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Down on Doha?
Today begins week two of the latest U.N. Climate Change Conference, this edition held in Doha, Qatar. Representatives from nearly 200 countries are in attendance at the event, which comes on the heels of a new World Bank report forecasting that a global temperature increase of 4 degrees Celsius...
The Service Industry: Do wind and solar have a place alongside hotels and restaurants?
My wife, Kelli, worked for Hilton for roughly a decade, beginning her career at Manhattan’s Waldorf=Astoria—Hilton’s flagship property—before transferring to a pair of properties in Denver.
RMI Answers Your Questions From Last Month’s eLab Hangout
Thanks to all of you who were able to join us live at our “eLab: Creating a Resilient Electricity System” Google hangout, and to those of you who viewed the archived video later.
Rotten Fruit
Originally published on edcmag.com Sometimes a failure can arrive disguised as a success. For example, DDT. The A-bomb. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The Industrial Revolution (if it ends up destroying civilization with runaway climate change). Highly profitable energy efficiency.
Achieving Scalability in Energy Management
One of my favorite views of my hometown Chicago is from the sky. Every time I fly into the city, I’m struck by the diversity of the buildings dotting the streets. They come in all shapes and sizes, no two the same. They serve different needs, and operate with different systems.
