Hot Water, Lights, and Solar as a Service?
A number of start-up companies are trying to formulate a business model that sells hot water, lights, air conditioning, and solar power as a service. The rationale is that the folks occupying buildings...
View ArticleCut Energy Use 50% in Commercial Buildings
The Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) just released two technical reports on how to achieve 50% energy savings in both new and existing large office...
View ArticleDon’t Call It A Retrofit… Or An Audit
A Lawrence Berkeley National Lab report examined case studies of retrofit projects across the United States as examples of local approaches that saved considerable energy. A recent article in Greentech...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinars
I just want to remind folks that we have launched a “Webinars” page to feature interesting online presentations. You can navigate to the Webinars page using links at the right side of the blog. - – -...
View ArticleHome Energy Improvements
Thermal Imaging of a House in Cambodia (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons) - – - Grist recently ran a piece on lessons learned by by shadowing a home energy inspector. The author highlighted a number...
View ArticleA Year Ago on Zero Resource – October 2010
AC Transit Cuts Take Effect Today Is the Grid Ready for Electric Cars? $274 Million for Water & Sewer Upgrades Substandard Workmanship in Weatherization Cool Planet – Art Rosenfeld L.A.’s Electric...
View ArticleA Year Ago on Zero Resource – October 2011
October 2011 The Rundown: 2011 BERC Energy Symposium The Future of Energy October 2010 Is the Grid Ready for Electric Cars? $274 Million for Water & Sewer Upgrades Substandard Workmanship in...
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