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Renowned speaker on leadership, change, future trends, environmental leadership, strategic change, energy efficiency and more.
Best selling author of Blindsided. A Crisis is a Terrible Thing coming 2010!
In the movie National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Chevy Chase plays Clark “Sparky” Griswold, who decorates his home with 25,000 Christmas lights. Comedy ensues as he tirelessly works to find the one burnt out bulb that’s prohibiting any of lights from coming on. The lights go live, he’s electrocuted (but survives) and the local power station has to kick into high gear to supply the power. The 1989 classic comedy is good fun and airs at this time of year.
Oil and gas subsidies worldwide total $250 billion. Peak oil is upon us. Why companies need to become energy and fuel efficient now. See my National Post column at http://bit.ly/8FU5fH
We can double the efficiency of our current electrical system with a technology that’s practical, proven, readily available, inexpensive and technologically simple.
McKinsey & Company’s report, Reducing US Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much at What Cost?, assesses more than 200 strategies for cutting carbon across 10 sectors by 2030. The stunning finding is that 40% of the North American CO2 reductions that need to be made can be achieved at a profit.
Imagine going through school and receiving no marks on your tests, essays or final exams. At the end of the year you received a single mark — not even broken out by subject. How much value would that mark have? Would you be able to improve?
In electricity planning, everything is geared to peak demand. About 15% of the total generation capacity in Ontario is required because of peak demand for 50 out of the 8,760 hours a year. In other words: Billions of dollars of capital cost are spent in developing the capacity to prepare for and supply demand which occurs only 0.57% of the time.
Green jobs are a hot topic. Barack Obama won the U.S. presidency by promising to create five million green collar jobs. Green jobs protect and restore ecosystems, reduce energy consumption, minimize or eliminate waste and pollution and can be in agriculture, manufacturing, research and development, administration and service activities.
Most of us think of SUVs as the No. 1 energy hogs, but they represent only 3% of North American CO2 emissions, while 38% is from buildings. And when you add the embedded energy of materials (8%) the figure jumps to 46%. Buildings account for 72% of electricity use, 39% of energy use and 14% of water consumption.
Our built environment is a huge opportunity for energy efficiency improvement.
I discuss how making green choices can improve your companies standing in the market in my latest column in the National Post.
“So far, we have examined how energy efficiency can cut costs and drive bottom-line profitability. But going green can also drive top-line revenue with explosive markets, committed green consumers and value-driven employees.
Companies are going green to position themselves as leaders in rapidly expanding markets….”
See the full text here: http://bit.ly/4SGs09
My column of August 28th in The National Post is all about steps corporations can take to reduce their electricity costs through virtualizing their server systems.
Read the whole story here: http://bit.ly/6CvSvV
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