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Detroit Rallies The 2030 Districts

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 2030 district, 2030 districts, Detroit, energy, energy benchmarking, green building alliance, guardian building, pittsburgh, sustainability

Last night, I had the opportunity to attend a happy hour event sponsored by Detroit’s 2030 District, one of 26

Urban Planning Culture & Language Lifestyle

Christmas 2021: Handbuilt’s Naughty Or Nice List

December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments amtrak, authoritarianism, big gretch, climate change, climate denial, climate denialism, daqo solar, decarbonization, decarbonizing the transportation sector, department of transportation, desegregate connecticut, economic dispatch, EmPOWER MD, energy, ever given, evergrande, Gretchen Whitmer, james craig, jewish space laser, jim jordan, jinko solar, joe manchin, lauren boebert, madison cawthorn, marjorie taylor greene, maryland, matt gaetz, mayor pete, MDHHS mask mandate, mdot, MEDC, michigan covid, mike duggan, mike shirkey, mitch mcconnell, pete buttigieg, police departments, public utilities, radical socialist agenda, republican party, sara bronin, socialism, suez canal 2021, trevor pawl, trump, USDoT, uyghur china, vmt reduction, west virginia, xinjiang solar

Every year, we at Handbuilt Heavy Industries, Incorporated, feel the need to wrap up with a Christmas-y list of everyone who

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Energy Utilities

Community Solar: Coming To A Michigan Near You?

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments CMS, coal, Coalicia, community solar, community solar power, Consumers Energy, decarbonisation, decarbonization, DERs, distributed energy resources, distributed generation, energy, fossil gas, jackson michigan, lobbying, natural gas, net metering, photovoltaic, photovoltaics, pv, pv solar, rooftop solar, sarah nielsen, solar, solar panel, solar power, solar pv, utilities, war on coal

DTE and CMS took the unusual step of tag-teaming a new announcement about community solar, a novel model for photovoltaic power generation development, in the Mitten state, where fossil fuels continue to dominate the generation mix.

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Energy Efficiency Poverty Energy Utilities

Energy Burden: How To Measure? How To Reduce?

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments air source heat pump, analytics, CDD, census, census tracts, cooling climate, cooling degree days, decarbonization, EIA, energy, energy efficiency, energy poverty, energy waste reduction, federal poverty line, first energy, HDD, heat pumps, heating climate, heating degree days, LMI, low to moderate income, low-income, metrics, mini-split, pepco, potomac edison, potomac electric power company, program evaluation, red states, reducing energy burden, Rust Belt, smeco, statistics, Tony Reames, urban energy justice lab, utilities, wgl

Measuring energy burden is relatively straightforward. Figuring out how to create robust metrics for it, though– and how to address it- is much more challenging.

Energy Utilities

Time-Of-Use Pricing Is Coming. Here’s How To Make Sure You’re Ready.

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments air conditioning, blackout, blackouts, brownout, climate change, energy, energy efficiency, energy waste reduction, ERCOT, extreme temperatures, heat pump, heat pumps, kilowatt-hours, kwh, peak, peak demand, peak demand surcharge, power grid, power grids, seals & crofts, summer, summer breeze, texas blackouts, time-of-use pricing, utilities

Time-of-use pricing is (most likely) coming to a utility near you, if it hasn’t arrived already. Here’s what you need to know.

Business & Economics Tech

Bitcoin and the Energy Illogic of Cryptocurrency

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments bitcoin, bitcoin SV, blockchain, BTC, coinbase, coinmarketcap, crypto, cryptocurrency, cryptographhy, energy, ETH, ethereum, kilowatts, kola nuts

The price collapse of Bitcoin today raises some valuable questions about the value– and environmental impact- of continuing to use it and mine it.

Sustainability Energy Environment

Best Nerds Studio, the UIC SISE Podcast, Launches After Six Years

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments advanced photon source, AFSCME, ANL, APS, argonne national lab, brook abegaz, bry osmonson, cameron mccarthy, cannabis, charles oladimeji, chicago, chicago navy pier, electrification coalition, energy, energy research, george crabtree, hemp, ian munroe, ICF, ignacio bañarez sánchez, JCESR, joint center for energy storage research, junli li, kelly osterman, kelsey zlevor, KPG, kunal sahasrabuddhe, lemont illinois, london school of economics, loyola university chicago, lynn trahey, maram falk, Nat Zorach, o'hare airport, richard j. daley, RMI, robert matthew ireland, rocky mountain institute, SISE, summer institute on sustainability and energy, sustainability, texas instruments, thomas alaan, UIC, UIC SISE, university of illinois chicago, virginia whorley, will drier

On Sunday, I had the opportunity and privilege to co-host the inaugural podcast of the Summer Institute on Sustainability and

Energy Efficiency Policy Energy

Detroit’s Green Task Force Looks Toward Benchmarking, PACE, Energy Codes

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 2030 district, bali kumar, ben dueweke, bob bedzyk, city of detroit sustainability office, connie lilley, detroit city council, detroit council, detroit public schools, ecologic institute, EcoWorks, elise matz, energy, energy benchmarking, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy waste reduction, energystar, Joel Howrani-Heeres, josh musicant, kendal kuneman, latia leonard, max gruenig, michal helman, michigan public service commission, POCACITO, policy, randy hargraves, Regulation, scott benson, utilities, utility policy, walker-miller, walker-miller energy services

The Energy Waste Reduction Committee of the Detroit Green Task Force met yesterday morning to talk shop for the last

Energy Efficiency Home Improvement & DIY Construction Energy

DIY Energy Tips: Insulating Boiler Pipe

December 7, 2020December 10, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments boiler, boiler loop, boilers, comfort, DIY, DIY energy, DIY energy projects, DIY projects, energy, energy efficiency, energy savings, fiberglass, home comfort, home improvement, home renovation, hot water boiler, hydronic, hydronics, infrared, insulating boiler pipe, insulation, manifold, mineral wool, pipe insulation, pipe wrap, radiant barrier, radiant heat, reduce utility bill, Renovation, rockwool, roxul, steam boiler, thermal, thermal comfort, water boiler, water heating, winter

Got a boiler? Insulate your pipes to save you some bucks.

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MPSC December Meeting: Neighborhood-Level Equity and Energy

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments affordable housing, Brad Banks, Briana Parker, CMS, Consumers Energy, Detroit, DTE Energy, economic justice, Elevate Energy, energy, energy justice, housing, Indiana Michigan Power, mary templeton, metro detroit, michigan, michigan public service commission, MPSC, public utilties, racial justice, racism, redlining, SEAS, segregation, SEMCO, Sharonda Williams-Tack, Sierra Club, Tim Skrotzki, Tony G. Reames, Tony Reames, utilities, water justice

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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