Why isn't there a Building Efficiency Trade Association

02.08.2010 | 15:02:00 pm | Posted by Cleantech Blog

Is it time for a real trade association for the Building Efficiency industry?I was thinking about this today. For those of you that have been a part of the efficiency industry for a long time, you know that it is like a greyhound race.Companies running as fast as they can to realize the dream only to come up short on actually catching the rabbit.Energy Efficiency in the US alone is estimated to have $440B of potential by LBNL and over $3 Trillion when calculating the ultimate economic potential by 2030.As the costs of new electricity, water, and natural gas capacity continues to rise, saving ...

 
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