China U.S. Energy Efficiency Alliance 10th Anniversary
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China U.S. Energy Efficiency Alliance 10th Anniversary
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The China U.S. Energy Efficiency 10th Anniversary is coming up soon - on April 22, 2015 (Earth Day)! They are celebrating in collaboration with Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2). This will be held at the Hotel Monaco in San Francisco (starting at 5:30pm), and will feature Dr. Steven Chu, former US Secretary of Energy, as Keynote, followed by a panel discussion and reception.
About the speaker:
Dr. Steven Chu is currently the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Physics and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University. Prior to his role at Stanford, Dr. Chu served as the 12th U.S. Secretary of Energy under President Barack Obama from January 2009 until April 2013, the longest serving Energy Secretary. Dr. Chu is the co-winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Physics.
During Dr. Chu’s tenure at the Department of Energy, the U.S. and China announced several clean energy initiatives including the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center, Electric Vehicles Initiative, the Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy Partnership, 21st Century Coal, Shale Gas Resource Initiative, and the Energy Cooperation Program.
About the Organizers:
The China-U.S. Energy Efficiency Alliance is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to protecting human health and the global environment by working with China to harness energy efficiency as a preferred energy resource. The initial idea for the Alliance was borne at an E2 Ecosalon when a team from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and leaders from the business community saw an opportunity to engage U.S. companies and utilities in a Public-Private Partnership to further the development of energy efficiency in China and share experience from the U.S. As a Public-Private Partnership, the Alliance has been able to engage experts from business, government, academia and other groups in these efforts. Official operations began in early 2005. chinauseealliance.org/
Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) is a national community of business leaders who promote sound environmental policy that builds economic prosperity. E2 is the independent business voice for the environment. We provide a non-partisan resource for understanding the business perspective on environmental issues. Working with our public and private partners, E2 advocates for state and national policy that’s good for the economy and good the environment. www.e2.org.
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