Clean Energy Calendar

The Buildings Upgrade Prize (Buildings UP) provides more than $22 million in cash prizes and technical assistance to support the transformation of existing U.S. buildings into more energy-efficient and clean energy-ready homes, commercial spaces, and communities.

Join the U.S. Department of Energy and America-Made prize administrators as they present everything you need to know about competing in Buildings UP. This webinar will include timelines, deliverables, and prize rules as well as a live Q&A.

Learn more here.

Register here.

Every year the state drafts a budget with real consequences for everyday New Yorkers. Join the Energy Democracy Alliance (EDA) for a discussion on how the budget process works, ways to get plugged into EDA campaigns and our budget fights, and how we can build power to ensure the budget actually serves disadvantaged communities. We’ll be talking through a variety of energy democracy and economic justice budget priorities, including:

• Utility Debt Cancellation
• Energy Efficiency for Disadvantaged Communities
• Public Power

Hear from expert speakers, share what you want to see in a 2024 state budget, and help advance a budget that provides safe, healthy housing and affordable, renewable energy to all!

Register here.

We Are The Future Summit will be held in February 2023 as a one-day live summit, powered by Minority Millennials and City & State NY held in person at Nassau Coliseum for the whole region to attend. The live programming for attendees will consist of live groundbreaking sessions and leadership insights from the emerging wave of diverse thought leaders, keynote presentations by notable corporate, nonprofit, and government executives, lunch, and an exciting networking cocktail reception.

We are uniting creative leaders from across the New York Metropolitan areas, focused on supporting next generation talent, entrepreneurs, emerging leaders, executives, and government leaders.

See the full agenda, speaker list, and register here.

Join us for our upcoming UGREEN webinar series! The series, titled “Funding Clean Energy Projects and Building the Workforce,” is made up of two one-hour webinars featuring a great cast of presenters.

Part 2 in the series, this webinar will focus on the Inflation Reduction Act and opportunities for funding clean energy projects.

We are excited to have two presenters from NEEP, Northeastern Energy Efficiency Partnerships:

Chase Macpherson, Community Decarbonization Associate at Northeastern Energy Efficiency Partnerships

Aditi Dalal, Energy Policy Associate at Northeastern Energy Efficiency Partnerships

Register here.

This presentation will discuss how energy foundations were successfully used on a commercial building as part of delivering an all-electric building in lower Manhattan, New York, and will provide some lessons learned and guidance on future projects

Speaker: Tony Amis of Endurant
Topic: Delivering a Geo Solution in Dense Urban Areas

Register here.

Are you interested in pursuing a career in the humanities, sciences, or public policy? Do you want to learn more about the opportunities available? Sunrise Westchester is hosting a virtual Environmental Career Fair featuring eight panelists with diverse careers under the environmental umbrella. Panelists will discuss the path to their current position and what a day at their job entails. Participating is a great way to explore some of the many pathways the environmental field offers!

The career fair will take place over Zoom on Thursday, February 9th, from 7:00-8:30 pm.

Middle and high school students are the target age group for our fair, but folks of all ages are welcome to join! If you or your organization would like to help share information about our event, please let me know. Thank you!

Register for the event here.

Join Renewable Heat Now for our next monthly virtual power hour! We’ll strategize about how to get the entire Renewable Heat Now legislative package passed this session, go over how to respond to the fossil fuel industry’s misinformation, do a social media action, and more! We’ll also have breakouts for our regional lobbying teams to plan the next steps to win more support from legislators in your area. All are welcome to attend! Even if you’re new to the movement for renewable heat, we’ll get you plugged in! If you haven’t joined a regional lobby team yet, you can sign up to join one at bit.ly/RHNteams.

We urge you to invite 3 friends who are concerned about climate change to join you. We learn together, celebrate successes together, and take action together during our meetings, and folks leave feeling empowered!

Register here.

The Ashokan Center, Center for Sustainability & Climate Education, Dutchess County BOCES , and the Mid-Hudson Teacher Center [MHTC] are hosting a  youth climate leadership intensive from February 12-14, 2023.

