Bob Graves

Graves draws on more than 25 years of experience working with private sector companies, nonprofits and state and local governments.

In the 1980s as a co-founder of e.Republic, Graves was instrumental in establishing the Government Technology event and publishing divisions of the company. These divisions expanded rapidly from a single Government Technology Conference in Sacramento, California (1987) to scores of regional and local conferences and print and online publications serving the government and IT sectors.  As e. Republic’s Chief Administrative Officer and president, Graves helped orchestrate the company’s growth into new sectors of research and online publishing.

In 2006, capitalizing on his academic training in environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Graves co-founded and served as president and editor-at-large of Green Technology, a California based nonprofit organization providing strategy and leadership for clean and sustainable communities. Bob helped produce three international “Governors’ Global Climate Summits” with a team from then California Governor Schwarzenegger’s office.  He has also headed the production of numerous conferences on green technology, moderated roundtables on high performance buildings and guided training activities for over 5,000 building officials and design/construction professionals on CALGreen - California’s new green building code.

Recent Articles

  • The Democratization of Power
  • Sep 23, 2013
  • Our one-way, hub-and-spoke model for delivering electricity dates back to the days of Thomas Edison. But disruptive technologies are enabling a new model that will transform utilities as we know them.
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  • One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure
  • Aug 26, 2013
  • By reusing, recycling or composting everything possible, the Canadian city of Edmonton is on its way to reaching the seemingly impossible goal of diverting 90 percent of trash from landfills.


  • A Moore's Law for Energy?
  • Jun 24, 2013
  • The ways we produce and distribute energy are going to change, with end users empowered much as in the world of computing. What we can't predict is when that will happen.




  • When Cheaper Isn't Better
  • Feb 25, 2013
  • Governments are beginning to look at energy and other life-cycle costs in their purchasing. It's about more than saving money.

  • Lighting the Way to Cleaner Air
  • Jan 28, 2013
  • The way we light our streets can do more than save money for the taxpayers. It can contribute significantly to reducing air pollution.

  • Next Generation Street Lighting Toolkit
  • Jan 14, 2013
  • Public sector LED street lighting is an emerging market with tremendous potential for local governments to significantly reduce electricity costs, environmental impacts and maintenance while enhancing lighting quality. Technology is not the major issue. The real challenge is money and appropriate funding models will be critical drivers in the transformation of street lighting. Upgrading existing city street lighting is a capital intensive investment undertaking at a time when municipal governments are fiscally challenged. This toolkit is provided as a resource to help move these projects forward from start to successful implementation.
  • 1 Comments

  • LED Street Lighting Interview with David Gassaway
  • Jan 14, 2013
  • Get a hands-on perspective on what it takes to start a citywide street lighting upgrade project. Governing Senior Fellow, Bob Graves interview with David Gassaway, management analyst, City of Rancho Cordova, California.
  • 1 Comments


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