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Breaking Ground on RMI’s Groundbreaking Building
Next week on October 15, Rocky Mountain Institute breaks ground on the exciting construction of our new building—the RMI Innovation Center—in Basalt, Colorado.

Austin’s Solar Tariff Newly Incorporates RMI’s Energy Price Hedge Recommendation
Renewables scored a major victory recently in the natural gas heartland that is Texas. In a resolution adopted by the Austin City Council on August 28, the city declared solar energy its default generation resource.

Is Wearable Tech the Next Frontier of Energy Savings?
The connectedness between wearable tech and the wearer opens up at least three categories of energy management opportunities: at home, at the office, and personal.

Three Energy Gamechangers for China and the World
This decade China is set to regain the status it has held for 18 of the past 20 centuries: the world’s largest economy. A major…

Why the Net Energy Metering Debate Misses the Point
The debate around the continuation, expansion, reform, or abolishment of NEM distracts from a much bigger opportunity to unleash innovation and investment in distributed energy resources (DERs) in ways that are better for everyone: customers, DER providers, and utilities alike.