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Pioneering French physicists Marie and Pierre Curie have the curie, a unit of radioactivity, named after them. Renowned inventor Nikola Tesla is honored with the tesla, which measures a magnetic field. And now, the Rosenfeld, proposed as a unit for electricity savings, will be named after the man seen by many people as the godfather of energy efficiency, Arthur Rosenfeld. read more

"Power plants are what Art uses most often to explain to policy makers how much electricity can be saved by efficiency investments," Koomey said.
"He recognized early on, earlier than anyone else I think, that really great gains will come from energy efficiency, that there's an enormity to be gained by this approach," said fellow physicist Richard Muller, who took a graduate course from Rosenfeld in 1965, then went on to work with him in Alvarez' group.
"I'm honored that Jon Koomey got 53 of my oldest friends to join together on such a nice thought," he said.
"I believe Art Rosenfeld deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than many people who've received it," Muller said. "Energy conservation has prevented conflict around the world."
"He'll continue to work on things that catch his imagination, which is the whole world," said Gadgil. "You can't box this guy in."