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Retrofits Study Drives Lender Confidence in Energy Savings
The Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation (DBAF) and Living Cities, a community development group, released a report recently that offers a potential breakthrough. With the right approach, savings projections can give investors the confidence they need to justify underwriting energy efficiency into loans.
Watch Amory Lovins at TEDx Rainier
In February, 2005, Amory Lovins presented Winning the Oil Endgame at the TED conference in Monterey, California. Eight years later, Amory and Rocky Mountain Institute have another idea worth spreading: Reinventing Fire.
The UCSD Microgrid – Showing the Future of Electricity … Today
Rocky Mountain Institute visited the University of California, San Diego to study and document the “microgrid” that controls and integrates electricity supply and demand on the campus. UCSD’s microgrid is one of the best examples of an electricity network that provides local control yet is interconnected with the larger electricity grid.
Your Investment in Making the World a Better Place
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we raised more than $250,000 during our 2011 Fall Appeal—surpassing our goal. We are humbled, inspired and motivated by all of the new and continued donors who share in our vision of a world thriving, verdant and secure, for all, forever.
Join Us for a Live Chat 1/19 at 11AM MST: Transforming the U.S. Solar Market
In the collaborative spirit of RMI’s solar program, Jesse Morris and Ned Harvey will host a live chat on Thursday, Jan. 19 at 11 AM MST. At this event we’ll give an overview of RMI’s solar program, briefly discuss several of our current solar projects, and dedicate most of the web chat to answering questions from participants.
