by srmi | Feb 27, 2013 | Energy News
Our perpetual energy debate finds corporate interests defending their government subsidies. Nuclear electricity, “clean coal”, and corn-based ethanol are failed technologies that we’d never consider if cost-benefit decision-making applied. The subsidies, fueled...
by srmi | Feb 18, 2013 | Energy News
I ran a building performance business, called Target Energy Savers, from 1980 to 1987 in a small market: Helena, Montana. Population 40,000. In a small market, versatility is important. Back in the early 80’s, Target Energy Savers targeted the most prosperous...
by srmi | Feb 7, 2013 | Energy News
Neglectful Design I understand why developers and contractors want to build commercial buildings out of steel. For cost and flexibility of design, it’s hard to beat steal beams, girders, and studs. The design error is to overestimate the R-value you achieve with...
by srmi | Feb 5, 2013 | Energy News
What is a Passive House? The passive house concept was pioneered in the Northern U.S. and Canada in the late 1970s and early 1980s when it was called “superinsulation”. European builders have improved the superinsulation technology and applied it to both...
by srmi | Jan 24, 2013 | Conferences, Energy News, Events / Seminars
I routinely field calls from potential customers asking about our online Energy Auditor course. I’m asked questions like: How hard is the course? Is there lot of math? How long is the course? How much study time will I have each week? I provide answers like;...
by srmi | Jan 21, 2013 | Energy News
My Experience as a Trail Blazer My friends laugh when I make the well-worn announcement, “You won’t believe this, but I got lost.” I’m famous for losing my way and leading others with me in the wrong direction. Like the time I guided my sister Sue and three mutual...
