Carbon Neutral Group would like to express our firm support for the Platte River Power Authorities’ plan to retire its coal-fired Rawhide Unit-1 sixteen years ahead of schedule and replace it with a new aero-derivative natural gas turbine of roughly the same capacity. The Federal Energy Information Agency (EIA) states that burning coal to produce…
When “beneficial electrification” advocates began suggesting that cold-climate heat-pumps reduce carbon emissions when compared to high-efficiency natural-gas furnaces, we were skeptical at first. After all, with more than a decade working in the residential and commercial energy-retrofit industry, heating with electricity was a worse-case scenario; the emissions were about four times higher, and the monthly…
Episode 2 – How Failed Green Jobs and Energy Poverty Shaped This Founder Shared from Uplight: Welcome to our second season! Over the next eight episodes, we’ll hear from people who’ve scaled new clean energy technologies, built market-changing companies from scratch, and managed big firms in the face of competitive threats. Show Notes: In this…
We’re wrapping up our Green Building Code Workshop for the Larimer County Building Services team, with 6-weekly sessions. We presented 10 “applied building science” modules, and covered all things relevant to health, efficiency, and how best to meet or exceed green-building codes. The Larimer County Chief Building Official, Eric Fried said…“Mike was very flexible and…
Back in 2014, California enacted a new regulation that held great promise to save energy, protect consumers and professionalize the HVAC industry. The rule stated that whenever a residential furnace or air-conditioner was replaced, the HVAC contract must pay for a permit and hire a qualified third-party inspector to confirm that the system was operating…
from Getting Green Done, by Auden Schendler, VP of Sustainability, Aspen Ski Company “In sum, we must act now – because we have to, and so that we are ready, with experience on the ground, to move even faster when good policy arrives, good policy that we helped bring about. Through it all, we have…
Is it time to rethink the role for energy auditors in residential demand-side management programs? Utility & ratepayer sponsored residential energy-efficiency programs are struggling to attract; new customers, qualified energy auditors, and qualified contractors. While there are inherent market challenges, like cheap energy & a new-construction boom scooping up all the available manpower, one of…
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