As the nation geared up for another record-breaking hot summer, the Alliance to Save Energy hosted its annual summit on September 12. The 2006 Climate Change Summit – Energy Efficiency: The First Solution to Climate Change – highlighted how the U.S. and international community are strengthening the economy, enhancing energy security, and helping slow climate change through a variety of energy-efficient measures.
Speakers addressed timely topics including (In PDF Format):
U.S. Imperative: Securing our Nation through Efficiency
R. James Woolsey, Jr., former CIA Director and Vice President
Booz Allen Hamilton
Efficiency: A Key to Turning the Tide on Climate Change
Eileen Claussen, President
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Are You Talking to Me? Engaging the Everyday Citizen in Energy Issues
Stephen Brobeck, Executive Director
Consumer Federation of America
Are You Talking to Me? Engaging the Everyday Citizen in Energy Issues
Suzanne Shelton, President
The Shelton Group
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Driving Efficiency in the Northeast
Franz Litz, Climate Change Policy Coordinator
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Making the Case for Energy Efficiency through BEEP
Henry Chamberlain, President and COO
Building Owners and Management Association (BOMA)
Transforming the Built Environment
Peter Templeton, Vice President, Research and Education
U.S. Green Building Council
Energy Efficiency: U.S. and California Success Stories
Arthur H. Rosenfeld, Commissioner
California Energy Commission
Reducing our Global Footprint… Starting with Energy Efficiency
John Dearborn, Vice President, Energy
The Dow Chemical Company
Partnerships for Clean Development, Energy Security and Climate Change
Hon. James L. Connaughton, Chairman
White House Council on Environmental Quality
Following this year’s summit, on the night of September 12th, the Alliance to Save Energy held its annual Evening with the Stars of Energy Efficiency Awards Dinner at the National Building Museum.