Clean Energy Payback


What's a kWh? I only speak $$$.

Whenever I’m discussing energy conservation or renewable energy expenditures with customers for my job or readers of the Mapawatt Blog the question almost always comes up:  What’s my payback? Unfortunately this isn’t as easy to answer as one may think.

Organizations and individuals undertake clean energy projects (energy conservation … continue reading

Ray Anderson – Profits, People, Purpose


Yesterday I had the chance to see one of my heroes of sustainability speak in Atlanta.  Ray Anderson was promoting his new book Confessions of a Radical Industrialist: Profits, People, Purpose–Doing Business by Respecting the Earth at an author lecture series.  Ray wrote the first book I read that dealt solely with the … continue reading

Solution to U.S. Industry: Sustainability


Below is a great video from TED of Interface Carpet’s CEO Ray Anderson.  Mr. Anderson’s book, Mid-Course Correction was one of the first books I read on Sustainability and really got me thinking:  If this guy can turn his company from a polluter to a sustainable operation, why can’t all companies do the … continue reading

Sustainable Inspirational Books


This list is a work in progress. Please let me know of any … continue reading

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