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Snowmass, CO – Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) announced their participation in the U.S. Department of Energy’s comprehensive energy efficiency buildings program. Announced last week, the program consists of 15 research and deployment partnerships to help dramatically improve the energy efficiency of American homes. These multidisciplinary teams will receive a total of up to $30 million for the...
Snowmass, CO - The Colorado Renewable Energy Society today presents its Larson-Notari Award for 2010 to RMI Chairman and Chief Scientist Amory Lovins. About CRES Larson-Notari Award CRES has presented the Larson-Notari Award since 2005 in an annual effort to recognize Coloradans for their distinguished service and exemplary contributions to the field of renewable energy. The award is named after...
Snowmass, CO - Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) today announced the addition of two metropolitan areas—Kansas City and Tampa Bay—to Project Get Ready, a national non-profit initiative helping cities prepare for plug-in electric vehicles (EVs). Kansas City and Tampa Bay represent a growing number of North American metropolitan areas that are collaborating through Project Get Ready (PGR) to share...
Snowmass, CO - Advanced Energy, in partnership with Rocky Mountain Institute® (RMI®), announces a Request for Information (RFI) for Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) specific to charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles (EV). Across the United States and throughout Canada, major cities and regions – including the entire state of Rhode Island – are joining Project Get Ready (PGR),...
Snowmass, CO. Rocky Mountain Institute today announced the result of elections for executive director, board chair, secretary and treasurer of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency, a non-profit organization. This leadership team will be responsible for working with the NACFE Board of Directors and Founders Group on Council operations, and to develop the first phase of analysis service...
Snowmass, CO – Lionel Bony, Rocky Mountain Institute’s director of the Office of the Chief Scientist, and manger of the Solar PV Balance of System initiative, will serve as a panelist at the 2010 Solar Leadership Summit at SolarTech in San Ramon, Calif., on Thursday, April 22. Bony will share RMI approaches to collaboration, and how design Charrettes can enable innovation and cost reduction....
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) today announced that it has received a €1,000,000, or US $1,325,874 award from the Dutch Postcode Lottery. In addition to this year’s gift, RMI has been added to the Lottery’s long-term beneficiary status for the next five years. The award was granted on Thursday, February 4 at the Goed Geld (“Good Money”) Gala at the National Museum ‘Van Speelklok tot Pierement’...
Snowmass, CO., March 23, 2010 – Matt Mattila, Rocky Mountain Institute transportation consultant and manager of Project Get Ready, will moderate a panel titled, “Plug-In Car Recharging Infrastructure: Case Studies For Municipalities” at the GLOBE 2010 Conference in Vancouver on Friday, March 26, 2010, 8:30-10:00am. Mattila will share lessons learned working with municipalities through Project...
Snowmass CO, March 8, 2010 – Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) today announced that James Scott Brew, FCSI, AIA, LEED AP, Principal Architect at RMI has achieved certification as a Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC) by the Passive House Institute-US. The Passive House Standard, founded by Dr. Wolfgang Feist of the Passivhaus-Institute, Darmstad, Germany, is the most rigorous building energy...
Snowmass, CO – Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) today announced that RMI has won the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) Beyond Green High-Performance Building Award for the Institute's contribution to the Empire State Building retrofit. SBIC will present the award today on Capitol Hill in conjunction with an educational briefing for the High-Performance Buildings Congressional Caucus Coalition....