Category: Webinars

Everyone on Board! Effective Communications to Promote Your Hotel’s Green Practices August 24, 2010, 9:00 am – 10:30 am (Pacific Daylight Time). Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes.

Designing a green program for your hotel is just the first step in developing an environmentally-friendly property.  After that, you must bring your owners, senior management and staff on board; and communicate your achievements to your guests and potential customers.  Join us as we discuss new ideas to engage staff and guests in your green efforts. Learn how to develop a communications plan that demonstrates your hotel’s environmental commitment – helping to heighten public awareness and gain market share.  Hear from your peers who are communicating their successful green efforts to internal and external audiences, and learn about helpful resources, including ENERGY STAR.

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Best Practices for Hotel Energy Management July 20, 2010, 9:00 am – 10:30 am (Pacific Daylight Time). Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes.

Learn about energy management strategies for the lodging industry, including best practices for operations, maintenance, and housekeeping; lighting upgrades and controls; the procurement of ENERGY STAR products; HVAC and other key building systems; and more.  Guest speakers will share the best practices that they have used to drive down energy consumption and costs.  Confirmed speaker — David Rossman, General Manager, Doubletree Buckhead Hotel (Atlanta, GA).

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This workshop is intended for building owners, operators and suppliers who are familiar with the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Rating System, but are new to implementing it on projects or looking to brush up on implementation best practices.  It is also useful for design professionals, investors and others seeking to enhance their existing buildings with green operations.  It is appropriate for new LEED APs, as well as those pursuing GBCI’s LEED AP Building Operations + Maintenance credential.  This workshop counts toward CEU credits for many different professional organizations. (event flyer)

Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV

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Nicotine Bees, the movie, gets to the truth about why the honeybees of the world are in big trouble, and why our food supply is in trouble with them. Although the bees have been in a slow decline for years, something else happened between 2005 and 2006 that changed everything: a sharp and catastrophic collapse of bee colonies in dozens of countries simultaneously. We think we know why, and Nicotine Bees is ready to show what has happened.

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Learn how public sector organizations are improving energy efficiency with innovative solutions to financial barriers. Attendees will learn about financing projects in the public and private sectors, the basics of performance contracting, and how EPA’s tools and resources can help you make the decision to improve your facilities now or later. This session will be repeated on August 11 and September 1, 2010.

To register for this training, visit: https://energystar.webex.com

During this session, attendees will learn how to use EPA tools and resources to help meet requirements for green building rating systems such as the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), the Green Globes system, and others.

To register for any of this training, visit: https://energystar.webex.com

Transportation accounts for 33 percent of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels, and can account for a significant portion of a local government’s or household’s budget. Transportation control measures (TCMs) are strategies that reduce transportation-related air pollution, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and fuel use by reducing vehicle miles traveled and improving roadway operations. This Local Climate and Energy Webcast will provide an overview of how local governments can implement TCMs to reduce GHG emissions and energy costs and achieve other multiple benefits. Federal resources to help support local TCM implementation and local case studies will also be discussed.

To register for this webcast, visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/788308242