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NESEA Tackles Global Warming with Forum in Boston, March 16
NESEA Tackles Global Warming with Forum in Boston, March 16
Published 02-16-06
Submitted by Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)
"The EPA has released a report that foresees Boston facing significant flooding and economic losses from a rise in ocean levels due to global warming," said Nancy Hazard, Executive Director of NESEA. "The forum offers the public the opportunity to learn what business communities, governments, and individuals can do to significantly cut global-warming-causing emissions."
This forum is a featured highlight of Building Energy 05, NESEA's 30th annual conference. The conference draws renewable energy and green building professionals for three days of speakers, workshops, networking and special events. The conference features 150 speakers, nearly 80 sessions and 11 workshops. The first two days include a full Trade Show with over a hundred exhibitors. The Title Sponsor of Building Energy '05 is the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.
According to the newly-released EPA study, even the mildest impact of global warming would cause storm surge flooding of historic landmarks such as the Boston Public Garden and community treasures including Massachusetts General Hospital.
"The good news," Hazard said, "is that the technologies that can reduce global warming emissions already exist, and new economic opportunities are emerging through the development of climate change solutions, but we need the will to embrace these solutions. The Northeast states have already agreed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. NESEA's Tackling Global Warming forum will showcase the wide variety of steps we can all take now to hold the flood waters back."
The Tackling Global Warming forum, sponsored by UK Trade & Investment, features a panel of leaders that can speak to the role of technology, business, and government in the US and the UK that working together, could reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Panelists include:
In conjunction with the Tackling Global Warming in the Northeast forum, the Building Energy 05 Trade Show will be open to the public at no cost from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA), organizer of the conference, is the nation's leading regional education and advocacy association that aims to accelerate the deployment and use of renewable energy, green buildings, and energy efficiency in everyday life. For more than thirty years, NESEA has facilitated and enhanced a network of professionals, practitioners, and the general public in pursuit of responsible energy use.
For more information about Building Energy 05 - "The Practice of Sustainability: Art/Science/Business," and the Tackling Global Warming in the Northeast forum, please visit www.nesea.org or call 413-223-8005.
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)
About NESEA
NESEA is the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (www.NESEA.org), Founded in 1974, the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is today the region’s leading membership organization promoting sustainable energy practices in the built environment. We as professionals in the fields of renewable energy and building embrace whole systems thinking as the path to sustainability, and we accomplish this by focusing on three core elements:
- Creating and supporting a diverse, multidisciplinary network
- Promoting sustainable energy solutions for the built environment
- Rigorously vetting solutions through our network of professionals - no greenwashing here.
Headquartered in Greenfield, MA, NESEA operates primarily in the six New England states plus New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, but we increasingly reach out to share ideas nationally and internationally.
About BuildingEnergy
BuildingEnergy is NESEA's annual building science and renewable energy conference and trade show. Held in Boston annually in March, BuildingEnergy is the is the most established, most cross-disciplinary renewable energy and high-performance building conference and trade show in the northeast. It attracts professionals from every part of the building and energy industry.
Learn more about this year's exciting BuildingEnergy line-up at www.nesea.org/buildingenergy
