Clean Energy Calendar
december 2020
01dec4:00 pm5:00 pmWomen's Energy Network Foundation Holiday Happy Hour
Event Details
Join the WEN Foundation on Giving Tuesday for a Holiday Happy Hour! Start
Event Details
Start your holiday shopping early. Come get great holiday gift ideas and learn ways to participate in Giving Tuesday on behalf of the WEN Foundation.
During breakout sessions, participants are encouraged to share their greatest life-hack purchase that you have made for $20 or less. It can a gadget, favorite salsa, Sephora purchase…. anything that has made your life better!
Pricing:
Please consider donating to the WEN Foundation for this free event.
Registration Deadline:
November 30
Walk-in Policy:
Must pre-register
Recordings Prohibited:
WEN prohibits attendees from recording the presentation, speaker, and/or content. The presentation is property of the speaker and/or organization and is not to be removed from the event without prior written consent. The Board may and will take remedial action against any individual, member, or any program participant in the event of non-adherence to this policy. Such action may range from a private or company-led warning, to suspension of WEN membership for a stated term or a prohibition on attending future WEN events.
Data Use:
By registering for this event, you are opting to receive future email communication from the Women’s Energy Network. You may opt out at a later date.
Photography and Video Capture:
Photos, videos and screen shots captured by WEN may be used in association advertising, newsletters and other promotional materials, whether in print, electronic or other media, including the WEN website. By registering for this event, you grant WEN the right to use your likeness for such purposes.
Problems?
If you are experiencing problems registering, we recommend that you try another browser, such as Chrome. We also recommend that you register from your phone or personal computer as some companies have security settings that do not allow access to our site or some of our registration functions. If you continue to have problems or have questions, please email us at eventregistration@womensenergynetwork.org.
Members – To register for this event, please sign-in first.
Non-members – If you have not previously created an account, click Create Account, otherwise sign-in to register.
Note: Your registration is not complete until you click the “submit order” button on the next page.
This event will take place from 4:00-5:00 PM Central Time. The time shown on your confirmation may be in Eastern Time. Please convert to your local time when adding to your calendar.
| Register to Attend |
Time
(Tuesday) 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
Your computer or phone
Online presentation
Organizer
02decAll Day042020 State of NY Sustainability Conference
Event Details
2020 State of NY Sustainability Conference NEW December 2 - 4 | NYSERDA is a sponsor of, and exhibiting at, this event. The New York Coalition for Sustainability in Higher Education, Cornell University, Ithaca
Event Details
| 2020 State of NY Sustainability Conference |
NEW
December 2 – 4 | NYSERDA is a sponsor of, and exhibiting at, this event.
The New York Coalition for Sustainability in Higher Education, Cornell University, Ithaca College, and the Conference Steering Committee are pleased to invite state-wide participation in the 10th Annual State of NY Sustainability Conference. The conference will bring together faculty, staff, and students from private and public higher education institutions from across New York State for a virtual event.
This year’s theme is “Moving Forward in an Upside-Down World: Building Resilience, Adaptation, and Opportunity” seeks to showcase ways in which higher education institutions can maintain momentum and advance sustainability efforts on their campuses during this turbulent time. For more information, please visit the website below
Location: Virtual
Website: https://sustainablecampus.
Contact: Campus Sustainability Office; (607) 255-6375
Cost: Admission fee applies, Registration is required
Time
december 2 (Wednesday) - 4 (Friday)
Location
Your computer or phone
Online presentation
Event Details
Commercial & industrial (C&I) customers collectively use over half of the electricity generated in the U.S. Businesses of all sectors and sizes are increasingly setting ambitious corporate goals to use
Event Details
Commercial & industrial (C&I) customers collectively use over half of the electricity generated in the U.S. Businesses of all sectors and sizes are increasingly setting ambitious corporate goals to use clean or renewable energy to power their operations and facilities, including roughly half of the Fortune 500. In 2018, corporate buyers accounted for over one-fifth of the renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) in the U.S. and have collectively deployed over 23 GW of new renewable energy over the last 5 years. At the same time, 23 states and DC have implemented statewide greenhouse gas targets and 50 utilities have noted carbon or emission reduction goals. However, different policy and market structures constrain options available to C&I customers to buy the renewable energy they want across markets in the US. For example, RPS expansions have the potential to green the grid for all customers, but do not necessarily enable C&I customers to go beyond state established renewable energy targets. Speakers will discuss regulatory barriers to expanding C&I purchasing and opportunities to resolve these challenges.
