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Stanford University

Implementation of Extreme Energy Efficiency

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Overview

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Explore how to implement, spread, and scale extreme energy efficiency principles in this 2-hour lecture by Amory Lovins, renowned energy expert from Stanford University and co-founder of Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI). Recorded in February 2022, this comprehensive implementation lecture transforms obstacles into opportunities across multiple sectors. Learn about adoption drivers for new technologies, overcome integrative design challenges in buildings, discover policy solutions for mobility, understand utility regulatory reform for electricity, and explore state and local policy approaches. Dive into eight market failures that create business opportunities in energy efficiency and discover methods for creating markets for saved energy. The lecture supports Stanford's mission to spread whole systems thinking for achieving multiple benefits with increasing returns, making energy savings both larger and more cost-effective. Navigate through clearly marked sections covering everything from introduction concepts to practical market creation strategies for sustainable energy futures.

Syllabus

00:00 Introduction
09:25 Transforming Obstacles into Opportunities
13:08 Drivers of Adoption of New Technologies
23:36 Buildings: Obstacles to Integrative Design
29:19 Mobility: Policy Solutions
42:43 Electricity: Utility Regulatory Reform
53:57 Electricity: State and Local Policy Solutions
1:02:44 8 Market Failures and Business Opportunities in Energy Efficiency
1:43:00 Creating Markets for Saved Energy

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