SEEA works with the nation’s leading academic institutions; federal, state, and local agencies; NGOs; and national laboratories to develop, model and analyze the economics, policies, practices and deployment of energy efficiency across all sectors in the region.

• Southeast Energy Efficiency Study: Energy Efficiency in the South is a recent report by a team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Duke University’s Nicholas Institute that uses state-of-the-art economic modeling to evaluate the potential impact of energy efficiency policies on Southern states. The energy efficiency policies examined by the research team fall into three broad categories: residential, commercial and industrial. The report also includes state profiles for each state in the region (including the District of Columbia) and the economic and employment impacts of energy efficiency for each individual state.
• In order to provide a basic introduction to the varied and complex issues associated with building energy codes, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Building Energy Codes Program (BECP), with assistance from the International Codes Council (ICC) and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), has prepared Building Energy Codes 101: An Introduction (5MB PDF). The guide is designed to speak to a broad audience with an interest in building energy efficiency, including state energy officials, architects, engineers, designers, and members of the public.
• A recent study by Navigant Consulting, Inc, "Jobs Impact of a National Renewable Electricity Standard” (1.2 MB PDF), found that a 25% by 2025 national RES would result in 274,000 more renewable energy jobs over no-national RES policy. This additional employment is equivalent to 2.36 million additional job-years by 2025. The study found that new jobs would be supported by renewable energy in every region of the United States and that the biomass, hydropower and waste-to-energy industries, in particular, would see significant job gains in the Southeast.
• Meta-Review of Efficiency Potential Studies and Their Implications for the South
• State Specific Summaries of the Meta-Review of Efficiency Potential Studies and Their Implications for the South
• New FERC study assesses state-by-state potential for demand response – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today released a national assessment of demand response that estimates the potential for demand response, both nationally and for each state, through 2019.
  
  The assessment, A National Assessment of Demand Response Potential, finds the potential for peak electricity demand reductions across the country is between 38 gigawatts (GW) and 188 GW, up to 20 percent of national peak demand, depending on how extensively demand response is applied.  The assessment also provides, for the first time, estimates of demand response potential for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.  The study also makes recommendations for overcoming barriers to more use of demand response.
• Southeast Energy Opportunities: Power of Efficiency World Resources Institute Issue Brief – April 2009. Abundant efficiency opportunities in the Southeast can help offset regional energy needs. Efficiency investments can lead to economic and environmental benefits across several sectors by reducing demand for electricity, natural gas, and transportation fuels. For the purposes of this brief we focus on efficiency's role in meeting future electric power needs. With prompt policy action, energy efficiency improvements could reduce electricity use more than 10 percent by 2015 and 20 percent by 2025.
• Energy Efficiency in Appalachia - March 2009. How much more is available, at what cost, and by when?, commissioned by the Appalachian Regional Commission ARC and completed by SEEA in partnership with Georgia Institute of Technology, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, and the Alliance to Save Energy.
  
  SEEA found that by exploiting the region's substantial energy efficiency resources, Appalachia could cut household, business, and industry energy bills by billions of dollars as well as create tens of thousands of jobs and grow its economy. The ability to convert this vision into reality will depend on the willingness of business and government leaders to implement and champion the policies modeled in Energy Efficiency in Appalachia.
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  • Press Release
• Southeast Petroleum Disruption and After-Action Workshop Report - January 2009
• ENERGY STAR Summary of Energy Efficiency Program Sponsors Lighting Programs - An overview of select EEPS-sponsored programs for ENERGY STAR qualified CFLs and residential light fixtures. Provides a summary chart of the EEPS program and then gives program details and contact info for partners in the Southeast.
• Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance Assessment Report - July 2006. Created by the SEEA Working Group prior to SEEA’s incorporation in 2006, this report identifies the rationale for establishing SEEA and the benefits of further coordination of energy efficiency activities in the Southeast.
• SEEA Benefits to Utilities - July 2005. A compelling list of reasons why utilities in the Southeast region stand to benefit from their participation in the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance.
• Environmental Strategies for Industrial Development - July 2005. This report presents recommendations for boosting manufacturing competitiveness through waste minimization and cost-effective compliance with environmental regulations. Business, government, and academic leaders primarily from South Carolina gathered at the one-day Environment & Business Roundtable hosted by Clemson University to generate this vision.