RMI Outlet
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A Solar Star Recedes for Now, Plus More EV News
This Outlet blog post offers RMI perspective on energy topics in the news this week. First is U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ decision to leave Congress and the solar energy legacy she leaves. We also discuss the latest on electric vehicles, which will make headlines this week on both coasts.
Energy Efficiency Gains Star Power
Clean technology may have been a political hot potato in 2011, but energy efficiency is becoming downright cool.
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.
