DOE Webinar December 15: Greensburg, Kansas, and Beyond
November 30, 2009
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Building Technologies Program is offering a webinar on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, from 12:00-1:30 p.m. EST titled "Greensburg, Kansas, and Beyond."
This webinar is the second in a series on Greensburg, Kansas, a town that has been pursuing a vision of a model green community since recovering from a massive tornado in May 2007. This webinar focuses on the town's efforts to rebuild green and features:
- A detailed look at Greensburg's built environment in a 100% renewable city: tools, design strategies, and successes.
- Greensburg's approach to wind-generated electricity, successes in other rural communities, and the impact community wind is having in America.
- John Deere's plans for green dealership buildings throughout North America and the company's partnership with DOE and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on a Commercial Building Energy Alliance to reduce energy use in retail buildings.
This webinar is geared toward federal agencies, state energy offices, renewable energy and energy efficiency associations, architects, residential and commercial builders, planning firms, and utilities. The presenters will include:
- Chuck Banks, Principal, Banks Associates
- David Jeffers, Manager, Retail Brand Experience, John Deere Corporation
- Shanti Pless, Buildings Energy Efficiency Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Tom Wind, Owner, Wind Utility Consulting, PC
This webinar is free of charge, but you must register in advance to obtain a URL for the presentation and call-in phone number. Learn more about the webinar.
Visit the Buildings Technologies Program Web site for information about research and development of technologies and practices to achieve the goal of marketable net-zero energy commercial and residential buildings.
