The 50-watt dog and other household truths: conserving energy. (energy-efficiency expert Amory Lovins)
Economist (US), The, September, 1993
Amory Lovins is the leading expert on alternative energy and energy conservation. His Rocky Mountain Institute operates on an annual energy bill of just $600 of electricity. The buildings feature glazed windows, heavy insulation, solar panels, and air-to-air heat exchangers.
WHENEVER environmentalists gather together to sing the praises of compact fluorescent lamps or carbon-fibre cars, their paean includes the name of Amory Lovins. Nobody has tried harder to convince Americans that existing technologies might save whole oil-wells of energy and thus many barrels of dollars. Part of Mr Lovins's charm is that he practises what he so relentlessly preaches.
The Rocky Mountain Institute, the "home, bioshelter and office" in which Mr Lovins has penned his sermons...
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