Moderator:
Commissioner Ann Rendahl, Washington
Speakers:
• Chairman Carrie Zalewski, Illinois
• Bryn Baker, Director, Policy Innovation, Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance
• Jeff Riles, Global Energy Markets and Policy, Google
• Mariah Kennedy, Head of Data Center Energy Strategy (Global), Microsoft
Time
(Thursday) 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Your computer or phone
Online presentation
04dec12:00 pm1:15 pmClimate Conversation Part 5 - Sustainable Hudson Valley
Time
(Friday) 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Location
Your computer or phone
Online presentation
Organizer
Sustainable Hudson Valleyinfo@sustainhv.org Sustainable Hudson Valley PO Box 3364, Kingston NY 12402
07decAll Day10BECC Panels - Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference
Event Details
BECC Panels - Insights, Information, and Ideas Discount Registration Ends November 15
Event Details
BECC Panels – Insights, Information, and Ideas
Discount Registration Ends November 15
Reimagining Creativity and Inspiring Behavior Change
| Moderator: Marda Kirn, EcoArts Connections Monday, 1:15 pm EST and 10:15 am PST |
| Images and storytelling are increasingly used to improve climate change communication‚ often without the recognition that both of these tools have their foundations in the arts. Other helpful tools that have their roots in the arts include “inviting people in” instead of “pushing information out” to inspire successful attitudinal and behavior change. Learn about ways you might ally with the arts to more efficiently and effectively shift people from awareness to action. Panelists:
|
Future Framing: Considering the Future Today for Tomorrow
| Moderator: Katelyn Stenger, University of Virginia Monday 2:30 pm EST and 11:30 am PST |
| Why should we envision the future of climate change? What works? Envisioning how current conditions will play out in the future can be a powerful tool for addressing climate change by revealing various pathways to action. Panelists will discuss research investigating how we can frame decisions about the future in a way that influences climate action and how we can expand who gets to envision these futures. They will also discuss applications that align short-term action with long-term climate goals.
Panelists:
|
How Should We Talk About Climate Change to Motivate Behavior Change? New Insights from Social Science
| Moderator: Cynthia Frantz, Oberlin College Tuesday, Noon and 9:00 am PST |
| How we talk about climate change—and its solutions—matters for policy support and behavior. Panel members will briefly present new psychological research on 1) focusing on the collective nature of climate change, 2) thinking about the future, 3) emphasizing structural change, and 4) creating a bipartisan vision of decarbonization. Presentations will be followed by a solutions-focused discussion among all attendees about how to use these findings best.
Panelists
|
How to Reach the Hard-to-Reach Around the World
| Moderator: Sea Rotmann, Users Technology Collaboration Program by International Energy Agency Tuesday, 1:15 pm EST and 10:15 am PST |
| An international research collaboration investigated hard-to-reach (HTR) audiences in the residential and non-residential sectors, focusing on five countries (the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United Kingdom). We found that this HTR audience included more than 50% of energy users – and it is growing fast due to COVID-19. This session will provide insights into the HTR in different parts of the world, their broader contexts and barriers, and why we need to work harder to engage them.
Panelists:
|
Energy Behavior with Smart Thermostats: Reduced Energy and Improved Comfort
| Therese Peffer, University of California, Berkeley Tuesday, 3:30 pm EST and 12:30 pm PST |
| The panelists will explore findings from several field evaluations of smart thermostats in low-income and senior households. They will discuss new design concepts, installation and operation barriers, typical issues (e.g., language), and tested interventions. Their research reveals how users can be motivated to reduce energy consumption. They also explore whether it is necessary to use tailored applications that employ gamification and serious-game techniques.
