SubscribeGBPro has a good post about a topic I’ve touched on before: disclosure of energy performance for buildings. There are a lot of reasons to do this, not least of all the fact that it would create a more competitive marketplace where information was more symmetrical (no market for building lemons, Akerlof would be happy). [...]
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energy issues in the built environment
Tag: retrofit
Retrofit Marketing
LBL has a new report titled Driving Demand for Home Energy Improvements. GreenTech’s headline reminds me of one of my previous posts on marketing for residential energy efficiency retrofits. It’s good to see this issue being researched seriously and the message reaching a wider audience.
Rather than just putting the information out there for the public [...]
Retrofit Finance
BEP links to an article about a finance program launched in Bellingham, WA, for retrofit activities. I don’t know much about loan loss reserve funds (anyone care to explain them to me?), but I do know that the retrofit market is need of useful financing models and mechanisms, especially since PACE seems to be going [...]