by Jeff Ihnen | Jul 23, 2012 | Energy Rant
It has been a while since I’ve written anything about programs, so here it goes. Program evaluation provides about half our business, and much of that is verifying gross savings estimates, which are simply the original program-claimed savings. Verifying custom...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jun 4, 2012 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant
This week’s feature presentation is one of my favorites for saving energy: automobiles. Let’s take this recent post from Fuel Fix and dive right in. The first one I read is “make sure your gas cap is broken or missing.” That’s right. You can save 3 cents per gallon...
by Jeff Ihnen | May 7, 2012 | Energy Rant
Widgetitis: Obsessive compulsion to build canals with teaspoons – or meet program goals with showerheads. A short story about economist Milton Friedman from The Wall Street Journal sort of sets the stage for effectively meeting program/portfolio goals in big chunks:...
by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 30, 2012 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant
Last week we looked at the financial benefits of energy efficiency as compared to the stock market. I’m going to take this a few steps further, as forewarned last week. In both cases we start with the $39,000 investment and the stock market simply grows at its...
by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 16, 2012 | Energy Rant
The New Scientist published an article by an economist saying that now is the perfect time to implement “long-overdue environmental regulations requiring US power plants to reduce emissions of mercury, arsenic and other toxic metals”. And the added cost will be a...
