Energy Sleuths in Pursuit Of the Truly Green Building by Richard Conniff : Yale Environment 360
This article is bringing me back to just less than a year ago when I was neck deep in the renewable energy industry. I was planning on getting BPI (Building Performance Index) training that would have trained me to do these types of audits on residential homes. This is a huge, huge deal that I think needs to expand, and fast.
As an uneducated consumer I was unaware of how much savings I would have by going through these steps. Then, getting into the industry I began seeing how much savings could be had and the positive impact or rather decreasing negative impact it would have on the environment. With homes, something as minor as replacing light bulbs with LEDs or even compact fluorescents make so much sense. Even though they cost a lot more upfront, not only do they last much longer than conventional light bulbs, but they use extremely smaller amounts of energy, saving the consumer utility costs.
Although I'm (currently) no longer formally involved in the renewable energy industry I cannot help but see the necessity behind clean tech. Although I'd much prefer us going back to living off the land, it doesn't seem like a likely occurrence; at least not in the near future.
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