RMI Outlet, Rocky Mountain Institute’s blog, explores topics critical to RMI’s mission to transform global energy use to create a clean, prosperous, and secure low-carbon future.
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Cities Hold the Keys to Greener, More Efficient Homes
Our homes may be a source of safety, comfort, and stability—but they also represent a considerable slice of our country’s carbon emissions (over 20 percent,…
Four Ways Local Solar Projects Can Benefit Cities
This blog post originally appeared on the World Resources Institute blog. When a city decides to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, headlines follow.
Meeting Utility Investors Where They Are: Tools to Speed System Decarbonization
If we needed another proof point of the growing role sustainable business practice is playing in guiding investment decisions, the recent announcement that an…
Repowering Old Mines with New Energies in the Southwestern United States
A common challenge that mining companies face with legacy sites is what to do with the disturbed land once the resource has been exhausted or…
Transforming the Global Comfort Cooling Market: China’s Opportunity for Economic and Climate Leadership
Cooling is becoming a hot topic in discussions related to mitigating climate change as it is possibly the single largest end-use risk to our climate…