… The Clean Energy Finance Forum advances the understanding and growth of energy efficiency finance and renewable energy finance markets in the United States by providing high-quality industry news, building professional dialogue and fostering innovation. Alongside its signature biweekly … energy finance markets in the United States by providing high-quality industry news, building professional dialogue and fostering innovation. Alongside its signature biweekly …
… for Clean Energy series will document the real energy usage in hundreds of multifamily buildings in the Northeast, real solutions to reducing their usage, and simple financial methods to make these buildings more energy efficient. F.L. Andrew Padian has 30 years of experience in the unique building science of …
… of addressing climate change and the evolving electric grid require a "next level of energy efficiency" to mobilize energy savings that go beyond historical practice and integrate with … webinar will describe Stanford University's research project on this next generation of efficiency. It will outline five specific challenges ahead that must be overcome - increasing the magnitude of savings; diversifying energy efficiency resources; measuring and ensuring the persistence of energy efficiency savings; …
… finance into the state market. This case study describes how this bank set up the EfficientBuildings Fund (EBF) and is iteratively improving it. This bank, which combines … Rhode Island Public Energy Partnership (RIPEP) was temporarily accelerating utility energy-efficiency efforts. The new state leadership created the RIIB. It was built by renaming and …
… Like many countries, Australia has a large existing building stock that is responsible for a substantial percentage of its greenhouse-gas emissions. Given that it will take decades for these buildings to be replaced, the rigorous standards developed in recent years for new buildings … gases that these buildings emit and reduce their operating costs. While these energy-efficiency upgrades are often cash-flow-positive with the right loans, they have failed to …
… Building from recent research testing strategies and messages that are most conducive to … Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Among Low- and Middle- Income Households (SEEDS II) Building on findings from research on strategies that moved the needle on rooftop solar … the appeal of solar power to a mass market, including low- and moderate-income households. Building from recent research testing strategies and messages that are most conducive to …
… heat pump (MSHP) technology. Considering and combining the benefits from both the highly efficient ground source heat pumps and cost-effective air source heat pumps, the MSHPs are assessed in a residential building under different climate conditions. In this webinar, Yu and Olson are going to … pumps and cost-effective air source heat pumps, the MSHPs are assessed in a residential building under different climate conditions. In this webinar, Yu and Olson are going to …
… In addition to bringing professionals to engage in discussion, the Pathways program is building a series of guides that offer insights and resources about key industries, such as … In addition to bringing professionals to engage in discussion, the Pathways program is building a series of guides that offer insights and resources about key industries, such as … In addition to bringing professionals to engage in discussion, the Pathways program is building a series of guides that offer insights and resources about key industries, such as …
… nearly 1,000 housing units and over $150M of property. GCE also specializes in energy efficiency projects for buildings located in the uniquely hot and humid climate of the Gulf Coast. In 2011, …
… a small band of meteorologists, physicists and chemists began conducting observations and building models linking an increase in CO2 and other gasses in the atmosphere to the general … The wide-ranging discussions within GM had led to an ambitious program to improve the efficiency of internal combustion engines (ICE) and to seek an alternative powertrain that … market. Besides the technical hurdles it was facing, GM’s efforts to introduce more fuel efficient vehicles had run into resistance from consumers, oil companies and the …