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David Goldstein, Energy Program Co-Director, San Francisco
David B. Goldstein has worked on energy efficiency and energy policy since the 1970s.
Dr. Goldstein has been instrumental in the development of energy efficiency standards for new buildings and appliances currently in effect at the regional and national level in the United States, Russia, Kazakhstan, and China.
David B. Goldstein received a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley, 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 the California Alumni Association’s 2003 Award for Excellence in Achievement.
Recent Posts
Posted March 20, 2013 by David Goldstein in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- energycosts, energyefficientmortgage, EnergyStar, locationefficientmortgage, mortgagecrisis, mortgagedefaults, mortgagelending, mortgages, utilitybills
I have been blogging repeatedly on the value to the economy of reforming mortgage underwriting rules to account for the better loan performance of energy efficient and location efficient homes. A new study supported by the Institute for Market Transformation...continued→
Posted March 11, 2013 by David Goldstein in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- energyefficiency, fanniemae, freddiemac, housing, jobs, locationefficiency, mortgagedefaults, mortgages, SAVE Act, smartgrowth
In his March 5 piece, Washington Post columnist Neil Irwin bemoans the lack of legislation to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the now-bankrupt federally-backed funders of home mortgages. His point would be further strengthened by considering an additional failure...continued→
Posted February 7, 2013 by David Goldstein in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- ASE, economy, energy, energyefficiency, energyproductivity, policy, transportation
Increasing America’s energy productivity is critical to jumpstarting our economy, according to a non-partisan commission report released today, but understanding why requires a closer look at the factors that caused the recession and how more energy efficiency can reverse them....continued→
Posted September 28, 2012 by David Goldstein in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
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- cleanenergy, energyefficiency, entrepreneurialism, entrepreneurs, free enterprise, freemarkets, greentechnology, innovation, marketfailures
The Washington Post reported recently that “Entrepreneurs Run Into Roadblocks” in France that prevent them from bringing innovations into the market. The article contrasted this problem to the situation in America, where entrepreneurs are more likely to succeed. Promoting innovation...continued→
Posted September 24, 2012 by David Goldstein in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
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- economicdevelopment;, economicfreedom;, ecotourism;, fishing;, jobs;, regulations;, sustainability;, tourism,
When I was vacationing in Alaska in July, I saw a man wearing a T shirt that trumpeted freedom and the defeat of tyranny while displaying the international symbol for forbidden over the words regulation and mandates. The wearer of...continued→
Posted September 11, 2012 by David Goldstein in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- construction, economicrecovery, economy, fed, federalreserve, housing, interestrates, jobs, locationefficiency, mortgagerates, mortgages, quantitativeeasing, smartgrowth
The Federal Reserve is said to be considering a new initiative to stimulate housing demand by bringing down the price of home loans. This policy is called “quantitative easing”; in the past it has been used to reduce economy-wide long...continued→
Posted July 2, 2012 by David Goldstein in Green Enterprise
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- competitiveness, economicgrowth, innovation, invention, jobs, regulations, sustainability,
Last month I attended a conference celebrating the Lemelson-MIT innovation awards, where this year's two winners gave talks on their inventions and in the process tried to inspire younger students to be more creative. I was there because the Global...continued→
Posted April 19, 2012 by David Goldstein in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- economicrecovery, energyefficientmortgage, homeretrofitsenergyefficiency, housing, housingconstruction, locationefficiency, locationefficientmortgage, mortgagecrisis, mortgagelending
Once again, the news this week points out weakness in the economy, concentrating on lower home sales. Despite a general tone of optimism on the economy, home sales are weak and prices still have not stabilized. One cause of this...continued→
Posted February 7, 2012 by David Goldstein in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- economicrecovery, housing, housingconstruction, jobcreation, jobs, lendingpolicy, locationefficientmortgage, mortgages, regulations, regulatoryreform
Paul Krugman wrote on February 6th that January’s favorable jobs report may be a harbinger of economic recovery. But he lists a precondition: that housing must recover. “The main thing standing in the way of a housing bounce-back is a...continued→
Posted January 27, 2012 by David Goldstein in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
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- conservatives, economicfreedom, freedom, limitedgovernment, locationefficiency, rightwing, smartgrowth
I have come across a number of blogs from conservatives that attack Smart Growth – land use planning to revitalize older communities, protect sensitive areas, and enable more walkable neighborhoods – based on fundamental misunderstandings of what Smart Growth means...continued→
Posted January 17, 2012 by David Goldstein in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- continualimprovement, economicrecovery, economy, efficiencywedge, energyeffficiency, energypolicy, energysavings, jobs, smartgrowth, wedges
How big is the potential for energy efficiency? At first, the only serious answers were provided by environmental advocates and national laboratories, and for credibility we had to be “conservative”—that is, to provide a low-ball estimate. More recent studies by...continued→
Posted December 27, 2011 by David Goldstein in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, U.S. Law and Policy
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- bipartisanship, bipartisansolutions, economicrecovery, energyefficiency, energypolicy, housing, jobcreation, jobs
Recent economic news is not encouraging. The New York Times reports that when it comes to recovery, “experts see a false dawn.” One particularly troubling area is housing, where a new report shows home sales were 4 percent lower this...continued→
Posted December 14, 2011 by David Goldstein in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- construction, economicrecovery, financing, housing, locationefficiency, mortgagecrisis, recession, smartgrowth, sprawl
Recovery from the recession of 2007 seems to have been predicted for the very next quarter ever since 2009, even as the problems of joblessness continue without improvement. Housing construction, down by 75% since the crash, is a focus of...continued→
Posted September 20, 2011 by David Goldstein in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming
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- cleanenergy, economicgrowth, economicincentives, economicpolicy, greenjobs, renewableenergy, solarenergy, solyndra
The anti-clean-energy echo chamber has been publicizing the bankruptcy of Solyndra, a manufacturer of solar energy panels, arguing that the President’s clean energy job creation program is ineffective. But most of this criticism is just political posturing and not really...continued→
Posted September 6, 2011 by David Goldstein in Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
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- bulb, bulbs, CFLs, compactflourescentlamps, efficiency, light, lightbulbs, lighting, standards
That seems to be the principle that motivates Joseph Bottum’s article, “It’s green and blue, but not bright”, recently published in the Weekly Standard. Because from beginning to end, Mr. Bottum makes up religious narratives, historical narratives, legal analyses, and...continued→
