ACI Home Performance Conference 2008

ThPM 01 - Return to Community: Solutions for an Uncertain Energy Future

Thursday, April 10, 2008 · 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

This interactive session will explore how communities can address climate change and energy vulnerability by making dramatic cuts in per capita energy use of housing, transportation, and food. Learn about success stories, share strategies from your community, and work together to recommend tactics for a model community. This session is appropriate for representatives from local governments, utilities, neighborhood-based energy programs, and citizen-activist groups.

By attending this session, participants will

Find out the latest on the end of the era of cheap energy and catastrophic climate change, and the dramatic implications for our economy, our communities, and our lives
Learn about initiatives at the local level to facilitate household energy reduction
Hear about the successes and continuing challenges of communities to reduce their energy use, from co-housing projects in the U.S. to the city of Havana, Cuba

Keyword(s): case study, climate change, community, consumer behavior, consumption, efficiency programs, energy affordability, energy conservation, existing homes, neighborhood initiative, program design, program implementation
Type: Short-Course
CEU: Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) National Association of Certified Home Inspectors (NACHI)

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