William U. Chandler

Bill Chandler was the founder and first director of Advanced International Studies at Battelle Memorial Institute's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He retired in 2005 to pursue other opportunities in energy and environmental policy.

Chandler has authored or 11 books, which have been favorably reviewed by both scholarly and popular critics and translated into several foreign languages. His books include Energy: The Conservation Revolution (New York: Plenum, 1981), coauthored with John H. Gibbons, The Myth of TVA: Conservation and Development in the Tennessee Valley, 1933-1983 (Cambridge, MA: Ballinger, 1983), and State of the World (Vols. 1985-1989) (New York: W.W. Norton). His latest monograph, "Energy and Environment in the Transition Economies" was released in September (2000) by Westview Press. He has often published in both technical and popular journals, including Climatic Change and Scientific American, and he occasionally appears on national radio and television.

Chandler's international work has included institution building, policy development, and project finance. He led the creation of independent, not-for-profit energy efficiency centers in six nations, including Russia and China, drawing on support from governments and foundations.

Bill has led case studies of energy and climate in most of the transition economies [see, for example, William U. Chandler, editor, Carbon Emissions Control Strategies: Case Studies in International Cooperation (Washington: Conservation Foundation, 1990)]. Chandler is a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, most recently focusing on technology transfer.

Chandler's earlier work concentrated on domestic U.S. energy policy. In 1988, he led a study involving 30 U.S. energy experts, resulting in the publication of Energy Efficiency: A New Agenda (American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, 1988).

Chandler received the 1992 Champion of Energy-Efficiency Award from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy for his work. He served from 1998-2000 as a member of the international energy panel of the U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. In 1999, he received one of two individual awards for global leadership from the Climate Technology Initiative, administered by the International Energy Agency.

Chandler holds a B.S. from the University of Tennessee, and an MPA from Harvard University.