Jeff Harris

Senior Vice President for Programs Jeffrey Harris originally joined the staff of the Alliance to Save Energy in September 2006 as Vice President for Programs after more than 25 years as a staff scientist with the Environmental Energy Technologies Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). He brings skills in research and analysis, including analysis of the energy-saving potential of proposed policies, project management, and fundraising. His areas of expertise include U.S. energy efficiency policy, international energy efficiency, utility and government sector energy efficiency programs, energy use in buildings and market transformation.

At the Alliance, Jeffrey oversees the buildings and utilities; industrial; and international programs. He is responsible for maintaining and expanding existing programs; advocating for energy efficiency in the buildings and utilities, industrial, and international arenas; and supporting the development of market-based energy efficiency programs, both domestic and international. He also is responsible for overall management of the Building Codes Assistance Program.

From 1993 until joining the Alliance, Jeffrey led the Government and Industry Programs Group at LBNL’s Washington, D.C., office. As principal investigator and project manager, he was responsible for planning, funding and directing research and analysis of energy-efficient government procurement, sustainable public buildings, market transformation, international public sector energy efficiency, measurement and verification of energy savings and policy-oriented behavioral studies.

From 1982 to 1990, Jeffrey led the Buildings Energy Data Group of 30 LBNL staff scientists and research associates. He served as principal investigator for a multi-year project to compile and analyze data on measured performance of new and retrofitted energy-efficient buildings, systems and equipment, and directed studies of least-cost utility planning and other energy-efficiency utility programs and policies.

On detail from LBNL, he served from 1990 to 1993 in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Building Technologies as senior assistant to the deputy assistant secretary for building technologies. He developed DOE buildings initiatives for the National Energy Strategy, Energy Policy Act of 1992, and Climate Change Action Plan and evaluated the energy-savings potential of proposed legislation and DOE initiatives. Jeffrey organized and chaired the international Consortium for Energy-Efficient Office Equipment.

Jeffrey has an undergraduate degree in economics from Stanford and a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from the University of California, Berkeley.