Learn the facts about refrigerants, how to safely manage, and the role they play in electrifying our buildings via heat pumps to get off fossil fuels!
Speakers include:
Michael Helme, New Yorkers for Cool Refrigerant Management
John Ciovacco, Aztech Geothermal
Christina Theodoridi, Climate & Clean Energy Program at NRDC
Heat pumps 101 with Hugo Jule, a clean energy & EV expert consulting with the HeatSmart Ulster-Sullivan campaign.
Learn what you can do to promote comprehensive utility energy efficiency & heat pump (not pipelines) programs!
In partnership with Renewable Heat Now, New Yorkers for Clean Power is collecting comments on the joint utility filing for the utility energy efficiency programs.
The public comment deadline is July 1st, 2019.
Submit a comment (you can use our sample): https://actionnetwork.org/letters/renewable-heat-now-for-all
The utility efficiency programs need to be well funded, accessible, provide incentives for renewable heating and cooling and not gas!
Speakers include:
Bob Howarth, Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology at Cornell University
Valerie Strauss, Director of Policy & Regulatory Affairs at Association for Energy Affordability
Jessica Azulay, Executive Director of Alliance for a Green Economy
Jens Ponikau, Owner of Buffalo Geothermal Heating & Vice President of New York Geothermal Energy Organization
Time to Get Pumped! Renewable heat pumps are good for the planet & can save you money.
Learn about renewable heat pumps in our homes and communities. Today’s heat pumps are more efficient and fossil-fuel free. Heat pumps extract heat from the air or ground to heat the air or water in your building. They can also work in reverse as air conditioners!
Speakers:
John Ciovacco, President of Aztech Geothermal
Zeyneb Magavi, District Heating Advocate with Mothers Out Front
Donovan Gordon, Director of Renewable Heating & Cooling at NYSERDA
Betta Broad, Director of NYCP and Co-founder of Renewable Heat Now!
Energy efficiency is the cheapest, easiest and fastest way to address climate change while also creating good local jobs, reducing other harmful pollution, and increasing the resiliency of our electric grid.
Some topics that the online teach-in will cover:
– What is energy efficiency and why is it important?
– A brief recap of Governor Cuomo’s Earth Day announcement, Public Service Commission white paper and next steps
– Environmental justice implications of energy efficiency
Guest speakers will include energy efficiency advocates and experts from leading environmental non-profits, community based organizations, and the energy efficiency industry. The content of the teach-in should be accessible to the non-expert and there will be an opportunity to ask questions during the last 15 minutes.
Featured speakers include:
Valerie Strauss
Director, Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Association for Energy Affordability
Conrad Metcalfe
Executive Director, Building Performance Contractors Association
Stephan Roundtree, Jr., Esq.
Environmental Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Sneha Ayyagari
Schneider Fellow, Eastern Region, Climate & Energy Program, NRDC
Betta Broad
Outreach Director, New Yorkers for Clean Power
As we ramp up efforts to push Governor Cuomo, NYSERDA and the Public Service Commission to adopt a comprehensive energy efficiency program that is as ambitious and equitable as possible, we invite clean energy advocates and climate activists from across the state to participate in this online teach-in.
The goal of the teach-in is to provide an overview of the importance of energy efficiency in meeting our climate and clean energy goals, creating green jobs and healthier homes. Guest speakers will include energy efficiency advocates and experts from leading environmental non-profits, community based organizations, and the energy efficiency industry. The content of the teach-in should be accessible to the non-expert and there will be an opportunity to ask questions in the last 15 minutes.
Featured speakers include:
Miles Farmer, Staff Attorney, Climate and Clean Energy Program, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Clarke Gocker, Director of Policy and Strategy, People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH Buffalo)
Jessica Azulay, Program Director, Alliance for a Green Economy (AGREE)
Cecil Corbin-Mark, Deputy Director and Director of Policy Initiatives, WE ACT for Environmental Justice (WE ACT)
Hal Smith, CEO, Halco Energy