2010 Business of Clean Energy in Alaska
Welcoming Remarks
Chris Rose, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Alaska Project
Gene Therriault, Senior Policy Advisory, In-State Energy, Alaska
Panel 1 – Retrofitting Buildings for Energy Efficiency
Moderator: Michael Barber, Partner, Continuum Industries
Duane Ives, Ph.D.
Founder, Milepost Consulting
Building the Business Case for Strategic Energy Management in the Built Environment
Nancy Clanton
President, Clanton & Associates, Inc.
Alaska’s Lighting Energy – Let’s Save 50% More!
Gary Gagnon
Director of Operations, Ameresco, Inc.
Energy Services Performance Contracting (ESPC) for Alaska
Retrofitting Buildings for Energy Efficiency: Question and Answer
Panel 2 – Designing Smart Buildings
Moderator: Lina Contrantinovici, Sustainability Strategy Consultant, Adaptive Energy
Klaus Mayer
Partner, mayer sattler-smith
Working With Climate, Culture, and Technology
Karl T. Schmid
Architect, Architekturburo Schmid
Living in a Power Plant
Jack Hebert
President & CEO, Cold Climate Housing Research Center
Indigenous Wisdom, 21st Century Technology
Designing Smart Buildings: Question and Answer
Keynote – The New World of Green
David Gottfried
Managing Director, Regenerative Ventures
Panel 3 – Efficient Power Generation and Transmission
Moderator: Jim Posey, General Manager, Municipal Light & Power
Tom Tanton
President, T2 & Associates
Distributed Generation: Unique Opportunities for Alaska
Lisa Schwartz
Senior Associate, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)
Is It Smart if It’s Not Clean? State Policies for Smart Grid Investments
Bryan Hannegan, Ph.D.
Vice President, Environment & Renewables, Electric Power Research Institute
Dance Partners: Renewables and the Smart Grid
Efficient Power Generation and Transmission: Question and Answer
Discussion of Renewable Energy in Alaska
Facilitator: Cady Lister, Information Insights
Day 2: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Chris Rose
Executive Director, Renewable Energy Alaska Project
Panel 4 – The State of Renewable Energy in Alaska Today
Moderator: Meera Kohler, President & CEO, Alaska Village Electric Cooperative
Ron Acarregui
Vice Chairman, Kodiak Electric Association
Toward Energy Independence in Kodiak
Jim St. George
President, STG Incorporated
Economics of Energy Systems in Rural Alaska
Roya Stanley
Director, Iowa Office of Energy Independence
Energy Independence, Economic Prosperity and the Map We’re Charting to Get There
