Events

Integrating Climate Change into Design & Decision-Making: A Journey in the Transformation of Building Individual and Institutional Capacity

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

at 12:00 (Noon) Eastern

For decades, climate scientists worldwide have sounded repeated alarms warning humanity of the implications of humanity’s intensification of greenhouse gas emissions driving substantial warming of our atmosphere from pre-industrial levels.  Despite these warnings, global emissions have continued to increase year over year.  In 2023, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) called for the unprecedented transformation of society to tackle the challenges that climate change poses to humanity’s health, security and economic vitality.

Despite massive advances in energy technology, industrial processes and efficiencies across most economic sectors, society has not figured out the answer to accomplishing the reductions called for by the climate science community.  But the impacts of a warming planet and a changing planet are already being felt — more volatility in our climate system, rising sea levels and ecosystem impacts.

Join us for a discussion on pursuing the unprecedented transformation of how to design, finance, build and sustain featuring Daniel Kreeger, executive director and co-founder of the Association of Climate Change Officers.

Presenter: Daniel Kreeger is co-founder and executive director of the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO) and has a unique familiarity of climate change and sustainability initiatives being undertaken across the public and private sectors.  Dan has led ACCO’s programming efforts since 2008, as well as the establishment of its certification and training programs, and the direction of extensive research projects on the climate change field of practice.

Dan is a recognized expert on institutionalizing climate change into decision-making in the public and private sectors.  He serves on the board of the Global Electronics Council, which manages the EPEAT program, and the Dean’s Advisory Board for the FIU College of Communication, Architecture and the Arts.  He has been a reviewer for the IPCC and numerous Federal agency grant committees and is a frequent lecturer and TV news commentator on climate change policy and practice.

 Registration Deadline: June 14, 2024

 Note: Registration is for one entrant. Any other individuals who would like to join this session are required to complete their own registration forms. The registration fee is set per person, not per connection.

PAEP Members – Webinars are free to current members but you will still need to register.

Non-Members – the fee for the webinar is $20 per person.

Registrants will be sent an email, closer to the date of the event, providing information on how to join the webinar.

“The Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Professionals aims to promote environmental education, research, planning, assessment, review, and management through the formation and operation of a nonpolitical multidisciplinary professional society.” The content of our webinar series is not developed by PAEP, but by the presenters themselves.

Large-Scale Solar in Pennsylvania

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

at 12:00 (Noon) Eastern

Join us for a comprehensive discussion covering the broad scope of large-scale solar, including siting, zoning considerations, common concerns, and current/proposed legislative and policy initiatives.

Penn State Extension Educators will present the Large-Scale Solar in Pennsylvania webinar. They closely follow developments with PJM (a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity) and PUC (Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission), along with proposed legislation and policy changes. Educators will discuss recent trends in large-scale solar, also called utility-scale solar, in Pennsylvania. Educators will explain what is happening in the Commonwealth and why. Siting and zoning considerations will also be discussed, along with common concerns for landowners and local governments.

The Penn State Extension Energy Team lectures and teaches on energy development, the economics driving the energy development process, the process and politics of energy development, and the associated impacts on communities, businesses, agriculture, land, and people. They have had the opportunity to provide training for industry, elected officials, businesses, investors, regulators, and landowners and have been able to speak throughout the country and around the world.

Presenters: 

Daniel Brockett- Assistant Director of Penn State Extension Energy Programs

Thomas Beresnyak- Senior Extension Educator, Penn State Extension Energy Team

Joseph Conklin, Ed.D.- Senior Extension Educator. Penn State Extension Energy Team

Matthew Svetz- Extension Educator, Penn State Extension Energy Team

 Registration Deadline: July 19, 2024

 Note: Registration is for one entrant. Any other individuals who would like to join this session are required to complete their own registration forms. The registration fee is set per person, not per connection.

PAEP Members – Webinars are free to current members but you will still need to register.

Non-Members – the fee for the webinar is $20 per person.

Registrants will be sent an email, closer to the date of the event, providing information on how to join the webinar.

“The Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Professionals aims to promote environmental education, research, planning, assessment, review, and management through the formation and operation of a nonpolitical multidisciplinary professional society.” The content of our webinar series is not developed by PAEP, but by the presenters themselves.