Comments on: New data initiative aims to quantify green retrofit savings /news/2010/06/02/new-data-initiative-aims-to-quantify-green-retrofit-savings-2/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:08:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 By: Old Town /news/2010/06/02/new-data-initiative-aims-to-quantify-green-retrofit-savings-2/#comment-99237 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:16:46 +0000 /?p=54332#comment-99237 “The idea here is that if underwriters can determine a predictable savings from retrofits, then they can create a financial instrument backed by these savings to sell on the open market.”

Isn’t this the type of thinking that brought about the recession? Saving energy with its attendant benefits in lowering consumption of fossil fuels needs to be accomplished without waiting for some few to make a financial killing.

A Perspective

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