Roy Torbert

Roy Torbert

Boulder, Colorado, United States
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I'm a clean energy and decarbonization leader and Chief Operating Officer for Third…

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    Third Derivative

    Boulder, Colorado, United States

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    San Francisco, California

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    Boulder, Colorado, United States

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    Boulder

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    Boulder, CO

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    Boulder, CO

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    Boulder, CO

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    McLean, Virginia

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    Brussels, Belgium

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  • The missing link: Transforming deep retrofits into financial assets

    Corporate Real Estate Journal

    This 6000 word article fully describes the methodology to calculate and present a full assessment of the value creation and risk mitigation resulting from deep retrofit investment necessary to support capital investment in capital scarce working environments.

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  • Non-Hardware ("Soft") Cost-Reduction Roadmap for Residential and Small Commercial Solar Photovoltaics, 2013—2020

    National Renewable Energy Laboratory

    Why does Germany, a country with the same amount of sun on a yearly basis as Alaska, have residential solar costs half that of the U.S.? Why have solar panel prices dropped significantly while whole-system cost has remained relatively high?

    The answer is in the soft costs of solar PV—all the non-hardware-related costs of installing a solar PV system.

    To bring down the costs of solar PV in the U.S., RMI implores the solar industry to dedicate some energy away from the rallying…

    Why does Germany, a country with the same amount of sun on a yearly basis as Alaska, have residential solar costs half that of the U.S.? Why have solar panel prices dropped significantly while whole-system cost has remained relatively high?

    The answer is in the soft costs of solar PV—all the non-hardware-related costs of installing a solar PV system.

    To bring down the costs of solar PV in the U.S., RMI implores the solar industry to dedicate some energy away from the rallying points du jour (net-energy metering and the investment tax credit), which may only have short-term benefits, and focus on efforts that will make PV most competitive in the long run—reducing soft costs. RMI has had an institutional focus on lowering soft costs since 2008, including prominent, RMI-led multi-stakeholder workshops and substantial research and engagement with developers/financiers, installation contractors, equipment designers, city governments, and utilities. With the new release of our soft cost roadmap report with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), RMI has charted a path to guide soft cost reduction.

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  • The RMI-BOMA Guide for Landlords and Tenants

    BOMA

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Honors & Awards

  • Academic Achievement Award

    GEICO Inc.

  • Army ROTC Battalion Commander's Award (2006 and 2007)

    William and Mary Army ROTC

  • High Five Award

    Booz Allen Hamilton

  • National Security Scholarship

    National Security Education Program

Languages

  • English

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  • Arabic

    Limited working proficiency

  • French

    Professional working proficiency

  • Spanish

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