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 | Apr 7, 2014 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant
Last week I attended the ACEEE National Symposium on Market Transformation in Baltimore. Learning and information gathering from conference sessions are typically down the list of reasons I attend conferences. This conference however turned out to be very beneficial...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jul 22, 2013 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant
Over the weekend I was reading this white paper by ACEEE, and as almost always, a number of responses came to mind. With the passing of years I observe that as people age, they fall into perhaps three categories: (1) the curmudgeons – the glass is ¾ empty and...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jun 17, 2013 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant
I was reading this opinion piece by the Rolling Stones keyboardist and forestry nut, and it didn’t take long for an age-old rant topic to emerge. This one is about misguided allocation of resources, particularly for alternative fuels, to achieve desired ends. If an...
by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 29, 2013 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant
If you haven’t seen Michaels’ recent self-indulgent video, you might want to do that now. It is many hours of video shooting reduced to a fine sauce, just under four minutes. My interview, for example, lasted maybe 45 minutes and maybe 30 seconds of it are included...
