. Chang, Natural Resources Defense Council

AB3 Legislation Drives Market for Energy Efficiency in Nevada
Karin Corfee Auker, KEMA, Inc.
John Hargrove and Larry Holmes, Sierra Pacific Power/Nevada Power Company

Communities of Practice: A New Approach for Coordinating Energy-Efficiency Standards and Labeling Programs
Mark Ellis, Mark Ellis and Associates
Peter du Pont, Danish Energy Management A/S
Kevin Lane, UK Market Transformation Program

Efficient Policies? Energy Efficiency Policy in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus
Meredydd Evans and Isabel Murray, International Energy Agency

Getting It Right Matters: Why Efficiency Incentives Should Be Based on Performance and Not
Philip Fairey, Florida Solar Energy Center
David B. Goldstein, Natural Resources Defense Council

Time to Sweep the Dust from under the Rug? Moving Beyond "Business-As-Usual" Energy Efficiency
Rafael Friedmann, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Market Development for Energy Services in the European Union
Michael Geißler and Alexandra Waldmann, Berliner Energieagentur GmbH

When Enough Is Not Enough; The Value of Conservation in an Uncertain World Calls for Expanding System Benefits Charge Funding
Charlie Grist, Northwest Power Planning and Conservation Council
Tom Eckman, Northwest Power and Conservation Council

The EU Codes of Conduct: What Have They Achieved and What Are the Challenges?
Robert Harrison, UK Market Transformation Programme
Paolo Bertoldi, European Commission
Hans Paul Siderius, SenterNovem
Ken Dale, ce Micro Technology plc
Miachael Jäkel, Abakus

Challenges for Setting Up ESCOs in Largely State-Run Economies such as the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
Anees Iqbal and Denis Yozhikov, Maicon Associates Ltd.

Public Benefit Funds Are Not Enough to Secure Energy Efficiency and Energy R&D Activities: Lessons from Brazil
Gilberto De Martino Jannuzzi, State University of Campinas/International Energy Initiative
Alan Poole, Independent Consultant

Forty Percent Savings and Beyond: Recent Advances in Code Implementation and Development of Super-Efficient Buildings in Russia and Its Neighbors
Yurij A. Matrosov, Center for Energy Efficiency and Research Institute for Building Physics
Mark Chao and Cliff Majersik, Institute for Market Transformation

2008 California Codes and Standards Progress: Expanding and Consolidating Efficiency Gains
Jonathan McHugh and Douglas Mahone, Heschong Mahone Group, Inc.
Steve Blanc, Patrick Eilert, and Gary Fernstrom, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

The Need for and Approaches to Develop Common Protocols to Measure, Track, and Report Energy Efficiency Savings in the Northeast
Julie Michals and Elizabeth Titus, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.

New Energy Efficiency Policy Initiatives and Advances in the Southeast United States
Harry Misuriello and Kelly Ross Gillespie, Alliance to Save Energy

The Energy Policy Act of 2005: Energy Efficiency Provisions and Implications for Future Policy Efforts
Steven Nadel, William R. Prindle, and Susanne Brooks, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

The "Magic" of the Kyoto Mechanisms: Will It Work for Buildings?
Aleksandra Novikova, Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, and Chunyu Liang, Central European University

Electricity Industry Restructuring for Efficiency and Sustainability: Lessons from the Australian Experience
Hugh Outhred and Iain MacGill, University of New South Wales

Energy Efficiency in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: How Much Can Efficiency Contribute to a Carbon Cap-and-Trade Program
William R. Prindle, Anna Monis Shipley, and R. Neal Elliott, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

Assessment of White Certificate Schemes and Their Integration into the Carbon Markets
Silvia Rezessy, Central European University
Paolo Bertoldi, European Commission
Marcella Pavan, Regulatory Authority for Electricity and Gas

The EU Ecodesign Framework Directive: Voluntary or Mandatory—As Industry Likes It
Hans-Paul Siderius, SenterNovem
Alan Meier, International Energy Agency

Experiences from Energy Efficiency Policies in Sweden During the Last 30 Years: Looking at the Building Sector
Frances Sprei, Jonas Nässén, and John Holmberg, Chalmers University

The Advocate's Dilemma: Applying Clayton Christensen's Work to Speed the Diffusion of Energy Efficiency Technologies
Jay Stein, E Source

Quantification of NOx Emissions Reductions for SIP Credits from Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects in Texas
Malcolm Verdict, Texas A&M University—TEES
Jeff Haberl, Texas A&M University
Charles Culp, Bahman Yazdani, Tom Fitzpatrick, Don Gilman, Mushtaq Ahmed, Betty Liu, Juan Carlos Baltazar, Shirley Muns, and Dan Turner, Energy Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M University

Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Existing Building Stock: What's Worked; What Might Be Better
Paul Waide, International Energy Agency
Adam Hinge, Sustainable Energy Partnerships
Jennifer Thorne Amann, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

Leveraging the Synergy of Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Reductions in a Load-Based Cap System
Kevin Whilden, Energy Trust of Oregon
James Edelson, Oregon EcoCapital LLC

Natural Gas Prices: A New Rally-Cry for Energy Efficiency
Rebecca Wigg and Alecia Ward, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

A Nationwide Assessment of Utility Sector Energy Efficiency Spending, Savings, and Integration with Utility System Resource Acquisition
Dan York and Martin Kushler, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

Panels of the 2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Panel 1. Residential Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Panel 2. Residential Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Panel 3. Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Panel 4. Commercial Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Panel 5. Utility Regulation and Competition: Incentives, Strategies, and Policies

Panel 6. Market Transformation: Designing for Lasting Change

Panel 7. Human and Social Dimensions of Energy Use: Trends and Their Implications

Panel 8. Changing the Climate for Energy Efficiency: Local, National, and International Policy Dimensions

Panel 9. Appliances, Lighting, Information Technologies, Consumer Electronics, and Miscellaneous End Uses

Panel 10. Roundtables and Interactive Sessions: Learning by Doing

Panel 11. Efficient Communities

Panel 12. Energy Conversations