Last-Mile Delivery in Transportation

Description: As COVID accelerates e-commerce and delivery, industry leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders are looking for opportunities to reduce the energy intensity and emissions impacts of last-mile delivery through rapid electrification. There is limited use of EVs in light duty fleets today. In the medium-duty space, there have been high-profile announcements and media speculation about electric delivery vans, though actual numbers on the roads today are negligible. State and local governments are also considering policy levers to accelerate the transition in order to meet climate goals and improve local air quality. Options under consideration include EV sales mandates, EV fleet purchase requirements, zero emission zones, incentive programs, and more. Join us to hear from experts working on the front lines of last-mile fleet electrification.

Moderator: James Hall, Manager, Public Policy, General Motors

Speakers: Kevin Walkowicz, Senior Director, Trucks and Off-Road, CALSTART; Ben Prochazka, Director, Strategic Initiatives, Electrification Coalition; Carol Lee Rawn, Senior Director, Transportation Program, Ceres

Accelerating the Recovery – Cooling and District Energy

Description: The Accelerating the Recovery series explores how energy efficiency policies and investment in different sectors can contribute to global economic recovery. The webinars leverage the experience of the SEforAll Energy Efficiency Accelerators in scaling up collaborative public-private program models. This event will focus on accelerating the global economic recovery with a focus on energy efficient cooling and district energy. Panelists will discuss how global collaborations such as the District Energy in Cities Initiative, Cool Coalition, and Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program are helping countries meet their growing energy needs while mitigating climate emissions by transitioning to affordable and efficient cooling and district energy solutions. The discussion also will highlight the critical partnership role of private sector companies in scaling up these efforts, building resilient integrated energy grids, and putting people back to work.

Moderator: Axum Teferra, Associate Director, Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program

Speakers: Jean Cornell, Senior Policy Analyst, Daikin US Corporation; Benjamin Hickman, Regional Technical Advisor for Asia and Europe, UNEP; Ashok Sarkar, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank

Connected Building Systems

Description: This webinar will highlight how the connection and interaction of multiple building systems—including lighting controls, fire and life safety, and HVAC—can help optimize energy use and improve building performance. Experts at the leading edge of the field will share best practices and lessons learned from successful projects.
Moderator: Brian Marchionini, Senior Program Manager, NEMA
Speakers: Wayne Stoppelmoor, Industry Standards Manager, Schneider Electric; Clay Nesler, VP, Global Energy and Sustainability, Johnson Controls; John Bouls, End User Marketing Leader – Office, Industry, Healthcare, Signify; Joseph Aamidor, Senior Project Manager Consultant/Managing Director, Aamidor Consulting

Grid Interactive Efficient Buildings, presented by Guidehouse

Description: Join industry experts from Guidehouse, RMI, New York Power Authority, and The Department of Energy, for an engaging live panel discussion as we look at the role Grid Interactive Efficient buildings are playing in this new era of uncertainty and the disruption tied to climate change events. We are seeing the importance of importance of Grid Interactive Efficient Buildings (GEBS) and how they help utilities ensure the balanced, flexible supply and demand of high levels of renewables and decarbonize the electricity system, resulting in resilient cities and communities. The panel will explore key topics and highlight best practices including the role of “smart buildings” as part of the critical infrastructure for managing disruption and the importance of buildings that can be responsive assets. The team will also share insight into emerging opportunities as the smart buildings market matures and evolves from smart building systems to networked building assets.

Moderators: Cara Carmichael, Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute

Speakers: Barbour, Partner, Government Segment Leader, Guidehouse; David Nemtzow, Building Technologies Office Director, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy; Sangeeta Ranade, VP of Clean Energy Solutions, New York Power Authority

Accelerating the Recovery – Buildings

Description: The Accelerating the Recovery webinars – part of the EE Global webinar series – focus on how prioritizing energy efficiency can contribute to global economic recovery. The series highlights the experience of the SEforAll Energy Efficiency Accelerators in scaling up collaborative public-private program models to improve energy efficiency in various economic sectors.
The first webinar in the series focuses on energy efficiency in buildings. Panelists will discuss opportunities for boosting recovery efforts by leaning into global building retrofit efforts — yielding significant economic, resilience, and climate mitigation benefits.

