stevestory
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| Quote (OgreMkV @ April 17 2013,14:35) | | Quote (stevestory @ April 16 2013,18:50) | After much consideration about finding a new career, I believe my:
a) physics background
b) willingness to travel
c) extreme willingness to get somewhere west of texas and forever out of the morbid obesity zone)
combined with the certitude of medium & long-term energy cost increases, mean there has to be a growing set of industries and opportunities related to increasing the energy usage efficiency of corporations, governments, small businesses, and consumers.
Problem is, it's kinda like the corrugated cardboard industry--you know there's gotta be suppliers, designers, manufacturers, etc, but you don't know offhand who the companies are, where they are, what jobs there are, who to contact, etc.
Anybody know anything about this sector? Or have any advice? Or know a guy who knows a guy?
(BTW anybody here who wants to add me to LinkedIn is free to so) |
Set yourself up as a consultant. Start a blog on that subject, then start talking with small businesses (Chamber of Commerce meetings and talks would be a good place to start). Get a rep, then start consulting with the big dogs.
A lot of the larger corporations have a group dedicated to this (my company does), but small to midsized companies might need some help. And someone to help them find all the tax breaks and capital loans to do stuff.
I read somewhere recently that if every office building in the world switched to LED-based bulbs, the global energy use would drop about 7%. I think it was the GE article about their new tube LEDs (basically just replaces a standard T-5). |
The T5 was already a big improvement, but the LEDs are amazingly better, for obv reasons. I'm holding off at the moment on buying them on the notion that they're semiconductors, and semi prices generally fall over time, and by waiting a few years I could save money, since running CFLs in the meantime really isn't a big part of a typical energy budget. Hell, just putting some insulation over my 30 yro living room window would prob save more than all my lighting costs combined.
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