How America's Biggest Energy Consumer, the Government, Is Greening Itself

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🗓️ 4 September 2014

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In December of last year, President Obama issued an order requiring the government to get 20 percent of electricity from renewables by 2020 – up from about 7 percent today. That’s not an easy goal to achieve. The General Services Administration owns or leases more than 354 million square footage of buildings, which is enough space to fill half of Manhattan. It also manages a massive transportation fleet and must adhere to very strict cost requirements. But the shift is happening. On this week’s show, we’ll talk with Ruth Cox, GSA’s senior sustainability officer, about how renewables and efficiency are greening government buildings while saving taxpayers money. We’ll also have the latest on Hawaii’s effort to both tame and encourage solar, and look at the viability of Solar Roadways. This podcast is brought to you by SMA, the world's leading solar inverter manufacturer. The Energy Gang is produced by Greentechmedia.com. The show features weekly discussion between energy futurist Jigar Shah, energy policy expert Katherine Hamilton and Greentech Media Editor Stephen Lacey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This Podcast is brought to you by SMA, provider of the world's leading inverter technology
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0:25.0	For more, visit W. W the Energy Gang from Green Tech Media. Hello, welcome to the show.
0:45.0	Coming to you from Washington, D.C.
0:51.0	I am Stephen Lacey, a senior editor at Green Tech Media.
0:55.2	On this week's show we will be talking about how the country's biggest property owner and
0:59.5	energy consumer the US government is cleaning itself up. We'll also have the latest on
1:04.8	Hawaii's effort to both tame and encourage solar and look at the viability of
1:10.0	solar roadways. Here to help me are my regular co-host. Catherine Hamilton is in
1:15.4	Washington. She's a partner with 38 North Solutions. How's it going
1:19.3	Catherine? It's great. We've got a we finally getting summer in DC so just so that we'll appreciate it even more when Congress comes back
1:28.6	I'll take it. It won't last long
1:31.3	Jiggershaws with us in New York City as well. He's a partner with
1:34.6	clean feet investors. Hey Jigger, how are you? I'm doing well. All right, well
1:40.7	don't forget. We will be doing a live show in Jigger's backyard in New York City on September 22nd at WNYC's performance space.
1:48.6	New York Public Service Commissioner Audrey Zibbleman will be there with Sergei Monhofsky,
1:53.2	Kahn Edison's director of the utility of the future team
1:56.3	to talk about, yes, the utility of the future.
2:00.5	Rather than just hear us jabberon about it,
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