News Coverage of RMI

Building Green the 'New Black'
"Green" certified buildings outperform their conventional counterparts and can command more return for investors, a new study finds.
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Green Leases for Multi-Tenant Buildings
New research out of RMIs Built Environment Team finds common leasing structures for multi-occupant buildings create split incentives among tenants, landlords and owners.
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Daylighting Colorado's Seven Generations
Rocky Mountain Institute's work on the Seven Generations Office Park has helped the Fort Collins property become the first in North Colorado to receive the distinguished LEED platinum award.
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Beating the Energy Efficiency Paradox
Today's popularity of more efficient vehicles and green home retrofits means it is worth seriously considering if there is evidence for Jevons' Paradox -- or even a significant rebound effect -- that could dampen some of the enthusiasm for these technologies.
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No Place to Hide
Investments in greener operations can offer more payoff than expected, and some observers see large green-related market opportunities still sitting on the table for innovators to grab.
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GM Rethinks Engine with HCCI
Dismissed as a laboratory curiosity in the 1970s, homogeneous charge-compression ignition has now emerged as a more feasible alternative to alternative fuels.
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Car Lightweighting vs Safety
In an accident between a Hummer and a Chevy Aveo, common sense seems to indicate you'd be safer in the larger, heavier Hummer. But that doesn't have to be the case, according to a new study
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Buildings That Teach
What can the built environment teach us about ourselves, about the environment in which we live? What cultural values can buildings impart?
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The Green Summit
Coverage of the Green Summit in Northern Colorado that featured RMI’s Victor Olgyay.
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Will New Fuel Economy Standards Make Cars Less Safe?
Good engineering can let us have our cake and eat it too, says RMI's Laura Schewel in a MSN Autos editorial on the CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards.
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Beating the Economic Blues
Companies that cash in on the White House's new tax incentives by purchasing energy efficient equipment and investing in greener infrastructure will not only save money through tax breaks, but also on future utility bills.
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Easy Ways You Can Save the Earth Today
Forbes asks eight leading environmentalists: What is the single most important step "regular people" can take to help save the environment?
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Paying Lip Service to Earth Day
Op-ed calls for Canada to embrace the kind of innovation RMI has been creating over the past 25 years.
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Debunking Conventional Thought
Dow Jones Market Watch reports on "Triple Safety" -- a research paper by RMI's Laura Schewel that found that designing lighter cars can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase fuel efficiency without compromising safety
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How to Win the War on Global Warming
Time magazine feature on a step by step plan to curb climate change.
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Great Green Careers
Former RMI consultant Chris Page is featured in a Fortune Magazine special report, The Business of Green, that shows that earth friendly careers are not all about organic farming and installing solar panels.
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Big Power Goes Local
RMI’s Amory Lovins features in a Newsweek article about grass-roots movements to generate power in towns and basements that are challenging the energy industry's status quo.
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Xcel Energy and Boulder Transform the Electricity Industry
In a Guest Commentary piece published in the Denver Post, RMI's Energy Resource Team discuss U.S. utility Xcel Energy's Smart Grid initiative and how it relates to RMI's vision of the Next Generation Utility.
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Podcast: Creating Sustainable Cities
As part of a Renewable Energy World podcast, Michael Kinsley, from RMI's Sustainable Cities program talks about his work advising big and small cities and the economic opportunities energy efficiency and renewable energies pose.
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Forcing Change Upon Us
RMI co-founder Amory Lovins is featured in Dow Jones' MarketWatch, which recapped insights by panelists at the recent Aspen Environment Forum.
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You Are How You Live
The Wall Street Journal looks at some of the approaches behind the green thinking at the core of thousands of new communities.
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GM Testing Volt's Battery
In a Popular Mechanics article, RMI's Michael Brylawski weighs in on the battery options for GM’s advanced electric hybrid vehicle.
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From Mega to Negawatts
In an interview on ‘Living on Earth’, RMI co-founder Amory Lovins explains what negawatts are and how they may help us power our future.
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This Much I Know
British newspaper 'The Observer' features some of the thoughts, ideas, challenges and quips from RMI Chief Scientist Amory Lovins.

Green building for a profitable future
In an era of escalating concern about climate change, boosting energy efficiency in the building sector will not only lower carbon emissions but can also provide substantial financial returns to businesses that implement ‘green designs and technology’ to their workplaces, Rocky Mountain Institute’s Greg Franta told the UK Carbon Trust in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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The Green Car - Unleash the Engineers
Automakers who view the U.S. government's CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) regulations not as a headache but as an opportunity stand to make big gains, writes Michael Brylawski, the head of Rocky Mountain Institute's transportation innovation group, in the Forbes.com Special Report, 'The Green Car'.