Blog posts with the tag: "Energy"
Friday 8 March 2013
In February 2002 the then US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfield made a very famous speech in which he said: ‘There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say, we know there some things we do not know. But there are also…
Thursday 7 March 2013
I am a (sceptical) fan of the current governments policies on energy efficiency and as I said in a recent Energy World article we have built some reasonable foundations for an energy efficiency policy. The launch of the Energy Efficiency Mission in February, hosted by Greg Barker, which included a letter of support from Bill…
Tuesday 5 March 2013
When comparing wind farms with conventional power stations we need to be clear about what is being compared, power or energy. A large wind farm could have a capacity (maximum power rating) of 100 MW and this would be equivalent to a 100 MW conventional power station when both are running at full output. (100MW…
Monday 4 March 2013
Having just read ‘Made to Stick’ by Chip and Dan Heath I have been pondering how to make energy efficiency a stickier idea. We all know that efficiency suffers from being very dull as well as being too technical a concept for the person in the street and that ‘improving its image’ is essential. The…
Friday 1 March 2013
I found this great example of all that is wrong with modern management in ‘Made to. Stick’ by Heath and Heath. Compare the phrase in JFK’s great speech committing America to land on the moon; ‘put a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth before the decade is out’ …
Dr Steven Fawkes
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- The journey to net zero
- The RetroMeter project: using metered energy savings to make energy efficiency more investable
- An overview of the ESCO industry
- Applying Energy Efficiency First in financial institutions
- Getting to grips with the complexities of industrial decarbonisation using soft systems
- Back in Brum – home of the Energy Service Company
- Net Zero: A New Front in the Culture Wars?
