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Free For All! EVO’s Newest Documents Now Available to General Public
In 2009 EVO released a number of documents that were initially available to Subscribers only. Many of these are now available to the general public fo...
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Risky Business? How-tos for Investing in Building Upgrades
The ENERGY STAR® Building Upgrade Manual, a "strategic guide to help plan and implement profitable energy saving building upgrades,” claims that busin...
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Seeking Ideas for California Self-Generation Incentive Program M&E
As part of its planning process for future program M&E, the M&E Subcommittee of the Working Group of California’s Self-Generation Incentive Program (S...
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Where do good intentions LEED again?
Mark Stetz a fellow EVO-ite gave me permission to repost his complete article that he wrote in preparation for a class he is teaching at Greenbuild. ...
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McKinsey Describes IPMVP as Foundational
In a July 2009 wide ranging report, the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company provided analysis of the barriers to energy efficiency in the USA, o...
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A triple play for energy efficiency
I’ve been spending most of my time in Chicago as of late, and it’s a bit of a baseball town, so you’ll have to excuse the reference.
I saw this...
EVO Insights Episode 3 with Thomas Dreessen
Episode 3 of EVO Insights is an interview that I've wanted to do for a long time. Earlier this week globe trotter Thomas Dreessen and I got to chat ab...
EVO Insights Episode 2 with Steve Kromer
For episode 2 of EVO Insights I had a chance to catch up with Steve Kromer and learn a bit more about the Alliance to Save Energy and the recent EE Gl...
EVO Insights Episode 1 with Pierre Langlois
I got a chance to speak with Pierre Langlois at the end of last year and decided to use it as the 1st of a few pilot episodes of our new EVO Insights...
Energy Efficiency Could Save Americans 1.2 Trillion Dollars
I saw this headline in multiply places. I thought that the report from McKinsey had some significant implication for EVO and our protocols (IPMVP and...
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IPMVP covered at reuters.com
In my google feed earlier this week I saw this, and was delighted too see that IPMVP has been showcased in this reuters.com artcile.
Smart series on NPR
I caught part of this while listening to NPR in Chicago, then went back and listened to the whole series, it’s a great overview of what challenges the...
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Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated by Spies
From the Wall Street Journal:
So sense I was defending the utilities in the recent media fronts on how unsafe their networks are I though it onl...
Groundbreaking Energy Efficiency Retrofit Project at Empire State Building
From PR Newswire:
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House Bills Targets 20% Cut in GHG by 2020
From cnnmoney.com:
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Smart Grid and the Smart Hackers
I’ve been seeing a lot of buzz around how insecure utilities are in the past few weeks and I just wanted to take a moderate opposition to some of the...
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New Marketplace for Energy Efficiency
Washington, D.C.: A federal agency Thursday ordered the operator of the nation’s largest marketplace for electric power to allow energy efficiency pro...
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Wholesale Electricity Markets Remain Competitive
A small win for wholesale electricity markets, marketwatch explains. The article explains:
"Ou...
A wider view of M&V
Just the other day, when I opened my front door to leave for work, I saw a man with a big stick peering quizzically into an inspection pit (I still ca...
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DSIRE
Scouting around the web this morning I found this site, www.dsireusa.org, I thought I'd share. For those of you looking for a little extra money to g...
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Defining energy efficiency
We have a very interesting debate going on at the moment. The issue is how a company should measure its overall energy efficiency savings, should the...
Smart Meter Project Map
I wanted to thank Simon Harrison for his work on the this smart meter map, I found it very helpful in seeing what utilities are pushing the envelope.<...
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M&V an Important Part of an Energy Audit
Another good article from facilitiesnet.com, that explains why M&V should be a part of energy audits.
FTA:
Not interested in tracking the...
LEED Shortcomings, and M&V Road Blocks
Facilitiesnet.com has a great article on some of the short comings of LEED and how to solve them with M&V. Naomi Millan also points out some...
The Misguided Role of Benchmarking
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The Chairman of EVO asked me to post his recent thoughts on energy efficiency benchmarking. I think someone struck a nerve.
From...