water heaters

Can Water Heaters Be As Sexy As A Tesla?

Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Margaret McCall How grid-interactive water heaters are joining the battery revolution Of all the new tech emerging on the energy landscape, water heaters seem an unlikely contender. Alongside battery players like Tesla, with its Model X and Powerwall, water heaters look like even more … [continued]

How Would A 100% Distributed Energy Grid Work?

Below is another initial version of an article I wrote for The Economist Group’s GE Look Ahead website (months ago). This one focuses on how a 100% or nearly 100% distributed energy grid would work, assuming a hypothetical grid like this ever came about. Again, this article seemed like something that CleanTechnica … [continued]

Demystifying the ENERGY STAR Rating

  The U.S. Energy Information Administration released a new ‘Today in Energy’ article today looking at the adoption of ENERGY STAR equipment and how adoption varies between appliances. Today in Energy are “topical, timely, short articles with energy news and information you can understand and use,” and the most recent … [continued]