peak oil Archives - Energy Vanguard https://www.energyvanguard.com/tag/peak-oil/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:31:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 On the Edge: The North American Passive House Conference https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/on-the-edge-the-north-american-passive-house-conference/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/on-the-edge-the-north-american-passive-house-conference/#view_comments Wed, 24 Sep 2014 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=on-the-edge-the-north-american-passive-house-conference The 9th annual North American Passive House Conference happened two weeks ago in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. The Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) has been holding this conference every year since 2006, and it just keeps getting…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/on-the-edge-the-north-american-passive-house-conference/feed/ 3 Dr. Bailes to Give Keynote Speech at Texas Utility Conference https://www.energyvanguard.com/newsroom/dr-bailes-to-give-keynote-speech-at-texas-utility-conference/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/newsroom/dr-bailes-to-give-keynote-speech-at-texas-utility-conference/#view_comments Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?newsroom=dr-bailes-to-give-keynote-speech-at-texas-utility-conference Energy Vanguard’s president, Dr. Allison Bailes, will be giving a keynote speech at the spring meeting of the Texas Public Power Association. The conference is Thursday and Friday, 21-22 March 2013, in Dallas, Texas, and Dr. Bailes’s talk will be…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/newsroom/dr-bailes-to-give-keynote-speech-at-texas-utility-conference/feed/ 1 Why the IEA’s 2012 World Energy Outlook Could Be Wrong https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/why-the-ieas-2012-world-energy-outlook-could-be-wrong/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/why-the-ieas-2012-world-energy-outlook-could-be-wrong/#view_comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=why-the-ieas-2012-world-energy-outlook-could-be-wrong “Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” The Danish physicist Niels Bohr first said this, and it’s true. Of course, we all like to try anyway, and I’ve done so myself with my articles on peak oil and the…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/why-the-ieas-2012-world-energy-outlook-could-be-wrong/feed/ 7 Two More Scary Indicators of the Peak Oil Problem https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/two-more-scary-indicators-of-the-peak-oil-problem/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/two-more-scary-indicators-of-the-peak-oil-problem/#view_comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=two-more-scary-indicators-of-the-peak-oil-problem It’s been a while since my last post on the big picture of energy, so today I present to you two more metrics that show we have a serious problem. Peak oil, as I’ve written here before, brings about a…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/two-more-scary-indicators-of-the-peak-oil-problem/feed/ 15 The ACI Home Energy Leadership Summit – Big Thinking for Our Industry https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-aci-home-energy-leadership-summit-big-thinking-for-our-industry/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-aci-home-energy-leadership-summit-big-thinking-for-our-industry/#view_comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=the-aci-home-energy-leadership-summit-big-thinking-for-our-industry The ACI Home Energy Leadership Summit is an event sorely needed in our industry. Most of us focus almost entirely on understanding building science and figuring out the best home energy improvement measures or assessment techniques, but stepping back and…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-aci-home-energy-leadership-summit-big-thinking-for-our-industry/feed/ 3 What’s Your Energy Ideology? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/whats-your-energy-ideology/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/whats-your-energy-ideology/#view_comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=whats-your-energy-ideology We all have beliefs about energy, the economy, and growth. Mostly, we hold the beliefs of the people who influenced us growing up—our family, friends, and teachers—and the media voices we pay attention to. A lot of people don’t see…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/whats-your-energy-ideology/feed/ 15 8 Energy, HVAC, & Building Science Horrors to Scare You on Halloween https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/8-energy-hvac-building-science-horrors-to-scare-you-on-halloween/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/8-energy-hvac-building-science-horrors-to-scare-you-on-halloween/#view_comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=8-energy-hvac-building-science-horrors-to-scare-you-on-halloween BOO! Not scared? OK, well let me take another hack…uh…I mean, tack. Here are 8 things related to energy, HVAC, or building science that should scare the heck out of you…or at least irritate you once you understand them. Bonus…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/8-energy-hvac-building-science-horrors-to-scare-you-on-halloween/feed/ 10 Has the Long Emergency Begun? Peak Oil and the Economic Downturn https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/has-the-long-emergency-begun-peak-oil-and-the-economic-downturn/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/has-the-long-emergency-begun-peak-oil-and-the-economic-downturn/#view_comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=has-the-long-emergency-begun-peak-oil-and-the-economic-downturn Seven years ago, I became obsessed with the topic of peak oil. I had to read everything about it that I could find. I was one of the first subscribers to The Oil Drum. I went to peak oil conferences.…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/has-the-long-emergency-begun-peak-oil-and-the-economic-downturn/feed/ 12 Why Can’t Every New Home Be a High Performance Home? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/why-cant-every-new-home-be-a-high-performance-home/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/why-cant-every-new-home-be-a-high-performance-home/#view_comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=why-cant-every-new-home-be-a-high-performance-home A recent discussion on LinkedIn got me thinking about this question again. If you’ve spent any time here in the Energy Vanguard blog, you know that one of the things I do a lot is point out bad HVAC design,…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/why-cant-every-new-home-be-a-high-performance-home/feed/ 33 Cajuns, Living Down the Bayou, and Peak Oil https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/cajuns-living-down-the-bayou-and-peak-oil/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/cajuns-living-down-the-bayou-and-peak-oil/#view_comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=cajuns-living-down-the-bayou-and-peak-oil I’m not a Cajun myself, but I lived with the Cajuns in south Louisiana for eight years. In 1971, my mom moved us to that area, and we ended up in a place called Chauvin on a narrow strip of…

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