NASEO News
NAIMA Names New
President and CEO
Kate Offringa has been appointed
President and CEO of the North American
Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA)
succeeding Ken Mentzer who led the
organization for 30 years. Ms
Offringa's appointment became effective
September 1, 2009. Since June, she had
held the position of interim President
and CEO, while continuing to serve as
NAIMA's Vice President of Public
Affairs. For the full press release,
please
click here.
Save the Date!
Waste to
Energy Opportunities in Wastewater
Treatment Facilities utilizing Anaerobic
Digester and CHP Concepts and
Technologies Webinar
The National Association of State
Energy Offices (NASEO), in conjunction
with the Association of State Energy
Research and Technology Transfer
Institutions (ASERTTI) and the U.S. EPA
Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
Partnership, invites the State Energy
Offices to participate in a 90 minute
webinar on energy efficiency
opportunities available for wastewater
treatment facilities (WWTF) utilizing
the generated biogas from the wastewater
treatment process through anaerobic
digesters. The webinar will take place
on September 22, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Central. Please
click here fore more information and
to register for the event.
New CSEM Working
Paper: Doing Well by Doing Good? Green
Office Buildings
The Center for the Study of Energy
Markets (CSEM) recently released "Doing
Well by Doing Good? Green Office
Buildings" as part of their Working
Paper Series. CSEM is a program of the
University of California Energy
Institute, a multi-campus research unit
of the University of California located
on the Berkeley campus. The paper
provides evidence on the economic value
of the certification of "green
buildings" – value derived from
impersonal market transactions rather
than engineering estimates. Please
click here to link directly to the
study.
ASERTTI Fall
Meeting: Exploring California's Energy
Strategies
Please mark your calendars for the
fall 2009 ASERTTI meeting, which will be
held October 5-7, 2009 in Palo Alto,
California. Hosted by the Electric
Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the
California Energy Commission (CEC), this
year's fall meeting will include a
presentation on the California Climate
Change Strategy and several discussion
panels cover such topics as Energy
Efficiency Successes, Challenges, Plans
for the Future and Renewable Energy
Barriers and Solutions. Other topics
that will be addressed at the meeting
include transportation, smart grid and
nuclear energy. Please
click here to link directly to the
ASERTTI fall meeting page for additional
agenda and registration information. |
