by Jeff Ihnen | Jul 30, 2012 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant
Rant fans are getting a break this week. This post exemplifies a smashing success in energy efficiency and is a bit of a spinoff on capitalizing energy efficiency as I discussed in Facility Management, Taliban Style and Better than Doritos. The story begins with a...
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 | 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 | Mar 19, 2012 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant
One of the most rewarding aspects of our business is ensuring people get it right and customers get the legitimate energy and monetary savings they should be receiving. My answer to “why should we pick you?” is: we are passionate about what we do; we get things...
by Jeff Ihnen | Feb 13, 2012 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant
True or false: It’s easier to teach Pablo Picasso how to paint a house than it is to make a house painter into a Picasso-grade painter/artist. For the answer, keep reading. I was sitting in a session at last week’s AESP conference sipping my weak overpriced Starbucks...
by Jeff Ihnen | May 31, 2011 | Energy Efficiency
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We interrupt this rant for this special announcement. Our cold spring in the northern plains is wreaking havoc in the form of tornadoes in the southern and middle parts of the country. I think the weather phenomena had a lot to do...
