This calendar of energy efficiency events, meetings and deadlines includes important Working Group and Advisory Committee meeting announcements and relevant conferences and workshops hosted by other organizations. Some meetings and events are not open to all. For clarification, contact the listed NEEP staff person. Click on a month to jump to its listings.
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Solid State Lighting Events Calendar
April 2008
April 7-11
ACI Home Performance Conference 2008
hosted by Affordable Comfort Inc.
host sponsor: West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund
Hilton Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
For more information, visit the ACI events site.
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May 2008
May 22
2008 Northeast Energy Efficiency Summit
The Marriott Hotel
Hartford, Conn.
Please visit the Summit Web site for more information. If you are interested in participating as a sponsor or exhibitor, please contact Bethany Vasecka.
May 20-21
Platts Energy Efficiency Cost Recovery Forum
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Washington, DC
P: 866-355-2930 (781-430-2100 outside the US)
Email: registration@platts.com
http://www.platts.com/Events/2008/pc842/
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June 2008
June 7-8
Rhode Island Sustainable Living and Clean Energy Festival
Hosted by Apeiron Institute For Environmental Living
Coventry, RI
For more information, visit www.livingfest.org.
June 11
National Assoc. of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO) Midwest Regional Meeting
Embracing Energy Efficiency as the Fastest Road to Green
Doubletree Oak Brook Hotel
Oak Brook, Illinois
Energy efficiency is the optimal integration of lighting, heating and cooling technologies implemented within a building to maximize energy and dollar savings. Come hear about how the different efficiency and renewable technologies are most effectively used as the cornerstone in greening buildings and the ways in which technologies choices and strategies affect green results.
For more information, visit the NAESCO website.
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September 2008
September 11-12
2008 Greentools for Healthy Schools: Conference, Training and Expo
hosted by the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS)
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Sacramento, CA
This conference will bring together experts in green, healthy school design, construction and operations for two days of workshops, featured speakers, awards, a CHPS school tour and exhibitions. This year's event will focus on three central themes: climate change, high performance school policy, and turning existing schools into high performance schools. Greentools for Healthy Schools aims to make high performance schools a feasible, affordable reality for school districts across the nation. For more information, please visit www.chps.net/greentools or call (415) 957-9888.
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Solid State Lighting Meetings and Events
May 15
Manufacturer Stakeholder Meeting
Washington, DC
The DOE will host a workshop for manufacturers to learn about the rationale behind creating the ENERGY STAR criteria, the process to qualify products and how DOE plans to grow the program in the future.
Please register for the meeting before Friday, May 2nd by sending an e-mail with your name and your company to ssl@energystar.gov.
The meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. and conclude by 4 p.m., and will be held in Room 1E245 of the Forrestal Building located at 1000 Independence Avenue, SW in Washington D.C.
June 5
AESP Brown Bag Seminar: ENERGY STAR for Solid State Lighting
Webinar
Can't travel to an upcoming conference? Want to learn more about SSL products and communication strategies? Then join this webinar and conference call hosted by the Association of Energy Service Professionals.
http://aesp.org/cde.cfm?event=213712
June 26
ENERGY STAR SSL - Getting Ready for September 30
Webcast
This DOE sponsored webcast will focus on what you need to know before the effective date of the criteria and provide a forum for answering your questions. For more information, contact Terry Shoemaker of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory at MTheresa.shoemaker@pnl.gov.
July 9-11
Voices for SSL Efficiency 2008
Portland, OR
What are the best applications for LED lighting? What can efficiency program managers do now to prepare for high-performance SSL products? What tools, resources, and quality assurance measures will ENERGY STAR provide?
Find the answer by joining DOE in a dialogue on how government, efficiency programs, utilities, industry, the design community, and others are working together to shape markets for SSL products, to maximize market acceptance, and to increase national energy savings.
Workshop location and registration will be available soon on the DOE SSL website: http://www.netl.doe.gov/ssl.
For more solid state lighting information, please visit NEEP's Technical Information Network for Solid State Lighting (TINSSL) Web site.
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