by Jeff Ihnen | Aug 25, 2014 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant
I spent last week at ACEEE’s Summer Study for Buildings, and one topic area I maximumly followed was energy codes and code compliance. In past years, I would rank codes and standards second to the bottom, just above lighting for my priorities. The reason for my...
by Jeff Ihnen | Aug 11, 2014 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant
This week’s post is brought to you by AESP’s 2014 Summer Conference, which went off last week in San Francisco. I was speaking with a lifelong esteemed consultant from the Bay Area during the opening reception, and his disclosure was that regulators in a certain...
by Jeff Ihnen | Aug 4, 2014 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant
When consumers are considering the purchase of an electric vehicle, what are they thinking? Good question. I would be thinking, how can I fully utilize it and what are the limitations? The limitation nearly anyone would consider include the limited driving range. ...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jul 28, 2014 | Energy Rant
As readers of this blog are sure to know, electricity consumption growth has leveled out and essentially disappeared in recent years. This is celebrated, but I say, beware of what you wish for – kind of like winning the lottery. It may seem wonderful until reality and...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jul 21, 2014 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant
I’ve written dozens of proposals, and I’ve read dozens and dozens of requests for proposals from all sorts of entities including states, local governments, private corporations, and of course, utilities. With this comes scope of work requested, required proposal...
