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Energy issues and challenges are making headlines every day. "Renewable Energy 101" is an opportunity to learn more and to ask questions about all the issues and ideas you have read and heard about. After a brief overview of the conceptual framework of renewable energy ideas, issues, and decisions, ESF and SU faculty, staff, and students will help you understand and will respond to questions about basic renewable energy terms and concepts.
| 4:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 4:30 | Renewable Technologies Overview and Discussion Facilitators: Michael Kelleher and Dr. Timothy Volk, SURE 2009 Co-Chairs
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| 6:30 | Program End |
This program will provide you with the opportunity to learn about the renewable energy technologies at work in Central New York along with current technology and business applications of renewable energy systems including solar, wind power, biomass, and biofuels. This year's SURE program is offered by SUNY-ESF as a collaborative effort of the Sustainable Enterprise Partnership (SEP). SEP, a collaborative effort led by SUNY-ESF, the Whitman School of Management (Syracuse University), and the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems, takes a distinctive, transdisciplinary approach, to world-class education and research on sustainable enterprise.
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:30 | Welcome and Overview Emily Gillis, Project Coordinator, ESF Outreach |
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| 8:40 | Moving Central New York Forward on the Renewable Energy Path Dr. Cornelius B. Murphy, Jr., President, SUNY-ESF |
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| 9:00 | Climate Change Challenges: Meteorology and Climate Change Dave Eichorn, Adjunct Professor, SUNY-ESF and Onondaga Community College |
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| 9:30 | Greenhouse Gas Emissions and What to Do About Them Climate Change and Energy Use: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future Carbon in U.S. Energy Use |
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| 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:45 | Residential and Small Commercial Applications for Biomass Fuels Woody Biomass Supply in NY Pellets Conversion Technologies Wood Boilers |
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| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| 1:15 | Resource Opportunities: The Evolving Green Supply Chain Nuts & Bolts of Greening Business Practices Patrick Penfield, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Practice, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University Dwayne Cole, PhD student, Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University |
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| 3:00 | Closing Comments | |
| 3:15 | Break | |
| Concurrent Sessions | ||
| 3:30 | A. Resource Management Strategies: Land Owner Opportunities
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B. Opportunities and Incentives for Businesses and Home Owners
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| 4:45 | Evaluation | |
| 5:00 | Program End | |
