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Doris Ikle
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- Bethesda, MD
- United States
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- CMC Energy Services
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- Energy Auditor, Economist, Alliance to Save Energy Lifetime Achievement Award
- Professional Interests
- Develop, design and implement home energy efficiency programs, focusing on home buyers and income eligible homes. Inventor of a thermal/solar window shade to be installed by homeowner (2 patents). Designed and marketed slide-rule to calculate home energy savings and costs. Authored books and articles on home energy efficiency. Founder and CEO of energy efficiency business.
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- http://www.cmcenergy.com
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A Solution for Appraising Efficiency- The buyer's point of view
How much is it worth to a home buyer to invest in energy efficiency improvements? A minimum estimate is that the annual savings on the energy bill pay for the annual cost of the investment when financed. This removes the primary reason for home buyers not to invest in energy efficiency -- lack of money. When faced with a choice of continuing to pay for wasted energy or making improvements that will make the house more comfortable and more valuable, buyers will opt for the…
ContinuePosted on October 11, 2011 at 9:00pm — 20 Comments
Persuading 5-Million Home Buyers to Invest in Energy Efficiency
Federal and state governments are deploying billions of dollars in an unprecedented push to weatherize America’s existing homes in order to save energy and create jobs. However, the programs piloted by the government during the past decade, and more recently by the utilities, do not yet come close to being able to meet these goals. America can no longer afford to measure program ramp-up time in terms of years, nor should the public have to spend thousands of…
ContinuePosted on December 10, 2010 at 10:44am — 5 Comments
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