Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute assists corporations in understanding the efficiencies in their facilities and systems in an effort to achieve big, cheap energy savings. But how does the common homeowner understand their home systems? Are their tools to understand which appliances are using the most energy each month? Are their existing tools to understand water usage or understand oil / gas usage? What incentives do the general public have beyond price to conserve?

There are a variety of tools for understanding your carbon footprint according to The Wondershere :

• Global Warming Footprint (US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee)
• Zerofootprint.net
• MyFootPrint.org
• Consumer Consequences (American Public Media)

but the viewpoint here is negative (bad behavior) or promotes action that lacks understandable, measurable outcomes (how do I decide ROI of new .29 u-factor at additional $200 per window vs. lower cost w/ .33 u-factor?) I want solutions that help me maintain a standard of living in a higher cost environment the way a corporate entity wants bottom line operational numbers in a competitive environment.