The Hudson Valley Smart Growth Alliance is a regional partnership of diverse interests
who have come together to build consensus on smart growth principles and promote local and regional solutions to sprawl.
Retrofit!
Keeping PACE with Energy Options
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
9:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m.
Emilie Hauser,
Estuary Training Program and League of Women Voters
Dare Thompson,
League of Women Voters
Welcoming Remarks
Gerald Benjamin,
Director & Associate Vice President, SUNY New Paltz Center for Research,
Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO)
9:40 — 10:00
New York State Energy Programs
Assemblyman Kevin Cahill,
Chair Assembly Energy Committee,
sponsor of Green Jobs / Green New York and
Property-Assessed Clean Energy bills
10:00 — 10:40
Municipal Sustainable Energy Loan Program (MSELP)
Jackson Morris, Senior Policy Advisor, Pace Energy & Climate Center PDF
Karen E. Villeneuve, Director of NYSERDA’s Residential Efficiency
and Affordability Program PDF
David Gabrielson, Councilman, Town of Bedford PDF
10:40 — 11:00
New York State Energy Conservation Code
Jolanda Jansen of the HV Smart Growth Alliance PDF
Q & A
moderated by
Barry Henck of Central Hudson Gas & Electric
11:00 — 11:30
Break for Vendor Displays and Networking
11:30 — 11:50
Green Jobs/Green NY
Karen E. Villeneuve, NYSERDA
PDF &
Simon Gruber, S3 Consulting
11:50 — 12:15
Energy $mart Programs for Municipalities,
Power Purchase Agreements &
Municipal Solar Energy Buying Cooperatives
Patrice Courtney Strong, Mid-Hudson Energy $mart Communities
PDF &
Ron Kamen, EarthKind Solar & NY Solar Energy Association
PDF
SUNY New Paltz
Lecture Center 102
1 Hawk Drive
New Paltz, NY 12561
Admission: Free
Sponsored by:
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation
Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
Hudson Valley Smart Growth Alliance
Hudson Valley Regional Council
League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Region
NYSDEC Hudson River Research Reserve Estuary Training Program
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Sustainable Hudson Valley