by Jeff Ihnen | Dec 9, 2020 | Energy Rant
For those of you who are not doctors or veterinarians for our beloved pets, have you ever been in an exam room when the technician brings in X-RAY results and posts them on the backlit thing and leaves you alone with them before the doctor arrives? I was in this...
by Jeff Ihnen | Dec 2, 2020 | Energy Rant
I’m an insatiable consumer of information, but I need to learn more. For example, if you haven’t watched the excellent movie Saving Private Ryan, do it. I don’t understand why the allies attacked from the water, in the daylight, when they were sitting ducks for the...
by Jessica Wagner | Nov 25, 2020 | The Big Why
In addition to understanding energy efficiency, evaluators also search for efficiencies in cost and time. Due to schedule and budget constraints, we focus evaluation resources towards the most impactful tasks, such as studying the measures or elements of a program...
by Jessica Wagner | Oct 26, 2020 | The Big Why
One of the most difficult jobs that evaluators have is estimating attribution of savings to energy efficiency programs. Trying to put a numeric counterfactual value on a complex decision-making process is extremely challenging! I think it is this difficulty that makes...
by Jeff Ihnen | Sep 16, 2020 | Energy Rant
Distributed, independent, economical, efficient, reliable, resilient, flexible, adaptable, technical, clean, redundant, modern, profitable, renewable ready, and doh, smart! What is this? A microgrid? No, it’s Michaels Energy. We’re back[1]. The Rant is back, and we’re...
