Why the Northwest Should Care About Improving Energy Efficiency in China

In late 2007, the China-U.S. Energy Efficiency Alliance launched a Roundtable series designed to share the latest developments with respect to energy and environmental issues in China and to provide an opportunity for discussion with key experts in this field.

In conjunction with Ecos, an Alliance Partner, we would like to cordially invite you to participate in our next roundtable discussion: Why the Northwest Should Care About Improving Energy Efficiency in China.

The Roundtable will also provide an opportunity to network with other invited guests: business leaders, government officials, high-tech and energy professionals, and specialists from the academic and non-profit communities.

Please mark your calendar for this important event:

Wednesday, September 23
Event starts at 4:30pm
Presentations start at 5:30pm

Location:

The Courtyard Marriott – City Center
550 SW Oak Street
Portland, OR 97204

Welcome Address:

• Portland Mayor Sam Adams
  As Mayor of Portland, Adams is well-known for his commitment to sustainable development. In 2009, he merged the Bureau of Planning with the Office of Sustainable Development into a Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, noting that, "Portland is the ideal starting place for this nation to get serious about environmental sustainability. We can show what's possible, setting an example the rest of the world can follow. And we can prove sustainability pays off."

Introduction to the Alliance:

• Barbara Finamore, President, China-U.S. Energy Efficiency Alliance; China Program Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
  As President of the China-U.S. Alliance, Finamore is responsible for growing the Alliance network of utilities, companies and individuals who recognize the importance of energy efficiency as an effective strategy to address global warming and reduce pollution. Through their broad network, the Alliance is able to pool technical and financial resources to help China design and implement large-scale energy efficiency incentive programs.

Keynote speaker:

• Mark D. Levine, Ph.D., Group Leader of China Energy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Former Director of Environment Energy Technology Division)
  Dr. Levine's major passion in the past two decades has involved analyzing and promoting energy efficiency in China. In 1988, he created and has since led the China Energy Group at LBNL. Today he spends the majority of his time working with collaborators in China on energy efficiency policy in that country and advising the U.S. Department of Energy, Department of State, and the Treasury Department on ways of enhancing cooperation with China on programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Link to full bio

Panelists include:

• Steven S. Cliff, Ph.D., California Air Resources Board and Research Professor, University of California at Davis
  Dr. Cliff has more than 15 years experience in global climate and air quality research and is a recognized expert on global air pollution transport. Specifically, his research on air pollution carried on winds across the Pacific Ocean has been the subject of numerous research and news articles. He is also principal investigator on several grants including studying the change in pollution as a result of controls near Beijing China during the 2008 Summer Olympics.

• Lonny Knabe, Energy Architecture Manager, Nike
  Knabe works in Nike's Global Manufacturing Center of Excellence and is focused on reducing energy consumption and developing green factory designs for Nike’s contract manufacturing partners. In less than one year, Knabe's work helped Nike's contract footwear factories reduce their total energy use by 9% and their energy intensity by 16%.

• Bob Zimmerman, Managing Partner of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects' (ZGF) Seattle office
  Zimmerman has over 25 years of experience overseeing the sustainable and technical design of some of ZGF’s most significant projects across the U.S. and internationally. Recent projects in China include: Silo City Residential District in Beijing, an 8.6 million square foot residential district (LEED ND); the 900,000 square foot FuWai Cardiovascular Hospital in Beijing; and the 600,000 square foot expansion of Beijing Children's Hospital.

While space for this event is limited, please feel free to pass on this invitation to others who may be interested in attending. To RSVP for the event, please click here. For more information, please contact the Alliance at: info@chinauseealliance.org or (415) 951-8975