2010 Industrial Utility Webinar Series

The Industrial Technologies Program (ITP), Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), the American Public Power Association (APPA), and APPA’s Demonstration of Energy Efficient Development (DEED) are pleased to present a series of industrial webinars for 2010. These webinars will cover a variety of industrial sector energy topics from financial mechanisms for implementing energy efficiency projects to exploring combined heat and power.

Slides from previous Webinars will be available for download on the Utility Partnerships Training page of the Save Energy Now Web site.

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Brighter Planet provides the opportunity for all to get involved in the battle against climate change.  Their stated purpose is that they “help people manage and mitigate their environmental footprint.”  The Project Fund is their newest program. 

 How the Program Works

The Brighter Planet Project Fund provides monthly micro-grants to seed grassroots climate projects.  All of the projects are crowdsourced and Brighter Planet community members decide which projects receive funding.  In this way the Brighter Planet Project Fund seeks to foster local leadership and seed worthy community projects that will help people fight or adapt to climate change.  Brighter Planet contributes to the fund every time one of their customers uses a Brighter Planet debit card or credit card or buys offsets.

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Right from the Start – Commissioning for High Performing Buildings

April 21, 2010
1:00 – 4:00 P.M. EDT

“Hear from leading commissioning experts about how commissioning supports a smoother construction process, maximizes energy and cost reductions, and provides a facility that operates as intended. This program will define the “what, why, when, and who” of the commissioning process and provide you with tools to commission your high performing building.”

For more information and regisitration please visit: http://www.ashrae.org/education/page/557

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FREE White Paper: How the ABC’s of Leadership Behavior Impact Safety Management Systems

Abstract: This paper focuses on how leadership behaviors as Activators and Consequences support or undermine an effective Safety Management System.

Description: The basic ABC’s of traditional employee based behavioral safety programs are well imbedded within the safety community. The use of Activators stimulating Behaviors and the use of Consequences to reinforce safer behaviors or provide coaching to correct undesired behaviors has been implemented in organizations worldwide with varying degrees of success. A major factor in the overall success of an organizations’ safety efforts is how well an organization balances the communications aspects of their behavioral safety efforts and the safety management systems that provide the technical knowledge, training, systems, standards and measurements to provide a safe and healthy work environment.

Publisher: DNV

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IEEE-USA President Praises U.S. Job Growth Initiative by Invest in America Alliance

WASHINGTON (26 February 2010) – IEEE-USA President Evelyn Hirt praises the Intel-led Invest in America Alliance for its $3.5 billion initiative to support investment in U.S.-based technology companies over the next two years, and for its commitment to significantly increase jobs for college graduates.

“We commend the Invest in America Alliance for its investment in U.S. businesses and for creating high-skill job opportunities for U.S. workers,” Hirt said. “Overall, this will benefit the U.S. economy as we recover from the recession, and it is anticipated that additional near- and long-term job opportunities will result. This pledge for hiring college graduates and the prospect of future job opportunities will assist in encouraging young people to continue to seek education in science and engineering.”   Read the rest of this article » » »