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40 Years Back, 40 Years Forward
Today, in 2013, we are approximately halfway between the Arab oil embargo of 1973 and the fossil-free future RMI envisions by 2050 in Reinventing Fire. There are both similarities and differences in what happened in the 70s and what is happening today.
Help Consumers Do More With Their Money: An Open Letter to Retailers
Hard goods retailers: would you rather your customers have an extra $34 billion in their pockets every year to spend or have them needlessly waste that cash buying electricity?
A Self-Imposed Exile
If there was a silver lining, it was that the 1973 oil embargo prompted the U.S. to make real strides toward energy efficiency.
Cargo Pants, Duct Tape, and…Microgrids?
The promise of microgrid technology has caught the eye of large customers that require high levels of reliability. But no one customer has committed to explore the microgrid solution more than the U.S. military.
Making Affordable Superefficient Homes a Reality
In Denver, teams of college students will design affordable, energy-efficient homes for the city’s Sustainability Park.
