RMI’s Approach to Energy

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) – RMI’s Approach to Energy
http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid116.php

RMI 提出的 Approach to Energy 是必知要點，希望我沒有譯錯和舉錯例子…

End-Use/Least-Cost Thinking
金錢掛帥 – 用戶要的是服務，不是能源；能推動他們的是服務的售價，而不是能源。

smart energy meters (Centameter) (使用國家︰英國、美國、澳洲、紐西蘭)

cent-a-meter™ – cent-a-meter Brochure
http://www.centameter.us/download/centameterbrochure.pdf

讓人即時知道用了多少電，它會顯示每小時電力花費、產生多少二氧化碳造成溫室效應、室內溫度和濕度。
家居從而節省 25% 電費，英國每年每家庭慳 200 英鎊，等同減少了 2 噸的二氧化碳。

Phicons – Social coercion and the EU law on smart energy meters
http://www.phicons.com/index.php/2006/07/26/social-coersion-and-the-eu-law-on-smart-energy-meters/

DTI (Department of Trade & Industry) – Smart Metering: Introduction of
http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/environment/efficiency/smart-metering/index.html

Electrisave
http://www.electrisave.co.uk/

Alan Poon’s Blog – 好文推介
http://alanpoon.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/好文推介-2/

A Watt Saved is a Watt Earned/Demand-Side Management
節省等於生產更多
“There’s no cheaper, cleaner power than power you don’t have to produce.”

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) – E05-16, Energy End-Use Efficiency
http://www.rmi.org/images/other/Energy/E05-16_EnergyEndUseEff.pdf

What Exists is Possible
地上有 $20 元，你會撿起它嗎？
有效率科技、設計的確存在

Systems Thinking
宏觀來看，做事要有連繫。別只解決眼前問題，導致問題的轉移或創出新問題。

Tunnel Through the Cost Barrier
效率不會減少回報，回報反而比不做多。

Slide copied from

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) – E03-13, Designing a Sustainable Energy Future—Integrating Negawatts with Diverse Supplies at Least Cost
http://www.rmi.org/images/other/Energy/E03-13_DsnSusEnrgyFuture.pdf

Market-Oriented Solutions
減少能源售價補貼、移除能源效率的障礙；獎賞節約能源的工程師和設計師；教育公共事業和企業有關有利可圖的節省能源機會，增加市場功能。

Regulatory Change
條例能刺激能源公司去投資能源效率。

Small is Profitable
淘汰大電廠式的中央電力系統。代以更平、更清潔、更靈活、更快配置和更少風險的小型電廠。