Policy of Energy Change

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and RMI Chief Scientist Amory Lovins discuss energy policy including how to design walkable cities, how to drill for efficiency and what governments can do to accelerate the clean energy revolution.

Senate Testimony: How Innovative Technologies, Business Strategies, and Policies can Dramatically Enhance Energy Security and Prosperity

In this invited testimony to the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (SD-366, 0930-1130), Amory Lovins explained how innovation in business strategies, technologies, and policies can lead to energy independence, energy security, and prosperity.

Energy Performance Contracting for New Buildings

This guide, published by Eley Associates in consultation with RMI, can be used as a source of information to help designers and builders decide if performance contracting and performance-based fees are appropriate for specific projects. A step-by-step guide to creating performance contracts is provided.

Reforming the Automobile Fuel Economy Standards Program: Letter to the NHTSA

This letter was written in 2004 to the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration regarding the Automobile Fuel Economy Standards Program. In the letter, Lovins evaluates the NHTSA's proposed policies and suggests improvements based on vehicle efficiency and safety.

We Can Take Politics Out of Energy Policy

This editorial describes the 2001 National Energy Policy Initiative, an effort by bipartisan energy policy experts to come to a consensus on the nation's energy needs for security, prosperity, justice and environmental quality.

Energy Resource Investment Strategy for the City of San Francisco

This report describes RMI's work with the City of San Francisco's energy resource investment strategy. The report provides options for use of alternative electric resources by the city.

Accelerating Renewables: Expanding the Policy and Marketing Toolkit

This presentation suggests a dozen ways beyond traditional price and regulatory instruments for speeding the adoption of renewable energy. The presentation also provides strategies for transitioning to hydrogen energy.

Mobilizing Energy Solutions

In this article, Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins argue that there is a misguided notion that the energy problem is created by a lack of supply. This idea has caused ineffective solutions to be implemented. Instead of focusing on supply, energy policy should focus on energy efficiency measures. This is the first article in a two-part series published in The American Prospect. The second article is "Energy Forever" (RMI ID E02-01a).

Small is Profitable: The Hidden Economic Benefits of Distributed Generation (and Other Distributed Resources)

This presentation is a preview of Amory Lovins' 2002 book, Small is Profitable. The book offers 207 ways in which the size of electrical resources—devices that make, save, or store electricity—impacts their economic value.

Fool's Gold in Alaska (Annotated Version)

In this annotated version of the article from Foreign Affairs, the authors argue against drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for economic, security, and environmental reasons. For the complete article, see "Fool's Gold in Alaska," (RMI document ID E01-03).