Energy Rant
Cut through the fluff with candid, expert takes on energy policy, programs, and industry trends. Written by our CEO, Jeff Ihnen, the Energy Rant is a blog that challenges assumptions, questions status quos, and delivers sharp insights with just the right dose of irreverence.
Complexities of Home Energy Retrofits
As luck would have it, in recent memory, I’ve been to a couple t-shirt nights at MLB games. Yippy. This isn’t like ...
Energy Rant – Best of I Told You So
Don’t you hate it when the holidays come, and the A-Team of whatever it may be – radio show hosts, NPR, WPR, other ...
Paris: The Bumbling Abominable Snow Monster
June 1, 2017. Does that ring a bell? To many, it is a day of infamy – the day Trump bid adieu to the Paris ...
Design in Series; Operate in Parallel
Last week we revealed the five priorities of saving energy:
Shut it off
Slow it down, set it back ...
Efficiency by Baby Steps and Giant Bounds
This post features concepts everyone can use to identify terrific savings opportunities, even if you did not take ...
Customer Engagement – Get With it or Get Lost
This week, I am joined by someone who actually knows what she is talking about: Kristin Laursen, our Director of ...
Capacity Market v Energy Market – What’s the Diff?
We are taking a break from exergy this week, and we are going to examine what is happening in distorted ...
Is Energy Recovery Always Good? No.
Last week we introduced exergy and at least one application of it in a building. First, let me make something very ...
Exergy, Easy – Heavy Savings
Exergy is a sexy word (maybe only to energy nerds), but it represents a vital class of measures and opportunities ...
Climate Change – Surveys and Truth Telling
I have written rather popular articles on critical thinking and climate change in greenhouse gas basics, tribal ...
The Roots of our AC Power Grid
A while back, a reader asked, “why don’t we switch to at least localized direct current power grids?” The simple ...
Power Factor Cures for Toenail Fungus
This post ends with a quiz and more than 49 $5 Starbucks card winners for correct answers. Why the quiz for this ...
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