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.
Impact Evaluation Confidence and Precision – Fluffy Illusions or Autopsies
This week’s rant is brought to you by Ryan Kroll, Michaels’ Program Evaluation Manager. Last week Ryan issued a ...
Energy Efficiency in the USA
Over the weekend I was reading this white paper by ACEEE, and as almost always, a number of responses came to ...
Communication – Nuggets of Ponderation
Communication in our business of delivering energy efficiency services, reports, and projects, and in any ...
Alternative Fuels – ET Says, “What’s the Matter with You?”
I was reading this opinion piece by the Rolling Stones keyboardist and forestry nut, and it didn’t take long for ...
Energy Efficient Technologies that Suck [Energy]
Sometimes I wonder. No, sometimes I’m amazed how certain energy efficient technologies have fooled the industry ...
Cost Recovery for Energy Efficiency Programs – An Ignorant Idea
If you haven’t seen Michaels’ recent self-indulgent video, you might want to do that now. It is many hours of ...
Refrigerator Sitcoms and Lethal Toaster Ovens
I’ve read enough energy-saving tip lists to fill a Webster’s dictionary[1]. In this rant, I dissect some common ...
The End of Lighting
Believe it or not, I did not have a rant topic in mind going into Saturday morning – my rant writing time. But ...
Dude- Cheap Cookies
Taking a suggestion from an anonymous rant reader [doesn’t want to get fired], I purchased and have been reading a ...
Tea Party On, Dudes
Jeff Erickson of Navigant Consulting presented an interesting paper at last week’s American Council for an Energy ...
Bling not Required
Rant fans are getting a break this week. This post exemplifies a smashing success in energy efficiency and is a ...
Billy Bob, Evaluation Virgin
It has been a while since I’ve written anything about programs, so here it goes. Program evaluation provides ...
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