Declaring that getting to a clean energy future will require a focused, collaborative approach, CCSE Executive Director Irene Stillings opened the Clean Energy Conference at the San Diego Convention Center where some 400 participants gathered for the day-long event featuring 40 energy experts and sustainable industry leaders speaking in 16 workshop sessions.
Stillings went on in her opening remarks saying that California’s clean energy policies are good for the state’s economy and not “job killers” as proponents of Proposition 23 claim. She cited a Pew Charitable Trusts report stating that California’s clean-energy job growth outpaced traditional jobs while the state attracted some $6.5 billion in clean-energy investments over the past three years.
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders said that the city now has hundreds of clean-tech companies and that “we’re seeing a lot of jobs being created.” Also giving welcoming remarks were Michael Niggli, president and COO of San Diego Gas & Electric, who wished the audience well in “taking the green economy to the next step,” and San Diego County Supervisor Ron Roberts, who spoke about the electrification of transportation and how local governments can remove barriers to clean-energy development.
Workshops throughout the day offered a high level of detailed information on subjects as diverse as best energy practices for businesses and ways to get a good return on energy investments to how to better bid solar projects and tips for marketing a home performance business. Presentations from the Clean Energy Conference are available online for viewing and downloading.
Conference Presentations Online
Here is a sampling of the industry leaders we brought on 2010
 Nancy E. Ryan Commissioner, CPUC |
 Robert Weisenmiller Commissioner, CEC |
 Suzanne Shelton CEO, Shelton Group |
 Tammy Schwolsky CEO of REAS |
 Adam Winter Co-Founder, Recurve |
 Chris Calwell Founder, Ecos |
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Thursday September 16, 2010 |
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Welcome and Plenary Panel featuring: Nancy E. Ryan, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission |
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| Track 1 Home Performance |
Track 2 Solar in Southern California |
Track 3 Smart Energy = Smart Business |
Track 4 Case Studies and Technology Updates |
| 10:45 am – 12:00 pm |
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| Deep Retrofits and Zero Energy Homes | Into the Final Steps: State of Solar and Future of the CSI | Energy and Climate Legislation: Compliance and Opportunities | Electric Vehicles: Powering Up and Charging Forward |
| Lunch, Networking and Exhibits (12:00 pm – 1:00 pm) | |||
| 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm | |||
| Bringing Innovation and Scale to the Home Performance Industry | Better Bidding: Tools and Tips | Best Practices: Energy and the Bottom Line | Smart Meters, Smart Grid and the Future of Energy Use |
| 2:30pm – 3:45pm |
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| Residential Programs and Efficiency and Solar Financing | Solar Thermal: New CSI Programs and Solar Heating and Cooling Innovations | Do Customers Care? Energy, Sustainability and Your Brand | Wind Energy: Regional Projects and Statewide Growth |
| 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm |
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| Marketing Strategies to Build Your Home Performance Business |
Meeting RPS: RECs, Feed-in Tariffs and Utility Scale Projects |
Getting Real Return on Your Energy Investments | Advanced Energy Storage |
| Networking Reception (5:15 pm – 7:00 pm) | |||
*Please Note: Conference agenda is subject to change
Presentations are available online
