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David Goldstein
Energy Co-Director, Climate & Clean Energy Program - Natural Resources Defense Council
Professional Bio
David B. Goldstein has worked on energy efficiency and energy policy since the early 1970s.
Dr. Goldstein has been instrumental in the development of energy efficiency standards for new buildings and appliances that are currently in effect at the regional and national level in the United States, Russia, Kazakhstan, India, and China. Dr. Goldstein negotiated the agreement that led to the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987, and has helped design energy efficiency programs with utilities and state regulatory agencies. He initiated and coordinated the dialogue that led to the adoption of tax incentives for efficient buildings in the U.S. in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which were reinstated and updated in 2020 and 2022. Dr. Goldstein is a member of ISO TC 301, the committee that wrote and maintains ISO 50001, and co-led the development of ISO 50010: 2023 on net zero energy and carbon. He was a founding director of the Institute for Market Transformation, the Consortium for Energy Efficiency and the New Buildings Institute.
David B. Goldstein initiated and directed research on how urban structure affects the usage of automobiles, and advocates underwriting reforms to implement the results.
David B. Goldstein received a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the recipient of its Leo Szilard Award for Physics in the Public Interest. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002 and is the recipient of the California Alumni Association's 2003 Award for Excellence in Achievement. He is the author of "Saving Energy Growing Jobs" and "Invisible Energy".
Dr. Goldstein has been instrumental in the development of energy efficiency standards for new buildings and appliances that are currently in effect at the regional and national level in the United States, Russia, Kazakhstan, India, and China. Dr. Goldstein negotiated the agreement that led to the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987, and has helped design energy efficiency programs with utilities and state regulatory agencies. He initiated and coordinated the dialogue that led to the adoption of tax incentives for efficient buildings in the U.S. in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which were reinstated and updated in 2020 and 2022. Dr. Goldstein is a member of ISO TC 301, the committee that wrote and maintains ISO 50001, and co-led the development of ISO 50010: 2023 on net zero energy and carbon. He was a founding director of the Institute for Market Transformation, the Consortium for Energy Efficiency and the New Buildings Institute.
David B. Goldstein initiated and directed research on how urban structure affects the usage of automobiles, and advocates underwriting reforms to implement the results.
David B. Goldstein received a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the recipient of its Leo Szilard Award for Physics in the Public Interest. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002 and is the recipient of the California Alumni Association's 2003 Award for Excellence in Achievement. He is the author of "Saving Energy Growing Jobs" and "Invisible Energy".