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NYC Energy Efficiency Paralysis - Open Letter to Mayor de Blasio

NYC Energy Efficiency Paralysis – Open Letter to Mayor de Blasio

Energy Efficiency (aka EE) is the most confusing issue in the entire green dialog. It is about time that the FTC took actionagainst anyone claiming that energy efficiency is green all by itself. It depends. If you make a fossil-fuel-based system more efficient, arguably you are reducing GHG-emissions somewhat, but that is seriously deceptive: you are simply extending the competitiveness of…

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The Voodoo Economics of Energy Efficiency

Recent reports again draw attention to the notion that energy efficiency predicts lower mortgage default rates. Indeed, it seems obvious that energy-efficient homes are worth more, and that mortgage defaultrisk on such properties should be lower. This is…

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