Blueprint for Clean Energy
By Yale Center for Business and the Environment
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Description
Investment in clean energy has grown rapidly in recent years as organizations have recognized the substantial potential for returns on investment. This webinar series, produced by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY), invites leading practitioners and researchers in the field of clean energy to talk about the latest opportunities and developments in corporate, nonprofit and public-private arenas.
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| 1 | VideoThe Green Bank Network_ Connecting Leaders in Green Finance to Share Best Practices and Increase Green Investment | This webinar will provide an overview of the Green Bank Network, its purpose, function and what it will provide members and the financial and clean energy community at large. | 9/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 2 | VideoAccelerating Energy Storage Deployment | Paul Gardner of DNV GL summarizes recent work by the World Energy Council on the costs and value of grid-connected energy storage. Mike Hopkins, CEO of Ice Energy, shares one current market solution to energy storage deployment. | 9/14/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | VideoPerspectives from Enova SF: The Norwegian Government's Driving Force Toward Clean Energy | Oyvind Leistad, Program Director at Enova SF, discusses: Norway's energy policy background and current goals; Enova's mission and strategic approach; Case studies and lessons-learned. | 5/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 4 | VideoMaking It Count 2_ Understanding the Value of Energy Efficiency Financing Programs Funded by Utility Customers | Making It Count 2: Understanding the Value of Energy Efficiency Financing Programs Funded by Utility Customers | 3/10/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | VideoMaking It Count: Understanding the Value of Energy Efficiency Financing Programs | Making It Count: Understanding the Value of Energy Efficiency Financing Programs | 2/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 6 | VideoThe Next Level of Energy Efficiency | The Next Level of Energy Efficiency: Challenges Ahead, New Tools & Opportunities, & Updated Policy Framework | 2/16/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | VideoBlueprint for Clean Energy: Multi-family Buildings in the Northeast | Energy Benchmarking, Financing, and Research: Multi-family Buildings in the Northeast | 2/12/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | VideoAdvancing Energy Finance: Which Policies Have the Biggest Impact? | This installment of the Yale CEFF & CDFA Energy Finance Webinar Series features a discussion of policies that best drive clean energy finance. | 5/4/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | VideoAccessing Creative Revenue Sources for Clean Energy | This installment focuses on innovative state and local programs successfully catalyzing clean energy. | 4/6/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 10 | VideoSecondary Markets in Action: Case Studies of Mobilizing Capital for Energy Efficiency | This webinar is based on a new report from the State and Local Energy Efficiency Action Network about accessing secondary markets for energy efficiency. | 3/30/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | Video[Blueprint for Efficiency] Harnessing Energy Embedded in Water | This Blueprint for Efficiency webinar will feature case studies of joint utility efficiency programs. | 3/25/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 12 | VideoSecondary Markets: A Sustainable Capital Source for Energy Efficiency? | Access to secondary market capital can help enable dramatic scaling of the energy efficiency industry. | 3/20/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | Video[Blueprint for Efficiency] Water & Energy: Synergies | Dr. Katrina Jessoe will share her current work studying the effect of behavioral and incentive-based conservation programs on residential water and natural gas savings. | 3/18/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 14 | VideoCatalyzing Energy Investment with Development Finance Programs | “Catalyzing Energy Investment with Development Finance Programs” focuses on the impact that tested development finance tools can have on clean energy investment. | 3/4/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 15 | VideoUnlocking the Energy Efficiency Market: How better financing, smart technology & aggressive entrepreneurship can make it happen | Joe Indvik discusses SparkFund and challenges aspiring innovators to be a part of spurring energy efficiency. | 11/19/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 16 | VideoFinancing Energy Improvements on Utility Bills | This webinar focuses on the current activity and design of on-bill programs as part of our series of energy efficiency financing webinars held in partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the SEE Action network. | 6/6/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 17 | VideoFederal Green Bank Act of 2014 | Momentum is growing behind the innovative clean energy finance concept of Green Banks. Green Banks provide low-cost financing for clean energy projects in partnership with private investors. ... | 6/6/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 18 | VideoEnergy Efficiency Finance 301 - Financing Solutions for Energy Efficiency | Energy Efficiency Finance 301 - Financing Solutions for Energy Efficiency: Case Studies in Energy Efficiency Finance Program Design | 6/6/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 19 | VideoIntegrative Design Principles for Cost-Effective Energy Efficiency | This presentation provides an overview of key principles of integrative whole-systems design and operation for high-performance facilities and mechanical systems that can cost less to build and less to operate. | 4/28/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 20 | VideoGetting to 21st Century Energy Efficiency | EnergySavvy's cloud-based software is a 21st-century