Energy Program Director
National Center for Appropriate Technology
Stacie Peterson is the Energy Program Director at the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT). This program includes the AgriSolar Clearinghouse, Energy Efficiency Program, Energy Services, Business Partners, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP) Clearinghouse, National Energy Assistance Referral (NEAR) Program, Residential Energy, and Energy Codes programs. She holds an undergraduate and graduate degree in environmental engineering and an interdisciplinary doctorate. Her doctoral program integrated environmental science, environmental history, public health, technical communications, literature, and anthropology. She enjoys developing interdisciplinary projects with diverse teams, such as her work connecting the NCAT’s Sustainable Energy and Agriculture programs in the AgriSolar Clearinghouse. In her energy conservation work, she’s helped save enough energy to go to the moon and back 2,586 times.