Teams of 4 students (grades 7 – 11 in the ‘22 – ‘23 school year) and 1 teacher (teacher, administrator or buildings & grounds staff) are invited to participate in this collaborative, and empowering 3-day leadership intensive. Each team will investigate impactful solutions in three key areas: food, fashion, and energy.

A truly unique opportunity for young leaders to:

• Experience conversations facilitated by youth & adult experts
• Become inspired by climate scientists and innovators
• Practice and build leadership, partnership, and presentation skills
• Learn self-care, resilience, and perseverance techniques
• Work through feelings of hopelessness and disconnection
• Connect and collaborate with like minded peers

Cost is $2,500 per team. We offer partial scholarships and flexible pricing to schools or students who require financial assistance. Please contact us for more information. Public schools are eligible for State Aid through a BOCES COSER. Other sources of funding include: Education or Science Foundations, PTA/PTO, fund raising.

Register and learn more here.

Come learn how climate policy is being shaped in Poughkeepsie at HVCAN’s Morning Coffee session on Tuesday, February 14th.

Sarah Brannen, Former Poughkeepsie Common Council Member and Partners for Climate Action Advisor, will join Sarah Salem, Former Poughkeepsie Common Council Chair and Director of the Hudson Valley Food System Coalition, to discuss Community Choice Aggregation, Waterfront Development and Historic Preservation in the Queen City of the Hudson.

When: Tuesday, February 14, 8:30 – 9:30 AM
Virtual Session: Please register here.

Please join us on Wednesday, February 15 at 1:00 p.m. ET for an offshore wind webinar as part of NYSERDA’s Learning from the Experts series. John Mansolillo with Ørsted will discuss the development and implementation of emergency response plans for offshore wind, including regulatory requirements and coordination within the industry. John Mansolillo is Marine Affairs Manager of the Ørsted America’s Northeast region, where he shepherds projects through the permitting, construction, and operations phases with close coordination from marine stakeholders such as the Coast Guard, commercial shipping, and fishing interests.

Learning from the Experts is an educational webinar series hosted by NYSERDA’s Offshore Wind Team and features independent experts speaking on key offshore wind topics, including wind farm technologies, development practices, regulatory processes, and research initiatives. Visit NYSERDA’s Learning from the Experts webpage for more information on the webinar series.

Register for the event here.

The NYS Clean Heat Utility Joint Management Committee (JMC) will host the next quarterly meeting of the Working Group Series for Participating Contractors and Industry Partners. This series is billed as an ongoing platform for contractors and industry partners affiliated with NYS Clean Heat to discuss program improvements and address questions related to the program.

Register here.

With extreme weather due to climate change becoming a dangerous and costly reality, our focus this year will be to explore pragmatic solutions through resiliency, mitigation and adaptation. Every April, The Symposium on Energy has successfully covered the most relevant and up to date renewable energy policy, with top national speakers presenting and discussing up to date and cutting edge information. This year the topic is Resilience and Mitigation: Preparing for Climate Change with Renewable Energy. Our first announced featured speaker for 2023 is ELIZA HOTCHKISS, Senior Resilience Analyst & Group Manager Energy Security and Resilience Center, NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado), who leads the research on resiliency solutions for the United States government.

Other state and national leading experts will include these important topics:

* Grid Preparation for Vulnerability, Resiliency with Renewable Energy

* The Importance and Future of Energy Storage

* Energy Justice Impacts and Need for Resiliency in the Minority Communities

* Jobs For the New Market in Resiliency

* New York State Plans for Resiliency

Rates:

In person: including breakfast and lunch: $95

Students: $50

Online: $75

Register for online or in-person here.

NY-GEO’s annual conference brings together the best of the best in the geothermal heat pump industry. The conference will be hosted at the Albany Marriott April 26-27 and will include dynamic Main Stage presenters, educational breakout sessions, and dynamic exhibitors showcasing equipment and information, along with plenty of time to mix, mingle and connect.

Learn more and register here.

Learn more about sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities here.

Reserve a room at the Albany Marriott at the NY-GEO 2023 rate (which expires April 14^th) here.