6:00 p.m. - 6:30: Reception
6:30 p.m. - 8:00: Presentation

Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th St. and Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia

Lights, Carbon, Action:
Energy Action Agenda for Buildings in Pennsylvania

Speakers:

Introduction:

Liz Robinson, Executive Director, Energy Coordinating Agency
Assessment of Pennsylvania's Energy Efficiency and Solar Energy Resources:

Steve Nadel, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
How does PA plan to Harvest these Clean Energy Resources?

Dan Griffiths, Department of Environmental Protection
Importance of Energy in Philadelphia

Blondell Reynolds Brown, Councilwoman, City of Philadelphia
Philadelphia's Planning for Energy Efficient Buildings

Mark Alan Hughes, Director of Sustainability, City of Philadelphia

The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), the nation's premier energy efficiency planning organization, is conducting a comprehensive assessment of Pennsylvania's energy conservation, efficiency and solar resources. ACEEE will present preliminary findings and recommendations of their study. Dan Griffiths, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, and Mark Alan Hughes, Philadelphia's Director of Sustainability will discuss recent legislation, financial incentives, and planning and program efforts underway to increase energy efficiency and the use of clean renewable energy in buildings in Philadelphia and across the state.