approach to managing energy efficiency based on data transparency and control. | 3/27/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 21 | VideoEnergy Efficiency Financing Programs 201: Credit Enhancement Strategies | Our second webinar in the series will look at the use of credit enhancement strategies to manage risk and spur investment in energy efficiency. | 3/19/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 22 | VideoTackling a Final Frontier in Sustainability: Those Pesky Humans | Affecting human behavior is notoriously difficult, but emerging research around behavioral economics offers some key insights on why people act the way they do, and how they can be nudged in a different direction. | 3/12/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 23 | VideoA Common Language: What the Olympics Can Teach Us About Energy Efficiency | Ever wonder how Olympic organizers ensure teams and spectators from 89 different countries make it to their events with relative ease? The answer is actually straightforward... | 2/28/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 24 | VideoBig Data Meets Big Buildings | Market leading real estate companies are using meter data analytics to manage their buildings better, and the reports of savings are impressive. NRDC decided to study it – are reports of 10% to 20% savings from meter-based analytics realistic? | 2/23/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 25 | VideoEnergy Efficiency Finance 101 | This webinar will define key terms in energy efficiency finance. We will discuss the rationales behind financing approaches such as Energy Performance Contracts (EPC), Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) and On Bill Repayment (OBR). | 2/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 26 | VideoEnergy Efficiency in LEED v4: Raising the Bar | Continuously developing and being upgraded, the next version of the LEED rating system is known as LEED v4 and is set to come into effect in mid to late 2013. | 10/16/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 27 | VideoEnergy Efficiency Programs at PG&E: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future | Janice Berman, the Senior Director of Energy Efficiency Strategy at PG&E, will discuss the efficiency programs at PG&E and how California’s energy policies—particularly “decoupling”—help utilities in the state to pursue efficiency without losi | 10/10/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 28 | VideoA Future Vision for Sustainable Electric Mobility | What is being done to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) market growth? This presentation focuses on four key areas: mobile apps, EV charging infrastructure, renewable energy and the smart grid. | 10/10/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 29 | VideoCalifornia Schemin': Innovative Financing for Energy Efficiency | California is tackling energy efficiency financing on multiple fronts, including innovative utility-sector policies and programs that are being developed and implemented by the state’s investor-owned utilities... | 10/10/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 30 | VideoCalifornia's Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan | California’s Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan is a comprehensive framework of efficiency goals and strategies spanning all groups and sectors. | 10/10/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 31 | VideoConnected in Context: Lighting on the Internet of Things | Over the coming decades, networked public and roadway lighting will ultimately unlock the full potential of digital lighting to enhance livability, improve the economy and save resources. | 10/10/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 32 | VideoEnergy Efficiency in the New Congress | Rob Mosher will discuss the prospects of energy efficiency in the 113th Congress, including what new laws dealing with energy efficiency we are likely to see in the next couple years. | 10/10/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 33 | VideoNew Ways of Working: Buildings, Energy, and Behavior | Dr. Judith Heerwagen and Kevin Kampschroer discuss how new ways of working are radically changing the nature of workspace, the technologies and tools needed to carry out work, and the environmental conditions necessary for health & productivity. | 10/10/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 34 | VideoConcepts and Theories Behind Gamification or Residential Energy Behavior | Can video games help save the planet? Our presenters believe the answer is yes! James Scarborough and Yoav Lurie will discuss how to make learning about appliance-level home use less time consuming and dull. | 10/10/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 35 | VideoEnergy Efficiency Financing in the Innovative Connecticut PACE Program | This webinar will focus on Connecticut's innovative C-PACE program, which enables upfront financing with no capital outlay to cover the costs of energy efficiency improvements on commercial, multifamily and industrial properties. | 10/10/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 36 | VideoState Clean Energy Finance Banks: New Investment Facilities for Clean Energy Deployment | Reed Hundt of the Coalition for Green Capital, Mark Muro of the Brookings Institution, and Richard Kauffman of the Department of Energy lead a discussion on state-level financing initiatives for clean energy and energy efficiency projects. | 10/10/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 37 | VideoEnvironmental Defense Fund: Harnessing People Power to Save Energy | Join us for a webinar to explore key learnings from EDF about how large organizations are overcoming common barriers to investing in energy efficiency. You will learn about EDF’s newly released framework. | 10/10/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 38 | VideoACEEE: Making the Business Case for Intelligent Efficiency | Dr. Neal Elliott, Ethan Rogers, and Paul Hamilton will present their groundbreaking work pioneering the concept of taking a systems-based approach