by Jeff Ihnen | Mar 3, 2026 | Energy Rant
I spent last week in HOT San Diego at the AESP Annual Conference. It was 20 degrees above average, hanging out in the 85-90°F range of blazing afternoon temperatures. It felt like late June in the upper Midwest. Multiple locals noted that “this is not normal.” For...
by Jeff Ihnen | Mar 26, 2024 | Energy Rant
Some folks pin excessive weight on the federal government’s influence over our efficiency and load management industries. Even though billions/trillions of dollars are allocated through the “Inflation Reduction Act” and “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,” those funds are...
by Jeff Ihnen | Aug 23, 2022 | Energy Rant
Maybe it’s the Implementation Contractor Classic golden opportunities in retro-commissioning include fixing the root cause of the problem rather than trying to treat the symptoms. For example, it may be too cold in a space, so what should be done? Turn up the hot...
by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 12, 2022 | Energy Rant
I attended Peak Load Management Alliance’s 45th Conference in Baltimore last week, where I captured a quote that went something like this: the difference between energy efficiency and demand response is that demand response is a relationship between utility and...
by Jeff Ihnen | Nov 30, 2021 | Energy Rant
Does more industrial [or commercial or residential] energy efficiency lower energy prices for all? That is a partial title of a paper published at the 2015 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry[1]and the source of last week’s sassy DRIPE post ( DRIPE = demand...
