In Search Of Cheap, Scalable Solutions For Grid Resiliency
The extreme weather event affecting about two thirds of the United States right now suggests the need for small-scale interventions that can be scaled over an entire market.
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Energy
This Doesn’t Happen In A Normal Climate– Or Power Grid
An unusual winter storm in the Lone Star State is prompting the grid operator to orchestrate voluntary blackouts– asking people to shut off power voluntarily. Climate change, power reliability, and the state of infrastructure in the United States in 2021.
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EV Charging Infrastructure: From Demand To Reality
One of our readers asked us to write a piece about how electric vehicle chargers even get installed at scale.
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ACEEE Scorecard: Michigan is Behind The Times? Again!?
ACEEE scored 30 states based on a variety of metrics around electric vehicle adoption and electrification. Michigan is again behind the times.
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Let The Sun Shine In, Alberta: Beyond Oil in a Biden Administration
The election of Joe Biden, whose opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline has riled Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, provides us with some opportunities to think about the future of the province’s economy, which has long been dependent upon oil extraction.
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Detroit’s Green Task Force Looks Toward Benchmarking, PACE, Energy Codes
The Energy Waste Reduction Committee of the Detroit Green Task Force met yesterday morning to talk shop for the last
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DIY Energy Tips: Insulating Boiler Pipe
Got a boiler? Insulate your pipes to save you some bucks.
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MPSC December Meeting: Neighborhood-Level Equity and Energy
Dr. Tony G. Reames of the University of Michigan, Briana Parker of Elevate Energy, and others presented at an MPSC meeting on some approaches to the question of equity in energy efficiency for low-income communities and communities of color.
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Rehabbed or Pre-Habbed? Two Approaches To Distressed Real Estate
Handbuilt’s approach to real estate development involves taking guesswork out of the equation at the beginning of a project by creating a set of construction schedules, scopes, scans, and images using a Matterport camera.
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“What, Me Maintain Critical Infrastructure?” The Problem With Privatization
The Edenville Dam collapse in Michigan highlights the problem of what happens when critical infrastructure is deregulated– and privatized.
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