Eighth
Annual Congressional Renewable Energy
and Energy Efficiency
Expo, Forum and Ice Cream Social
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
10:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m., 345 Cannon House Office Building
The
EXPO
and Forum are
cosponsored by the members of the House and Senate Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucuses* and the Sustainable
Energy Coalition**
We cordially
invite you to the Eighth
Annual Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
EXPO that will bring
together nearly forty companies, associations, and
organizations from across the United States (see partial
list below) representing more than two dozen renewable
energy and energy efficiency technologies. Our diverse
array of exhibitors will be showcased in 345
Cannon House Office Building.
Previous EXPOs have drawn more than 2,500 visitors,
including Members of Congress, congressional staff,
Executive Branch officials, the media, and the general
public. Please join us for an exciting array of
renewable energy and energy efficiency exhibits.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
EXHIBITORS INCLUDE:
3M
** American Council on Renewable Energy
** American Lung Association of D.C./National Biodiesel
Board American Wind Energy Association ** Austin Energy Ballard
Power Systems Beacon Power Corp. **
Bob Lawrence & Associates
** City of
Berkeley
Energy Office
**
CMC
Energy Services
** Coalition for the Commercial Application of
Superconductors DayStar Technologies, Inc.
** Delphi Corporation
**
Energy Conversion Devices
** Energy Innovations ** Environmental Resources
Trust/Solar Light for Africa Fuel Cell Energy Geothermal
Education ** Office/Geothermal Energy Association Hearth-n-Home
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ** National Ethanol
Vehicle Coalition National Hydropower Association National
Renewable Energy ** Laboratory NewBio E Systems, Inc. ** Oak
Ridge National Laboratory
** Ocean Power Technologies
** Pellet Fuels Institute
** Renewable Fuels Association
** Sharp Solar Systems
** Solar Turbines/Caterpillar Inc. ** Solena Group
** Southwest Windpower
** Uni-Solar: United Solar Ovonic LLC
** US Department of Interior
** US Environmental Protection Agency Climate Change
Program UTC Power **
WorldWater & Power Corp.
12:00 p.m. News Briefing
** Sen. Wayne Allard
(R-CO), Co-Chair, Senate Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency
Caucus
** Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO), Co-Chair, House Renewable Energy &
Energy Efficiency Caucus
** Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN), Co-Chair, House Renewable Energy &
Energy Efficiency Caucus
** Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Vice-Chair, House Renewable
Energy & Energy Efficiency Caucus
** Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Vice-Chair, House Renewable Energy
& Energy Efficiency Caucus
** Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)
** David K. Garman, Under
Secretary
,
US
Department of Energy
** Rebecca Watson, Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals
Management, US Department of Interior
** Philip W. Grone, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense,
Installations and Environment, US Department of Defense
** Tim Ryan, Deputy Undersecretary, Rural Development, US
Department of Agriculture
**
Scott Sklar, Chairman, Steering Committee, Sustainable Energy
Coalition
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION
Jennifer Barrett, c/o Rep.
Mark Udall (202-225-2161)
Melissa Chapman, c/o Rep. Zach Wamp (202-225-3271)
Ken Bossong, coordinator, Sustainable Energy Coalition,
202-293-2898, ext.201, Kbossong614@yahoo.com
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In conjunction
with the EXPO, forums will take place in 340
Cannon to discuss:
9:30 a.m. What
is the Role of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in
National Security?
Carol Werner,
Executive Director, Environmental and Energy Study Institute
Scott
Sklar, President,
The Stella Group, Ltd.
Bob
Dinneen, President,
Renewable Fuels Association
Milt
Copulos, President,
National Defense Council Foundation
10:30 a.m. Is
the Energy Bill Fair to Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy?
Anna
Aurilio, Legislative
Director, US Public Interest Research Group
Karl
Gawell, Executive
Director, Geothermal Energy Association
Kara
Rinaldi, Policy
Director,
Alliance to Save Energy
Rhone
Resch, Executive
Director, Solar Energy Industries Association
2:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Forum
Films and Speakers
A two-hour program of films
and speakers will review how various renewable energy and
energy efficiency technologies work and their practical
applications.
Each
film will be followed by a 5-minute Q&A session with an
expert on the subject of the film.
Renewable
Energy
2:15 2:30 p.m. "The Story of Biomass Power Electric Utilities"
Q&A: Scott Sklar (The Stella Group Ltd.)
2:30 2:40 p.m. "Solar
Texas
Energy
Independence
"
Q&A: Scott Sklar (The Stella Group, Ltd.)
2:40 2:55 p.m. "Ethanol Fuel of the Future"
Q&A: Bill Holmberg (New Uses Council)
2:55 3:05 p.m. "National Biodiesel Board Feature Story"
Q&A: Bill Holmberg (New Uses Council)
3:05 3:20 p.m. "Geothermal Energy A Renewable Option"
Q&A: Karl Gawell (Geothermal Energy Association)
3:20 3:35 p.m. "The Power of Wind"
Q&A: Jaime Steve (American Wind Energy Association)
3:35 3:45 p.m. "Dawn of the Hydrogen Age"
Q&A: Joel Stronberg (American Solar Energy Society)
3:45 4:05 p.m. "Water and Dams in Todays World"
Q&A: Mark Stover (National Hydropower Association)
4:05 4:20 p.m. "Fuel Cells Energy Revolution"
Q&A: Bob Rose (Breakthrough Technologies Institute)
Energy
Efficiency
4:20 4:45 p.m. "Home Energy Efficiency"
Q&A: Harry Misuriello (
Alliance
to Save Energy)
4:45 5:00 p.m. "Energy Smart Schools"
Q&A: Merrilee Harrigan (
Alliance
to Save Energy)
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*
The House and Senate Renewable Energy & Energy
Efficiency Caucuses are
non-legislative,
information-sharing organizations that include 211 and 33
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S.
Senate, respectively.
** Founded in
1992, the Sustainable Energy Coalition is a coalition of
more than 90 national and state business, environmental,
consumer, and energy policy organizations which works to
promote increased use of renewable energy and energy
efficiency technologies. Its members collectively
represent several thousand companies, community groups, and
municipal utilities.
