Education

The Energy Efficiency Global Forum (EE Global), now in its pivotal fourth year, is a launching pad for ideas that change the energy landscape. An exclusive forum that brings together high-level officials from government, business and NGOs, EE Global is the one event in the energy efficiency industry where people with a shared passion in energy efficiency and the power to make a difference come together to affect change.

The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that small- and medium-sized manufacturers account for 70 percent of—or approximately 10.2 million—manufacturing jobs within the United States and represent an estimated 75 percent of U.S. manufacturing facilities.  Plagued by volatile energy prices, a shrinking pool of well-trained manufacturing professionals and limited cash reserves to pursue strategic improvements, many small manufacturers are focused on hold-and-defend market strategies as a result of the tepid economic climate.    

The Alliance’s Green Campus Program is gearing up for its seventh annual Energy Efficiency Summit, which will take place Jan. 29 – 31 at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).

Throughout 2010, Green Campus student interns were hard at work on their energy efficiency campus projects, and it has paid off.  As a whole, the Green Campus Program in California reports an incredible amount of actual savings for the year:

Miles Ten Brinke, former Green Schools student from Creekside High School, is now a part-time Green Campus intern at UC Berkeley.  Miles has been a part of the Green Schools Program since 2007, when he was a sophomore in high school.  Below is an interview with Miles, now a third year college student, and links to the audio of the interview.