to scale energy efficiency. | 10/9/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 39 | VideoOpower: Unlocking the Power of Big Data | Barry Fischer, head writer and editor of Opower's Outlier Blog, will present "Unlocking the 'power' of big data: Analyzing energy consumption across 50+ million US households." | 10/9/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 40 | VideoA Utility Perspective on Energy Efficiency | Gene Rodrigues discusses how one of the nation's largest electric utilities established itself as an industry leader by providing a number of innovative efficiency programs for its diverse customer base of over 14 million people across 180 cities. | 6/25/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 41 | VideoA Day in the Life of a Smart Building | Clay Nesler describes a future "Day in the Life of a Smart Building” scenario that includes the use of smart devices, improved building management systems, and a variety of other advanced technologies. | 6/25/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 42 | VideoAchieving Continual Energy Efficiency Improvement through Superior Energy Performance | Paul Scheihing, Acting Director of the Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technology Program, and Stephen Pierett, Environmental Manager at Volvo’s New River Valley Plant, discuss the Superior Energy Performance partnership between U.S. industry and DOE | 6/25/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 43 | VideoThe Tools and Business Case for Energy Efficiency and On-Site Power Generation at Diversey | Jeramy LeMieux discusses how one of the world's largest providers of cleaning and hygiene products has worked to achieve its aggressive greenhouse gas reduction goals. | 6/25/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 44 | VideoEnergy Efficiency as a Service | Claire Broido Johnson, General Manager at Serious Energy, discusses how Serious Capital provides solutions for energy efficiency that reduce energy bills by 5 to 15 percent or more without upfront costs from the owner or tenant. | 6/25/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 45 | VideoStrawberries and Wheat: Re-thinking Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management | Susan Mazur-Stommen from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) leads a discussion on using behavior-based strategies to achieve energy savings. | 2/2/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 46 | VideoEnergy Efficiency: America's First Fuel | Kateri Callahan, President of the Alliance to Save Energy, kicks-off this year's Blueprint for Efficiency series by discussing the changing landscape of energy efficiency and highlighting the potential for energy efficiency legislation. | 2/1/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 47 | VideoMaking Efficiency Personal: A New Path to Community Engagement | Ludy Biddle of NeighborWorks of Western Vermont shares strategies and lessons learned for engaging communities on energy efficiency upgrades. The webinar provides details on community outreach plans and the benefits of using neighbor-to-neighbor efforts | 8/24/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 48 | VideoDrinking from an Open Hydrant: Early Lessons on Driving Demand for Building Energy Efficiency Programs | Tamara Jones of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance shares insights into energy efficiency efforts in the southeast. | 8/24/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 49 | VideoSeeing Green Buildings Through the Trees | Chris Pyke and Lane Burt of the U.S. Green Building Council talk about the Green Building Information Gateway (GBIG), a visual, GIS-based tool for understanding where green buildings are located and how they are performing. | 8/23/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 50 | VideoThe Single Biggest Untapped Source of Energy on the Planet: You | Kirsten Brooks, of United Illuminating, joins Barry Fisher and Chris Corcoran of OPOWER to discuss the application and opportunity of behavioral efficiency in the US. | 8/23/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 51 | VideoOut of the Labs and Into the Market | Wendolyn Holland of DOE shares the wealth of opportunities available within the DOE National Laboratory Complex. The National Lab infrastructure that emerged out of World War II played a key role in winning the Cold War and the Space Race. | 8/23/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 52 | VideoTransforming Cities and Towns: Energy Efficiency from a Mayors Perspective | The Town of University Park, MD is implementing the Small Town Energy Program for University Park (STEP-UP), a 3-year project with the goal of reducing total energy use in the town by 20%. | 8/22/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 53 | VideoSmall Changes, Big Results with the Connecticut Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge | Kerry O'Neill and Bryan Garcia from Earth Markets present the Connecticut Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge. | 8/8/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 54 | VideoCommunity Power Works: How Seattle is Creating Jobs and Saving Energy | Adam Buick of Community Power Works discusses how the diverse and forward-thinking city of Seattle is helping its residents save energy. | 8/8/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 55 | VideoThe One-Stop Shop for Energy Efficiency: Removing Barriers to Participation in the Retrofit Marketplace | Peter Ludwig and Patrick MacRoy of CNT Energy discuss their award-winning Energy Savers program, a one-stop energy efficiency shop that focuses on affordable, multifamily buildings in the Chicago region. | 8/8/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 56 | VideoNYSERDA: Innovations in Financing Energy Efficiency | Jeff Pitkin of NYSERDA discusses how New York State is developing innovative methods of providing energy efficiency financing through the Green Jobs-Green New York program. | 8/8/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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