We Need a Fuel Sticker for Buildings

Energy Gang

Wood Mackenzie

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🗓️ 9 November 2015

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We use labels to advertise fuel economy of automobiles and the efficiency of appliances. Why don’t we do the same thing for our buildings? There are now 16 cities around the U.S. with building energy disclosure laws in place. Early data shows the laws are working to encourage efficiency measures and behavior change. But how far can they take us? In this week’s show, we’ll talk about the effectiveness of building energy disclosure laws with Cliff Majersik, the executive director of the Institute for Market Transformation. In the second half of the show, we’ll dissect President Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline and discuss why SolarCity’s stock has taken such a big hit. This show is sponsored by Huawei Technologies. Find out more: http://www.huawei.com/us/ Find out more about our new premium service, GTM Squared: http://www.greentechmedia.com/squared 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	The Energy Gang is brought to you by Huawei Technologies. From devices to telecom
0:05.4	infrastructure to cloud computing and convergence solutions,
0:08.4	Huawei is rethinking every link in the IT chain to deliver a better future faster.
0:14.0	Huawei is now offering its fusion solar PV solution, a unique approach to integrating,
0:18.6	optimizing, and digitizing solar power plants.
0:21.3	See how to improve your solar project at wahwe dot com. That's huah w e i dot com.
0:31.8	For the week of November 9th, 2015, this is the Energy Gang from Green Tech Media.
0:37.0	Welcome all in this show. We're going to look at some important trends in building
0:47.8	efficiency. There's been a lot of movement around the country in the last couple of
0:51.3	years on this front, particularly when it comes to
0:53.4	energy disclosure laws, and we'll ask what it all adds up to for our building stock.
0:58.4	Then, Keystone Excel. After a seven-year battle over the Tar sands pipeline, President Obama decided to kill it.
1:05.4	We'll recap the controversy and we'll finish up with a discussion about Solar City.
1:10.4	The company has been rocked by the stock market. It is the latest company to get hit hard. We'll ask why.
1:17.0	In Washington, D.C. I'm Stephen Lacey, a senior editor with Green Tech Media.
1:20.0	Catherine Hamilton is with 38 North Solutions in DC. How are you?
1:25.0	Great, this is the first week and a long string that I have not had to travel, so I'm very happy.
1:31.0	Jaker Shaw is with Generate Capital in New York City.
1:34.0	How are you, sir? Traveling much these days or staying home?
1:37.0	No, staying home and trying to get the requisite amount of sleep while keeping a child alive. Our guest is in Washington, D.C.
1:46.0	Cliff Madersik is the Executive Director of the Institute for Market Transformation,
1:50.0	which is a nonprofit that focuses on transformative efficiency policy for
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