{"625883":{"#nid":"625883","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alliance to Save Energy Honors Public Policy Professor Marilyn Brown","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ase.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EThe Alliance to Save Energy (ASE)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;named \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ERegents\u0026rsquo;\u0026nbsp;and Brook\u0026nbsp;Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems Marilyn Brown\u003C\/strong\u003E as a recipient of the \u003Cstrong\u003E2019 Charles H. Percy Award for Public Service\u003C\/strong\u003E. The ASE presents this award to individuals for outstanding public service in energy efficiency. Recipients promote innovative solutions that lower consumers\u0026rsquo; energy bills while helping energy companies to reduce capital requirements and increase system utilization.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBrown is no exception in this regard. She has published ground-breaking research on the integration of energy efficiency and demand response resources. She directed \u003Cstrong\u003EOak Ridge National Lab\u0026rsquo;s\u003C\/strong\u003E efficiency and renewables program and was a two-term presidential appointee to \u003Cstrong\u003ETennessee Valley Authority\u0026rsquo;s\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EBoard of Directors\u003C\/strong\u003E, where she promoted the concept of energy efficiency as a virtual power plant.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ase.org\/events\/2019-evening-stars-energy-efficiency-awards-gala\u0022\u003EAn awards gala\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E was\u0026nbsp;held in Washington, D.C. on September 19, 2019, with more than 400 energy efficiency executives, advocates, and government officials. \u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re honoring the leaders who spurred decades of energy efficiency gains, together with those making aggressive energy-saving advances today,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003EASE\u0026nbsp;President\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EJason Hartke\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u0026ldquo;Without these awardees\u0026rsquo; leadership, we\u0026rsquo;d be using and paying for more energy unnecessarily every day.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFounded in 1977 by Sens. Charles H. Percy (R-Ill.) and Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.), the Alliance to Save Energy was launched following the oil embargo of the 1970\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ndash; a pivotal time in our nation\u0026rsquo;s history that exposed fundamental weaknesses in our nation\u0026rsquo;s economic security and challenged us to develop innovate energy solutions. The ASE is a nonprofit, bipartisan alliance of business, government, environmental and consumer leaders with a mission to promote energy productivity worldwide \u0026ndash; including through energy efficiency \u0026ndash; to achieve a stronger economy, a cleaner environment and greater energy security, affordability and reliability.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Public Policy is a unit of \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis article, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sustainable.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/625231\u0022\u003Eoriginally written by\u0026nbsp;Brent Verrill at the Brooks Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems\u003C\/a\u003E, has been edited and condensed.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPublic Policy Professor Marilyn Brown is a recipient of the 2019 Charles H. 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