Why do media references to “green” and “green tech” always seem to be about renewable energy sources like solar and wind power? A signature New York Times hand-wringing piece, Why is the U.S. Losing the Green Race, concerns itself primarily with the federal government’s investment in the failed solar energy company Solyndra. Several green...
Looking for a way to convince more conservative, investment-oriented clients of the need to invest in green building or renovation, or energy efficiency and energy conservation? You may want to take a page from investor Jeremy Grantham, founder of asset-management firm GMO, who advocates investments in commodities due to predicted and prolonged shortages of...
What will it take to boost the market for home energy efficiency upgrades? It could take some serious federal legislation. Two bills in the U.S. Congress could help homeowners achieve energy savings. And before you roll your eyes, both are said to enjoy bipartisan support. But we wonder, especially in the case of one,...
The concepts of energy conservation, energy savings and energy efficiency have made great ground in the last couple of years. Many people have come to accept saving energy as a good thing, largely because we can save money by being more efficient. But are energy efficiency and Earth Day a good mix—or bad?
Apparently, some green tech and environmental advocates are now asking whether energy efficiency will lead to us to use even more electricity. I guess this is the “now that we’ve saved we can consume more” way of thinking—like rationalizing the post-exercise ice cream. Articles on both Greentech Media (no relation to GreenTech Advocates) and...
The nuclear scene in Japan, with explosions, near meltdowns, partial meltdowns, feared meltdowns, is truly frightening. But what does this mean for nuclear power in the United States and elsewhere? Three words: More energy efficiency.
Here’s yet another wonderful reason to promote energy efficiency technologies in the home, given to us from supposedly “green” people whose utopian visions apparently blind them from reality. It all starts with the EPA (Environmental protection Agency), which confirms in a new study that a home’s location and access to transit are as important...
Finally (perhaps) we are going to have a real discussion about clean and green technologies in the United States. President Obama, in his 2011 State of the Union address, put the need for clean energy technology front and center and took on the powerful oil industry.
We don’t wish to enter the political fray. But will the results of the mid-term elections in the United States be good or bad for the energy efficiency movement and selling energy management systems? You may be surprised by our conclusions. Conventional wisdom says that the Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives...
Go ahead, get mad. But without significant climate change legislation from Washington, energy efficiency will remain more of a grassroots movement. And that could mean even more opportunities for sales of energy-efficient technologies in the home.
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