Panelists:
|
Behavioral Strategies and Deep Measures—Enemies or Friends?
| Moderator: Mary Sprayregen, Oracle/Opower Wednesday noon and 9:00 am PST |
| Many states are looking to leverage energy efficiency to meet aggressive GHG reduction goals. But which approaches work best? Can changing human behavior drive significant emissions reductions, or do states need to focus on the built environment? New research and program approaches help illuminate the answer: We must do both. And even better: The two combined are greater than the sum of their parts.
Panelists:
|
Meeting the Call: Decision-making and Demand Response
| Moderator: Margaret Taylor, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and Stanford
University’s Precourt Energy Efficiency Center |
| This session focuses on the residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural decision-making needed to unlock the potential of demand response (DR) to balance deeply renewable grids. Panel members will discuss (1) enrollment and participation assumptions underlying the modeling of DR potential; (2) commercial building participation planning that incorporates operator and occupant preferences; and (3) sub-daily, intra-annual, and interannual visions for aligning farm irrigation with climate change adaptation and grid needs.
Panelists:
|
Maximizing Energy Savings and Mitigating Climate Change through Building Policies and Programs
| Moderator: Adam Guzzo, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Thursday noon and 9:00 PST am |
| Cities are implementing innovative policies and programs to save energy and reduce emissions in the building sector. Local leaders will share successful strategies, discuss lessons learned, and talk next steps as they work to implement these policies and programs in their communities. Participants will also get a preview of the Department of Energy’s State and Local Planning for Energy (SLOPE) Platform, a tool to enable more data-driven energy planning and decision making.
Panelists:
|
Time
december 7 (Monday) - 10 (Thursday)
Location
Your computer or phone
Online presentation
08decAll Day09NY-BEST Annual Energy Storage Technology and Innovation Conference
Event Details
NY-BEST Annual Energy Storage Technology and Innovation Conference NEW December 8 - 9 | The New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium in partnership with the Southern Tier Clean Energy Incubator, is
Event Details
| NY-BEST Annual Energy Storage Technology and Innovation Conference |
NEW
December 8 – 9 | The New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium in partnership with the Southern Tier Clean Energy Incubator, is hosting its Annual Energy Storage Technology and Innovation Conference.
Energy storage technologies have made great advances over the past 10 years and new innovations are emerging every day as energy storage technologies play an increasingly important role in our electric grid, transportation system and economy.
This unique conference will be held over two days and will include live and on-demand sessions on the latest innovations and technological advances in energy storage. For more information, please visit the website below.
Speaker: David Sandbank, Vice President, Distributed Energy Resources Technology with NYSERDA
Location: Virtual
Website: https://ny-best.org/events/
Contact: Caitlin Borger, NY-BEST New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium: (518) 694-8474
Cost: Admission fee applies, Registration is required
Time
december 8 (Tuesday) - 9 (Wednesday)
Location
Your computer or phone
Online presentation
08dec2:00 pm6:00 pmDeep Decarbonization Workshop - NYSERDA & DEC
Event Details
Deep Decarbonization Workshop presented by NYSERDA and DEC: an educational workshop to explore how the latest innovations in deep decarbonization technologies can help New York achieve nation-leading climate goals. During the
Event Details
Deep Decarbonization Workshop presented by NYSERDA and DEC: an educational workshop to explore how the latest innovations in deep decarbonization technologies can help New York achieve nation-leading climate goals.
During the workshop, attendees will be able to submit written questions to the panelists and presenters through the Q&A text box provided on the screen.
To register for the event, please click here.
Time
(Tuesday) 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location
Your computer or phone
Online presentation
Organizer
New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA)info@nyserda.ny.gov 17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203-6399
may 2021
mayAll DaymayPETITION: Beyond Indian Point
Event Details
SIGN THE PETITION HERE
Event Details
We support the closure of Indian Point nuclear plant and the transition to 100% renewable energy. We are eager to leave nuclear energy and fossil fuels behind and move forward with energy efficiency and renewable energy in our homes, businesses, and communities.
Time
Month Long Event (may)
Location
Your computer or phone
Online presentation