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Taking Dutch Housing From Energy Hog to Net Zero in Less Than Ten Days
What if you could change your decades-old house into a modern, comfortable, energy-efficient home in less than ten days without having to move out or pay extra? Does it sound too good to be true?
Efficiency and Renewables on the Menu for McDonald’s
Not many people associate fast food with clean energy. But that’s exactly what one of the largest quick-service restaurants in the world is exploring. RMI recently completed a net-zero-energy study for McDonald’s, which explores how to offset the energy consumption of an entire restaurant with renewable energy.
Beyond Key Cards: Energy-Efficiency Insights from Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands
Why have we not graduated from simple key cards that turn on a rooms electricity to even more sophisticated energy-saving techniques in hotels around the world?
Can Big Data Help Us Get to a Carbon-Free Future?
This speeding avalanche of data—and all the information in it—can lead to great opportunities, especially in the areas we work in at RMI—electricity, buildings, and transportation.
Google Hangout: Next-Generation Energy Management In Practice
Watch a google hangout on the importance of pursuing energy efficiency before renewable energy generation or offsets, investing in “smart” building management, adopting strategies for health and productivity, supporting workplace mobility and density, enabling a holistic and value-based investment approach, and allocating investments across portfolios.
