GreenBiz

AUGUST 19, 2020

One of my favorite sessions from VERGE 2019 was a presentation by Amory Lovins on the expanding energy efficiency cornucopia. Why the District of Columbia is a leader in energy efficiency. Catherine Nabukalu. Wed, 08/19/2020 - 01:30. There’s a strong focus on buildings. and represent over a third of greenhouse gas emissions.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

According to energy-efficiency expert Amory Lovins , whole-system redesign today can yield 30 to 60 percent of energy savings in retrofits and 40 to 90 percent savings in new construction. Key pathways to decarbonize thermal energy include: Efficiency. Electrification.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In a talk that draws on her new book The Optimist’s Telescope, Bina Venkataraman, the Director of Global Policy Initiatives at the Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard, illuminates our untapped power to think longer term. Read the rest here: Bina Venkataraman on thinking ahead in a reckless age.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 19, 2020

Why the District of Columbia is a leader in energy efficiency Catherine Nabukalu Wed, 08/19/2020 – 01:30 One of my favorite sessions from VERGE 2019 was a presentation by Amory Lovins on the expanding energy efficiency cornucopia. and represent over a third of greenhouse gas emissions.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 1, 2021

According to energy-efficiency expert Amory Lovins , whole-system redesign today can yield 30 to 60 percent of energy savings in retrofits and 40 to 90 percent savings in new construction. Key pathways to decarbonize thermal energy include: Efficiency. Electrification.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

RBG’s guidance echoes Amory Lovins’ longstanding philosophy: “If we focus on outcomes, not motives , we can achieve results that we all want, but for different reasons… If we simply do what makes sense without having to agree on why it’s important, we and our planet will be better off.”.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

RBG’s guidance echoes Amory Lovins’ longstanding philosophy: “If we focus on outcomes, not motives , we can achieve results that we all want, but for different reasons… If we simply do what makes sense without having to agree on why it’s important, we and our planet will be better off.”

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

RBG’s guidance echoes Amory Lovins’ longstanding philosophy: “If we focus on outcomes, not motives , we can achieve results that we all want, but for different reasons… If we simply do what makes sense without having to agree on why it’s important, we and our planet will be better off.”

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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 14, 2024

Amory Lovins, [continued] The post RMI Has Fallen Into The Hydrogen For Energy Pit Again appeared first on CleanTechnica. The Rocky Mountain Institute is a respected organization that has done great work since its founding in 1982.

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CleanTechnica

JULY 7, 2023

In summer 2023, we launched #AskAmory to collect your questions for RMI’s co-founder Amory Lovins, a world-renowned expert on energy efficiency and renewables. Here, we keep a running list of your questions and Amory’s answers.

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CleanTechnica

JULY 25, 2022

A recent issue of Yale 360 tackles the lies, distortions, and half-truths that surround the question of whether renewable energy can provide a reliable source of electricity at all times or requires thermal generation “base load”capability to be dependable.

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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 28, 2022

By Amory Lovins A flood of recent articles, whether spontaneous or coordinated, seeks to discredit renewable energy, electric vehicles, and other elements of the climate-saving energy transition. Critiques range from grid reliability to land-use, from economy to equity.

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 9, 2021

By Amory Lovins The Myth For years, commentators have been handwringing about the extraction practices, environmental and social harms, and corporate ownership of mining operations that contribute to clean energy technology, with a focus on cobalt, rare earths, and other rare ingredients of the clean energy transition.

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CleanTechnica

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Covering solar power, wind power, and electric vehicles obsessively for ~10 years, I have run across some fascinating observations regarding these technologies and the transitions we are going through — and then I've subsequently forgotten many of them.

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