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.
Main retrofit
Retrofit!

Keeping PACE with Energy Options
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
9:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m.

• Speaker Biographies Many presentations are available as PDFs


9:30 — 9:40 Welcome and Introduction 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
12:15 — 12:30 Ten Percent Challenge Michael O’Hara, Sustainable Hudson Valley PDF
12:30 — 1:00 Q & A moderated by
Manna Jo Greene, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
Panel: All Speakers + Lucy Johnson, Independent Dutchess Energy Alliance
Additional Materials Provided by Speakers:
Energy Efficient Loan Programs (PDF)
Energy Financing Model (XLS)
PACE Information Sheet (PDF)
Pace Financing website (pacefinancing.org)
Summary of NYS Climate Change Initiatives


 

Location:

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