Publisher: Energy Efficiency Markets -

After reporting on energy for more than two decades, we think we’ve become pretty good at spotting the big trends. For some time we’ve been aware that energy efficiency will influence the economy, environment, buildings, homes, businesses, transportation, and technology more permanently than anything else in energy. That’s why in 2008 we started Energy Efficiency Markets Newsletter. And that’s why now we have expanded the newsletter into a full-fledged business-to-business news site, EnergyEfficiencyMarkets.com. Our site is unique in its single-pointed focus on the energy efficiency industry. Our readers are policymakers, regulators, industry executives and thought leaders. We have many contacts in energy and know the regulatory landscape well. So EnergyEfficiencyMarkets.com uncovers leading edge trends, new policy directions, business opportunities and growing markets before they are obvious to the world. Yours is a fascinating industry and deserves engaging writing and reporting. We like to think we’re telling your story like no one else. But we don’t want to do all the talking! We’ve designed EnergyEfficiencyMarkets.com as a place for leaders and influencers to tell their own stories. Please join the conversation. You’ll find several places on this site where you can do so: Industry Perspectives, White Papers, Case Studies, Studies/Reports and of course, in commenting on articles and podcasts. We also encourage you to join our LinkedIn Group, Energy Efficiency Markets, and its subgroup, MicrogridKnowledge. Also, follow us on Twitter or tweet to @EfficiencyMkts Here is a little more about us. Elisa Wood, Editor-in-Chief Please email story ideas to Elisa@EnergyEfficiencyMarkets.com. My writing has been picked up by CNN, the New York Times, Reuters, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal Online, the Washington Post and hundreds of other sites. I started reporting on energy more than two decades ago for McGraw-Hill/Platts. Since then, I’ve also written for Bloomsbury, Renewable Energy World, Power Engineering International, Public Power Magazine, Cogeneration and Onsite Power Production Magazine, among others. I have won awards from the New England Press Association, the Iowa Press Association, and the National Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Twitter: @ElisaWood LinkedIn: Elisa Wood Facebook: EnergyEfficiencyInsights Lisa Cohn, Editor I focus on the West Coast and Midwest. Email me at Lisa@EnergyEfficiencyMarkets.com I’m the voice behind the popular Energy Efficiency Markets Podcast, which has more than 220,000 subscribers and adds 400 new subscribers a day. As the host, I love talking to you and discussing your opinions, analysis, strategies and news. Now that I’m editor of EnergyEfficiencyMarkets.com, you’ll also see more of my writing. I’ve been focusing on energy for more than 20 years, and my stories have appeared in EnergyBiz, SNL Financial, Mother Earth News, Natural Home Magazine, Horizon Air Magazine, Oregon Business, Open Spaces, the Portland Tribune, The Oregonian, Renewable Energy World, Windpower Monthly and other publications. I’m also a former stringer for the Platts/Mc-Graw-Hill energy publications. I began my career covering energy and environment for The Cape Cod Times, where Elisa Wood also was a reporter. I’ve received numerous writing awards from national, regional and local organizations, including Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Willamette Writers, Associated Oregon Industries, and the Voice of Youth Advocates. I first became interested in energy as a student at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, where I helped design and build a solar house. Twitter: @LisaECohn Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/lisaellencohn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EnergyEfficiencyInsights Kevin Normandeau, Publisher I focus on the business side of EnergyEfficiencyMarkets.com, working with sponsors looking for exposure to professionals in the energy efficiency industry, or opportunities to syndicate studies and white papers. I also work with energy industry events and associations looking for partnerships. You can reach me at Kevin@EnergyEfficiencyMarkets.com. My background is in technology and business to business publishing working with companies like PC World, AOL, and Network World. I became interested in energy efficiency while running the business and marketing operations for Data Center Knowledge, an online publication serving the data center industry. Twitter: Kevin@knormand LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-normandeau/0/2ab/5ba/ Reid Smith, Associate Editor I manage the website and the newsletter – as I have done for more than five years now – as well as feature some of my own energy writing and analysis.You can reach me at: Reid@EnergyEfficiencyMarkets.com Having collaborated with the EnergyEfficiencyMarkets.com editors on numerous energy-related web and magazine articles, I am excited to add more of my perspective to the editing team. With a background in natural sciences, a Graduate Certificate in Sustainability from Portland State University, and training received at the major clean energy trade shows over the past five years. I look forward to starting relevant conversations about how the latest issues affecting the energy efficiency market relate to the larger sustainability movement. Twitter: @EEMarketsReid