PACE '10

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