Specious Beliefs in Code Gods

Specious Beliefs in Code Gods

I received a lot of feedback on last week’s Code Compliance Villains, which described blunders that occurred as part of my high-efficiency boiler installation. Such mistakes would likely erode 50% of the estimated savings claimed in a deemed savings document....
Gozer the Disruptor: Replace or Be Replaced

Gozer the Disruptor: Replace or Be Replaced

This Rant post is propelled by AESP goers. Several colleagues and I attended AESP’s summer conference for technology in Toronto last week. We landed numerous positive comments about this blog; some from people I don’t know or never met. I greatly appreciate these...
Gozer the Disruptor: Replace or Be Replaced

Automated M&V – In Your Dreams

Last week, we explored the state of EM&V 2.0 and its considerable, to say the least, constraints. This week, we look more intensely at fallacious “automated M&V”. Automated M&V is an oversold and over-hyped concept. When something is automated, it takes...