RMI Outlet
Plug Into New Ideas
“Going retro” may be architects’ job opportunity of the future
It is no secret that the architecture profession is struggling. The recession has devastated architectural practices across the country; in the past three years, the employment rate among architects has declined by 28 percent. Recent graduates with degrees in architecture report the highest unemployment rate in the country at 13.9 percent.
Finding Corporate Opportunities "en Charrette"
Tomorrow, RMI will facilitate a charrette at AT&T’s corporate headquarters in Dallas in order to explore ideas, barriers, and crosscutting opportunities to significantly reduce energy use across the company’s massive infrastructure of facilities, technology, and people.
Weathering Winter
For low-income Americans, weatherization and residential energy efficiency provides real relief
How Real Estate Energy Managers Can Leverage Big Data Right Now
Big Data remains a fairly nebulous concept for many real estate professionals, including those who stand to gain tremendously from it right now: real estate energy managers.
Show Me The Money: Boosting Investor Confidence Through Better Building Energy Efficiency Modeling
Deploying private capital for energy efficiency retrofits "could" be transformational, "but" investors lack the confidence in energy savings estimates against which lenders would underwrite loans. How do we boost that confidence?
