Upcoming Regional Energy Efficiency Events

Green Building for Building Professionals
July 22-23, 2009, 8:00 am-5:00 pm - Grand Junction, CO
Sponsor: National Association of Homebuilders
Learn how green homes provide buyers with lower energy costs and higher value. This 2-day course for building professionals discusses strategies for incorporating green-building principles into homes without driving up the cost of construction. You will learn how green homes provide buyers lower maintenance, better indoor air quality, and better long-term value. Techniques are also discussed for competitively differentiating your home products with increased indoor environmental quality as well as energy and resource efficiency. As a graduate of this course, you will be able to:
- Locate and design green building development sites
- Control moisture and durability for each component of the building envelope effectively
- Employ resource-efficient materials to achieve comfortable, safe and sustainable buildings
- Strategize ways to meet, exceed, and verify green building energy efficiency requirements.
2009 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry
July 28-31, 2009 - Niagara Falls, NY
Sponsor: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Participants from around the world will gather for three days to discuss technical, policy, financing, and program issues related to increasing energy efficiency in industry. Presentations and discussions will relate to the theme, Timing is Everything: Moving Investment Decisions to Energy-Efficient Solutions. Attendees will include energy decision makers from industry, equipment manufacturers, government policymakers, electric and gas utility staff, energy consultants, leading industrial energy researchers, and academics. This event will offer opportunities to learn about approaches to securing your boss's support for energy efficiency, financing mechanisms to pay for your project, regulatory aspects affecting energy efficiency projects, commercially-available technologies that work, and emerging technologies likely destined to be the next big thing.
ACEEE'S 5th National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource
September 27-29, 2009 - Chicago, IL
Sponsor: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Energy
Efficiency's importance as a utility resource has never been greater than it is now. The industry faces soaring power plant construction costs, high and volatile fuel costs, growing concerns about system reliability, and increasing calls for action to address global warming. Numerous states have established aggressive new energy savings goals, pushing programs to achieve higher and higher savings. With these new requirements and goals come a variety of new challenges. This conference will bring together industry leaders to discuss the latest developments in the use of energy efficiency as a key resource for meeting customer and utility system needs and for addressing other critical economic and environmental objectives.
2009 EEBA Excellence in Building Conference and Expo
Sept. 28-30, Denver, Colo.
Sponsor: Energy and Environmental Building Association
Builders, remodelers, developers, architects, designers and manufacturers are coming to the Mile High City in big numbers with a real purpose -- to learn the science behind green and sustainable building practices, to understand new regulations and legislative measures, and to capitalize on increasing opportunities.
Greenbuild International Conference and Expo
November 11-13, 2009 - Phoenix, AZ
Sponsor: US Green Building Council
Greenbuild is the world's largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. Thousands of building professionals from all over the world come together at Greenbuild for three days of outstanding educational sessions, renowned speakers, green building tours, special seminars, and networking events. Buildings play a critical role in protecting and improving our environment and the health of the people who occupy them. USGBC’s Greenbuild Conference and Expo provides an unparalleled opportunity to connect with other green building peers, industry experts, and influential leaders as they share innovations in the green building movement.
Tribal Energy Program Review
November 16-19, 2009 - Denver, CO
Sponsor: US Department of Energy
This annual program review is intended as a forum for tribes to meet and learn from other tribes pursuing energy sufficiency through conservation or renewable energy, and share in their successes. Recognizing the increasing interest of tribes in energy efficiency and renewable energy and the benefit of tribes learning from tribes, we are opening up this meeting to Indian Country as a whole. This is a unique forum where you can get an excellent overview of the wide range of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects under way in Indian Country.
ENERGY STAR Summit
December 9, 2009 - Denver, CO
Sponsor: Smart Energy Living Alliance
This annual event brings together the best minds in the home building industry to educate home builders, contractors, architects, manufacturers, code officials, remodeling professionals, utilities representatives, students and educators about cutting-edge designs and techniques used to build high-performance homes.
AESP's National Energy Services Conference & Expo
February 8-11, 2010 -- Tucson, AZ
Sponsor: Association of Energy Services Professionals
Association of Energy Services Professionals' (AESP) National Energy Services Conference enters its 20th year with an impressive track record of gathering the industry’s thought leaders to what has become a premier annual networking and educational event. AESP members meet to exchange ideas, learn about new marketing and energy efficiency programs and gain a thorough understanding of the changes and trends that shape our industry.

For information about more events around the country related to energy efficiency and renewable energy, please visit EnergyMeetings.com.

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Last Updated: 06/30/2009