Monthly Speaker Public Series
Here is the listing for the Public Monthly Speaker Series, held the first Wednesday of each month at the West Chester Borough Building, Room 240, 401 E. Gay Street:
SPEAKER SERIES - 1 st Wed. Nt each month (7-9 PM) ; West Chester, Pa..
Municipal Bldg on 401 east Gay st. ; cross st is Adams.
2011
Sept. 7th. Mary Hall; Manager New Business Development; The Navy Yard; Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC). Hear about how this has become an center of energy efficient companies .
Oct. 5th. Dr. Richard Chapas – Univ of Delaware. “What is Sustainability?”
Nov 2nd; ”The Economics of Carbon Pricing” – Dr Joseph Robinson of Villanova University. He will also discuss the lobby effort: Citizens Climate lobby.
Dec 7th Aimee Erickson- Director, Citizens Coal Council . ” Coal Impacts in W.Pa and the world”. Learn what coal actually does.
2012
Jan 4th David Mazzocco; Architect & LEED AP ; “Making the Empire State Bldg VERY Energy Efficient”
Feb 1st. Sean Diamond ; VP Of Projects Mainline Solar; “Utility Scale Solar Technology and global locations & Issues Overview”
Plus a 2 nd Speaker: ”What is a Green Funeral”- Matt Grieco. Is Cremation Green?
March 7th- ”Large Building /Malls Cooling Advances” Daeem Salam of Tozour Energy Systems will discuss the ICE technology from Trane Corp. that is a very efficient technology to cool large bldgs or Malls, etc.
April 4th – ”What is life Cycle Assessment”? – Todd Krieger of DuPont will explain the what and how and why this tool is so important when comparing the carbon footprints of different products and various energy generation sources .
2ND Speaker: Ed Rahme; AIA, LEED AP “How to manage materials effectively in new construction & Remodeling”
May 2nd. “Sea Level Rise - Caused by what ; from what and how much” . Jessica Pilarczyk a research scientist working on this topic from Univ of Penn will help us understand the issues and projections (and when we need to swim.).
2ND Speaker: John DeMillion will share his experiences owning a Electric Volt.
June 2 – Helen Walter-Terrinoni; Global Marketing Manager; Foam Expansion Agents; DuPont Fluorochemicals;
New blowing agents and Refrigerants have no ozone depletion and very very low Global warming potential (7 vs 1 for CO2).
July & August – No speakers – Enjoy the Summer
Sept 5: Danielle Kreeger, Ph.D.; Science Director, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary; & Functional Ecologist, Drexel University. Climate Change in the Delaware Estuary: Risks, Opportunities and Tough Choices”
Oct 3. ”West Vincent Sustainability Plan”. Learn what WV has done to help their township become a lot more sustainable. -Clare Quinn
Nov 7. Robert Sylvester , retired engineer from DuPont : ”What is Combined Heat and Power (CHP) and why is it so important for energy Efficiency?” (Bob will also discuss how fuel cells are a form of CHP and examples ).
Dec 5: TBA