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RMI Report Finds Challenges as PG&E and its Customers Move Toward Reinventing Fire in California
The inflection point of the U.S. electricity system, which presents an opportunity for a shift toward a clean, customer-centric energy future, is playing out in California, where the state is accelerating change toward high levels of energy efficiency, distributed renewable resources, and growing numbers of zero net energy buildings.
Live from the Solar Leadership Summit: Net Energy Metering–Friend or Foe?
How can 300 million people go solar? Key players in the solar industry addressed that critical question Wednesday at the 2012 SolarTech Solar Leadership Summit in San Jose, California.
Zero Net Energy 2.0
Big Hairy Audacious Goals. Jim Collins and Jerry Porras described them in their book Built to Last as a success strategy of visionary companies. What exactly is a big hairy audacious goal (BHAG)?
Zero Net Energy: Behind the Goal
Berkeley, California — At a presentation today by Rocky Mountain Institute at the David Brower Center, it was clear that the momentum behind Zero Net Energy buildings is part policy-driven and part customer-driven.
Thomas Friedman Touts Efficiency as Critical Step, Cites Lovins and Reinventing Fire
Thomas Friedman, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and best-selling author, argued in his New York Times column that energy efficiency “has to be the next great global industry” and referenced Rocky Mountain Institute’s Reinventing Fire to help make the case.
