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RMI Solutions Journal
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The View From Here – Transformational Changes at RMI
RMI President and CEO Michael Potts discusses RMI’s strategy to drive transformational change. More>>
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The Right Question at the Right Time
Three years ago, Simon Rose asked the question, “What if mail trucks went hybrid?” His idea and generous funding sparked some of RMI’s latest breakthrough ideas on transportation. More>>
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Indiana Launches Ambitious Clean Energy Plan
RMI is helping Indiana to become a hotbed of high-tech, cutting-edge R&D in advanced transportation, manufacturing, and energy systems. More>>
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The Latest from RMI's blog 
Why oil is still a dinosaur
By Michael Brylawski Posted Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:59pm PDT
Just because gas prices may take a little dip, let's not forget the important lessons we've learned from $140-a-barrel oil.
Location, location, location: the true cost of locality
By Maria Stamas Posted Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:34am PDT
A new 'affordability index' calculates how much money you save by living in cities and inner-ring suburbs. The gas savings of being close to work, school, and stores adds up.
Building green schools
By Noah Buhayar Posted Thu Aug 7, 2008 9:56am PDT
Classrooms that save energy can improve learning and inspire kids to become eco-warriors. Check out this video of students praising their earth-friendly school.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Weaving Profits From Values
Rick Ridgeway, left, with RMI CEO Michael Potts.
Rick Ridgeway, VP of Environmental Initiatives and Special Media at Patagonia, visited RMI to talk about how the outdoors clothing and gear company’s unique beliefs and values increase impact on their bottom line.
"What we've chosen to do is use the company's success to make a difference in this environmental crisis that we're all facing. We exist for that purpose," Ridgeway said.
“Do the right thing and it is good for your business.”
Full Story Efficiency Makeover for Data Centers
Data centers -- where information that powers modern computing is stored and processed -- account for 1.5 percent of total U.S. electrical consumption, and that figure is expected to grow as technology development increases.
Together with mounting climate concerns, rising power costs are causing companies that run data centers to feel the financial crunch.
But research from RMI’s Energy and Resources Team shows how designing radically efficient data centers that use 95 percent less power can keep the industry in the black for years to come.
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Helping Businesses/Organizations Make Money Doing What’s Right
Rocky Mountain Institute ® (RMI) is a nonprofit organization that fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources so that companies, governments and organizations are more efficient, make more money, and do less harm to the environment. RMI is engaged in cutting-edge research on oil independence, renewable energy technologies, distributed energy, resource planning, green buildings , and radically efficient transportation.
Our innovations have profoundly influenced the energy sector, helped corporations to change how they do business, and informed governments about key enabling policy reforms. RMI areas of expertise include: energy use and supply, buildings & land development, transportation, manufacturing, climate protection, and community economic development.
RMI is a think and do tank. About half our support comes from individual donors and foundation grants, whose tax-deductible donations fund our leading edge research projects and implementation. The other half comes from earned revenue — from consulting for corporations and governments to implement the research findings made possible by our generous donors. To learn how to support RMI's research, click here.
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The Nuclear Illusion
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Find out the catch with nuclear power, according to a study by RMI cofounder and Chief Scientist Amory Lovins.
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Portable Light Project
A bag full of light
RMI is helping to bring light to indigenous communities in the developing world through a unique project that uses advanced nano-technologies.
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Oil Independence
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Worried about the rising cost of oil? See how we can chart a profitable future without the need for oil.
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