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December 17 Webcast: State Policies to Encourage Green Building Principles

December 10, 2008

Photo of a building at night. The large building is lit by a series of lights around its base. The front of the building is supported by columns, and a large dome at the top of the building is lit in pale green light. The flag of the United States flies from the roof of the building, and a silhouette of a statue stands in the forefront of the picture.

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Technical Assistance Project (TAP) for state and local officials is offering a Web seminar on how states are setting voluntary targets and requirements for reducing energy consumption in public facilities. The presentation will take place December 17, from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and is titled "State Policies to Encourage and Require Green Building Principles in the Public Sector."

The presenters will be:

  • Brian Lips: Lips is a policy analyst for the North Carolina Solar Center at N.C. State University and conducts research related to government and utility incentives and policies for the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency. He will give an overview of state green government policies nationwide.
  • Chuck Sathrum: Sathrum is a program manager at the North Carolina State Energy Office. He will discuss the N.C. Utility Savings Initiative, which is a comprehensive program to reduce utility expenditures and resource use in public buildings.
  • Angie Fyfe: Fyfe is the manager of the Greening Government Program at the Colorado Governor's Energy Office. She will discuss how the Colorado governor has used executive orders to engage state employees to reduce energy consumption.

You can find more information about the presenters as well as links to background materials and reports on the TAP section of the Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program Web site.

The Webcast is free of charge, but you must register in advance to obtain a URL for the presentation and call-in phone number. Please contact Misty Conrad by phone at 303-384-7467 or via email.

TAP Webcasts take place every two months, and the next scheduled presentation will be on February 18, 2009 and will be presented by Elizabeth Brown of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The topic will be "State Renewable Energy Performance and Policy Rankings."