Moderators: Jennifer Layke, Global Director, Energy Program, World Resources Institute

Speakers: Cristina Gamboa, CEO, World Green Building Council (WGBC); Pierre Langlois, President, Econoler; Martina Otto, Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GABC); Andrea Voigt, Director General, European Partnership for Energy & the Environment (EPEE)

Driving EE Through ISO Certification of Facilities, presented by 3M

Description: Energy management has been a key component of 3M’s sustainable manufacturing efforts for over 40 years. In the early 2010s, alongside the Department of Energy, 3M piloted two manufacturing plants to help develop the ISO 50001 standard. As of 2018, 3M has 31 global sites certified to ISO 50001; 14 of which have taken the additional step to achieve Superior Energy Performance certification. On average, 3M sites through the ISO 50001 program perform 6% better (normalized energy savings) than otherwise. The success of these sites supports 3M’s Climate and Energy Goals and establishes commitment from senior management to pursue ISO 50001 for all sites, integrating energy into business and every day operations companywide. We have a rigorous Enterprise system that has a dedicated team for US and Canada capable of leading 16 new sites to certification in 2020. This poses a significant reduction in internal and external resources, costs and timeline. In this session, we will be exploring the challenges, the successes and the path forward for companies pursuing ISO 50001.
Speakers: Andrew Hejnar, Energy Manager, 3M Canada Company; Pete Langlois, Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy; Jon Vieth, Sales Manager, CWB Group

Energy Efficiency and Economic Recovery: Lessons from the Great Recession in the E.U. and U.S., co-hosted by Renovate Europe Campaign

Description: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the European Economic Recovery Plan were two massive stimulus packages passed in 2009 to counter the effects of the economic slowdown. In this webinar, experts from both continents will reflect on the role of energy efficiency in these packages, the legacy of the stimuli on efficiency and our energy systems today, and lessons learned for governments and the private sector around the world as we plan for stimulus and recovery investments.

Moderator: Eva Brardinelli of EuroACE

Speakers: Pernille Weiss, Danish Member, European Parliament; Peter Sweatman, CEO, Climate Strategy and Partners; Yamina Saheb, Senior Climate and Energy Policy Analyst, OpenEXP; Stacey Paradis, Executive Director, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA); Timothy Unruh, Executive Director, National Association of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO); Lisa Jacobson, President, Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE)

Flattening the Curve: Climate Crisis Lessons Learned from COVID-19

Description: While digital transformation of corporations had been a growing trend in 2019, the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the trend into the here and now. The rapid market integration of the internet of things (IOT), artificial intelligence, and advances in network communications present an enormous energy and climate policy opportunity. This “digitalization” could unleash transformative changes needed to develop a system more resilient to future climate-related risks to our public health, economy, environment, and national security. This panel will discuss the role these digital tools have played in helping flatten the curve with the pandemic response and how it could help flatten the climate crisis curve, as well.
Moderator: Tom Lawler, Managing Partner, Coefficient Group
Speakers: Leonardo Bonanni, Founder and CEO, Sourcemap; Stephen Harper, Global Director, Environment and Energy Policy, Intel Corporation

Three Percent Club: Maintaining Climate Momentum in the Time of COVID-19

Description: The Three Percent Club, launched at the 2019 Climate Action Summit, is a coalition of countries and supporting companies and organizations that have committed to work together to put the world on a path to three percent annual energy efficiency improvement. This virtual roundtable will focus on the importance of maintaining climate and energy efficiency goals during the current public health and economic crisis. Presenters will discuss the Three Percent Club’s goals within the context of the COVID-19 crisis and how its collaborative platform can provide support to countries as they navigate the current economic and geopolitical situation and look ahead at plans for the coming recovery.

Speakers: Moderator: Steve Kukoda, Executive Director, International Copper Association Panelists: Mark Radka, Chief, Energy and Climate Branch/Economy Division/United Nations Environment Programme; Ghislaine Kieffer, Policy Analyst, Efficiency Division, International Energy Agency; Terry McCallion, Director, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); Brian Dean, Lead, Energy Efficiency and Cooling, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll)

Global Energy Efficiency Indicator Study Release

The first in our EE Global webinar series focuses on the results of Johnson Controls’ 2019 Global Energy Efficiency Indicator survey, which tracks current and planned investments, key drivers, and organizational barriers to improving energy efficiency in facilities. With reference to historical EE Indicator Survey data, Clay Nesler explores what the surveys revealed about companies’ priorities during the economic recovery from the 2009 recession; in the context of the 2019 data, he then discusses what these historical lessons can teach us about what may come next. EEGA panelists Jeff Eckel of Hannon Armstrong, Joyce Henry of Natural Resources Canada, He Ping of Energy Foundation China, and Monica Frassoni of the European Alliance to Save Energy provide regional perspectives on the survey and discuss how the results can inform the EE community’s actions to accelerate national and global economic recovery.