4th Annual Cool Cities Workshop
Saturday, June 27th 10-4pm
Highland Beach Town Hall
10:00 to 10:15: Welcome
10:15 to 10:30: Highland Beach’s Green Efforts – Mayor Sanders
10:30 to 10:50: Tour of Highland Beach Town Hall
10:55 to 11:40: Renewable Energy and Your City
(1) Tim Fluharty, Fluharty’s Electric, Inc (10:55:11:15) – Wind Energy
(2) Rich Reis, Montgomery Sierra Club (11:15-11:25) – Solar Water Heaters and More Low-Hanging Fruit for Municipalities
(3) Q&A (11:25-11:40)
11:45-12:15: Climate Action Plans and Emission Inventories
(1) Eric Coffman, Senior Energy Planner for Montgomery County (11:45-12:05) - Next Steps for the Montgomery County Climate Protection Plan/Inventory
(2) Q&A (12:05-12:15)
12:15 to 1pm: Lunch
1:00 to 1:45: Getting the Public Involved in Cool Cities
(1) Lou Rimbach, Salisbury Sierra Club (1:100-1:10) – Salisbury Cool Cities Symposium
(2) Betsy Johnson, Chevy Chase Sustainability Committee (1:10-1:20) – Chevy Chase Community Challenge
(3) Discussion (1:20-1:45): What’s worked in your city? Overcoming common hurdles and sharing best practices
1:45-2:40: Reducing Consumption and Waste
(1) Ken Eidel, Catoctin Sierra Club (1:45-2:05) – The Waste Not Expo
(2) Heeral Bhalala, Institute for Local Self Reliance (2:05-2:25) – Stop Trashing the Planet: Composting’s Role in Reducing our Emissions
(3) Q&A (2:25-2:40)
2:45-3:55: Financing Energy Efficient Projects in your City
(1) Alana Wase, Maryland Chapter Sierra Club (2:45-3:00) – Stimulus Dollars and other Funding Opportunities
(2) Chip Barnes, Energy Performance Contract Expert (3:00-3:20) – Energy Performance Contracts, Sample letter to a government official regarding energy performance contracts (doc)
(3) Peter Mellen, Edison Wright (3:20-3:40) – Annapolis EZ Clean Energy Municipal Financing Program
(4) Q&A (3:40-3:55)
3:55-4:00: Close
