Buildings

Energy efficiency technologies exist today to transform the nation's buildings--both old and new. The time is ripe: technologies are available, smart regional policies are proliferating, and the opportunity to deliver innovative, hassle-free energy products at scale is increasing.

Buildings Executive Summary

America’s 120 million buildings consume 42% of the nation’s primary energy, 72% of its electricity, and 34% of its directly used natural gas. But they also present juicy opportunities to profit from new business initiatives and create jobs, save money, and improve public health and environmental stewardship.
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Buildings offer a great opportunity to reduce overall energy consumption. Retrofits are the key to shoring up our nation's building stock.

Key Solutions: BUILDINGS IN 2050

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Solutions Journal: Winter 2012

Solutions Journal Winter 2012

In this edition of the RMI Solutions Journal, we feature great stories on energy innovators: HEB Grocers leading the way in slashing energy costs, the University of California San Diego Microgrid, the MLK memorial and a feature on CLEER, the Clean Energy Economy for the Region initiative.

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