Driven by Demand

Jimmy Y. Jia leads the Sustainable Energy Solutions Certificate program at Pinchot University, a year-long course that educates MBA students on how to incorporate energy issues into the decision making process. Together with Jason Crabtree, he founded Distributed Energy Management to help business owners transparently manage utility costs via a money management account, combining total lifecycle costs of operational and capital expenses. He has been passionate about promoting energy literacy and understanding how energy consumption affects our society since his time as a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Jimmy Y. Jia leads the Sustainable Energy Solutions Certificate program at Pinchot University, a year-long course that educates MBA students on how to incorporate energy issues into the decision making process. Together with Jason Crabtree, he founded Distributed Energy Management to help business owners transparently manage utility costs via a money management account, combining total lifecycle costs of operational and capital expenses. He has been passionate about promoting energy literacy and understanding how energy consumption affects our society since his time as a student at M.I.T. Jason Crabtree is the CEO of Rationem, a bespoke analysis, advisory and technology firm, and Chairman of Distributed Energy Management. He is a risk management and complex adaptive systems aficionado with a strong focus on the nexus of information, energy, security, and technology. He maintains deep involvement in energy, cybersecurity, and national security strategy and policy. He is a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point, an Afghanistan veteran, and a Rhodes Scholar.

'This is a brilliant, wide-ranging book about energy that explains in clear and compelling terms 'how we got here', the critical challenges facing our planet's citizens, and what to do about them. It should be on the top of the stack for policymakers involved in energy, defense, or infrastructure issues.' David E. Johnson, RAND Corporation

• Part I. Introduction: 1. You get what you ask for; Part II. Three Frameworks: 2. Energy: the product; 3. Energy: the delivery system; 4. Energy: the value proposition; Part III. Critical Decisions: 5. The international Niagara commission of 1891; 6. Trash as treasure; 7. Paying for pavement; 8. Heat, without the hot air; 9. The collision of two critical infrastructures; Part IV. Energy Futurism: 10. Towards better management of energy infrastructures; 11. Risk management in energy; 12. Resilience as a core value; 13. Exploring energy security; 14. Energy-as-a-service; Part V. Societal Advancement: 15. Bringing it all together; References; Index.