July 9, 2008

NEWS ROUND-UP FROM THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY COMMUNITY

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Meet Home Energy's New Executive Director at ACEEE's 2008 Summer Study and Give Congratulations to the Magazine for 25 Years of Energy Efficiency Reporting!

As they have for nearly two decades, the staff of Home Energy Magazine, currently celebrating 25 years of publishing "all the home energy news that's fit to print," will be at Asilomar to publish Summer Study's onsite The Grapevine. Jim Gunshinan will be Managing Editor of The Grapevine. Home Energy's new Publisher and Executive Director, Tom White, will also be on hand. Although he's been on the job for a few months, ACEEE would like to congratulate Tom on his appointment to the venerable Home Energy Magazine and congratulate all of the past and present members of its hard-working staff and Board of Directors for 25 years of covering the residential home energy efficiency beat. As Alan Meier, Home Energy's Founder and Senior Executive Editor, put it: "Tom is the ideal person to place Home Energy on top of the green building tsunami."

The Center for Science in the Public Interest's
Fourth National Integrity in Science Conference
"REJUVENATING PUBLIC SECTOR SCIENCE"
July 11, 2008 - 9 am - 5:30 pm
Ronald Reagan International Center
Washington, D.C.

The agenda is now available for the Center for Science in the Public Interest's Fourth National Integrity in Science Conference.
Join us in throwing a spotlight on the need for increased science funding, more independent regulatory science, and the need to protect public sector scientists from political meddling and corporate influence. Sessions will include focusing government research on the climate crisis, protecting and empowering scientists at federal agencies, insulating clean energy research from special interests, protecting endangered species, and reducing conflicts of interest on federal advisory committees.

Registration rates are $200 before May 31 and $250 after, or $99 before May 31 and $109 after for nonprofits, educational institutions, and government agencies. Special rate of $30 for students. For more information and to register, visit the Web site.

 AESP's 19th National Energy Services Conference and Expo
January 26-29, 2009
Hilton San Diego Resort & Spa in San Diego

Call-for-Abstracts: Abstracts Due July 25, 2008

Abstracts are now being accepted for AESP's 19th National Energy Services Conference and Expo. Abstracts will be accepted for the following:

Papers (Typically three authors present the findings from their papers in a session that is 90 minutes in length.)
Panels (Typically three presenters discuss a topic for about 5 minutes each, then pose questions for discussion to the audience.)
Workshops — AESP will be conducting up to three pre-conference workshops on January 26.
Important Information (Please Read): this year, abstracts will be collected via a new service provided by Precis Abstract Management. You can submit your abstract by clicking here and following the instructions. This year all abstracts will be blind reviewed. The system will automatically delete identifying information from your submission. You can submit more than one abstract, but you must complete your current abstract before starting a new one.

2008 Recycle My Old Fridge Campaign
July 28 Deadline: Enter Energy Star's Video Challenge & Tell Your Story

An old fridge is an inefficient fridge. In fact, there are more than 47 million refrigerators over 10 years old in the United States, costing consumers an average of $4.7 billion a year in energy costs.

This national call to action, led by the U.S. Department of Energy, encourages consumers to recycle old, inefficient refrigerators and, when needed, replace them with new ENERGY STAR qualified models.

If everyone who purchases a new refrigerator in 2008 chooses a model that meets the new ENERGY STAR criteria, together, we would prevent the equivalent of 1.38 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions each year.

Spread the word: Through July 28, you can enter Energy Star's Video Challenge to tell your story about recycling your old fridges. Voting for favorite videos will continue through August 4. Up to three national winners will be selected and awarded a trip to Washington, D.C. in September to participate in a campaign celebration at the National Building Museum. The celebration will also feature the Recycle My Old Fridge Art Exhibition showcasing artfully decorated old refrigerators.

Have an artistic bent? Your organization can enter the ENERGY STAR Recycle My Old Fridge Art Exhibition. Choose a representative old fridge or fridge door from your office and decorate it for the exhibition, which runs the last week of August through the first week of September in Washington.

Encourage your friends and neighbors, when buying a new fridge, to choose an ENERGY STAR qualified model. New ENERGY STAR qualified refrigerators are at least 20 percent more energy efficient than the minimum federal standard.

Be sure to check out our campaign toolkit.  It includes savings facts, posters, flyers, a linkable Web site button, and more. To learn more about the campaign, visit www.RecycleMyOldFridge.com or contact info@RecycleMyOldFridge.com.

The time is right. Help us change the world, one refrigerator at a time.

New Jersey Clean Energy Conference
“Investing In A CleanTech Economy”
Date: October 17, 2008
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Jersey City, NJ – Hyatt Regency Hotel
More Info: www.NJCleanEnergy.com
Contact: 1-866-NJSMART or info@njcleanenergy.com

This year’s annual conference, “Investing in a CleanTech Economy”, will be held on October 17, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Jersey City, NJ and will highlight the cleantech industry and investment and financing strategies that will help drive economic growth, create new jobs, and help protect the environment. New Jersey is a national leader and one of the fastest growing cleantech markets in the country. Learn from the experts about business strategies for investing in the rapidly expanding cleantech market. Get a fresh look at New Jersey's solar market and other emerging clean technologies. Hear from New Jersey's policy leaders about the road map for reaching 20% by 2020 and what it means for businesses. Register today and join 800+ market participants as they discuss and learn about the issues shaping the cleantech market. Visit www.NJCleanEnergy.com, call 1-866-NJSMART, or email info@njcleanenergy.com for more information.

eceee 2009 Summer Study
1-6 June 2009
Côte d¹Azur, France

The 9th biennial eceee Summer Study will be held June 1-6, 2009. Save the date on your calendar to make sure you won't miss Europe's premier interdisciplinary energy-efficiency event.

The 2007 edition of the eceee Summer Study was held at La Colle sur Loup near Nice in Southern France 4-9 June 2007. The event, the 8th since 1993, attracted 357 participants, which is over 50 % more than in 2005. The number of submitted abstracts has also grown considerably over the years. This was also reflected in the conference proceedings, with 222 printed papers, which is a 35 % increase compared to 2005. Read the participants' evaluation from 2007.
                          
Please DO NOT SEND IN AN ABSTRACT NOW. The call for papers will be announced later this summer (with the deadline for abstract submission in late September 2008).

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