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TN Green Building Summit Schedule of Events

September 22, 2009

To date, the following organizations are participating:

  • Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
  • State of Tennessee—Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
  • Nashville Electric Service (NES)
  • Association of Tennessee Valley Governments (ATVG)
  • Southeast Energy Efficient Alliance (SEEA)
  • National Association of State Energy Offices (NASEO)
  • National Energy Services Coalition (ESC)
  • National Energy Services Companies (NAESCO)

TN Green Building Summit Speakers and Panelists

Monday, September 21.
Time Event Place
6-8pm Welcome Reception Capitol Ballroom
Tuesday, September 22.
Time Message Speaker Place
7:00am Registration / Continental Breakfast Salon B / Registration Area
7:55am Welcome, review agenda / Introduction of Energy Services Coalition Summit Committee Stewart Shunk, ESC Tennessee Co-Chair Cumberland Ballroom
8:05am Welcome to Nashville – Nashville Green Ribbon Committee Overview Mayor Karl Dean Cumberland Ballroom
8:25am TVA Energy Efficiency Demand Response Outlook Kenneth (Ken) R. Breeden, TVA Executive Vice President Cumberland Ballroom
8:40am
  • National Perspective
  • Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy-U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
  • National Association State Energy Officials (NASEO)
  • National Association of Energy Services Companies (NAESCO)
  • Dale L. Hahs, Member of the ESC Board
  • Dan Beckley, Energy Technology Program Specialist
  • David S. Terry, Executive Director
  • Don Gilligan, NAESCO President
 Cumberland Ballroom
9:30am
  • State Perspective
  • Overview of State Energy Policy Developments and ARRA Energy Opportunities
  • Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
 Ryan Gooch, Director of Energy Policy Cumberland Ballroom
9:50am Break–Exhibits Salon B / Registration Area
10:20am
  • Local Perspective
  • Tennessee Board of Regents
  • Metropolitan Nashville Public Education
  • Henry County, Tennessee
  • State of Tennessee General Services
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
  • Governor’s Task Force
  • Dale L. Hahs, Member of the ESC Board
  • Dick Tracey, Executive Director, Office of Facilities Management
  • Joe Edgens, MNPE’s Executive Director of Facilities & Operations
  • Mayor Brent Greer
  • Dianna Stephens, Asst. Director Building Operations Support for General Services
  • Greg Palko, Energy Efficiency Program Manager, Facilities Management Division
  • John Noel
 Cumberland Ballroom
12:00pm / 12:15pm
  • Luncheon
  • Tennessee’s Clean Energy Future
  • Commissioner of Department of Economic and Community Development
 Commissioner Matthew H. Kisber Salon C & D
1:30pm
  • Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Energy Efficient Schools Initiative
  • State Funding Programs
  • Jeromy Cotten, Product Manager
  • Ron Graham, Executive Director Department of Economic and Community Development
Cumberland Ballroom
2:30am Break–Exhibits Salon B / Registration Area
2:45pm Regional Perspective Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) Ben Taube, Executive Director Cumberland Ballroom
3:05pm Closing Challenge Stewart Shunk, ESC Tennessee Co-Chair Cumberland Ballroom