RMI Outlet

These solar REIT pioneers are mining the sun for "good income"

Existing REITs already have several options to own or develop solar projects that still allow them to comply with the IRS's asset and income tests.

The Bank of America Tower – What Is and What Could Have Been

The Bank of America Tower is making headlines—of the wrong sort. Yet an evaluation of the Bank of America Tower’s energy use and green building certification is a bit more complicated than the one-dimensional headlines may suggest.

Taking the bull by the horns

Achieving deep energy retrofits is an essential part of achieving our nation’s energy-use-reduction targets. But we’re not going to get there using the same, tired process that we have been using for the past 20 years. That’s where, surprisingly enough, a federal agency is stepping in and taking the bull by the horns.

When it comes to energy and the environment, most people want to do the right thing. But how many people actually contribute to improving energy…

As far back as the 1973 Arab oil embargo, natural gas has been considered as a transportation fuel—and understandably so since it burns cleaner than…