TedxBoulder - James Brew - The Value of Energy Efficiency

James Brew discusses how small changes to your house can make huge changes in our environment.

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[RecoupAerator]

"efficiency is by design" Great Talk!

[JamesScottB]

My goal with this brief talk was to convey some of Rocky Mountain Institute's (Amory's) fundamental principles of efficiency to a general audience, using story-telling.

[DoerrArchitecture]

Brilliant thoughts, presented very well.

[nanavathachundu]

Very useful talk more practical examples to be given

[samanthapowers]

Great presentation, got me hooked from the first sentence!

[donaldclark]

There are all of these great ideas from TED conferences that I don't see in my state of Missouri.  (Except for Factor E Farm)  Where are the people on the internet that I can make connections with, to effect positive change?

[cameronjohnson]

Someone should make Chinese subtitles available for this video. Great video though!

[culllaticiqsu]

I know Avasva has the best online plans ever

[InsightHomesLocal]

Great insight in this video! The simple changes really do make a difference. If you live in Delaware, we can assist you in making these types of changes!

[amitgupta]

we need to invest more in research and development of biodegradabale solar cells solaaar cells having less toxic material ---- and incresing the effeciency and using walking and electric hybrid bycycle to reduce the carbon emmisions

[tripzero]

26 panels is a lot of panels... Most roofs are not optimized for half that.

[essentialet]

I'm terrified to hear this ted talk with todays statistics.

[fbm]

Much of this is ripped off Amory's talks.