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Portfolio Plateaus, Levitating Golf Balls, and Code Zombies

Portfolio Plateaus, Levitating Golf Balls, and Code Zombies

by Jeff Ihnen | Jul 16, 2024 | Energy Rant

This is the third and final edition of the history of energy efficiency and Michaels Energy over the last 40 years. The first edition, covering the Early Years Through Deregulation, spanned 1984 into the Great Depression of Energy Efficiency. The second edition...
Michaels Energy and The Boom Years of Energy Efficiency

Michaels Energy and The Boom Years of Energy Efficiency

by Jeff Ihnen | Jul 8, 2024 | Energy Rant

This week, we are continuing with 40 years of Michaels Energy and energy efficiency history, focusing on the years of growth. As alluded to in the last post, The Great Depression of energy efficiency hit in 1999, or to be a bit more precise, 1998. Data from the...
Carnies, Circus Folk – Smell Like Cabbage

Carnies, Circus Folk – Smell Like Cabbage

by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 25, 2011 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last week I attended the Association of Energy Services Professionals (AESP) national conference in Orlando at the Disney World Hilton.  Thankfully, it wasn’t actually in the park – hey, I don’t know man.  I would otherwise not go...

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