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The event which will explore the impact climate change has on how residents, businesses, communities and utilities respond to extreme weather and the pressure it puts on energy infrastructures. We’ll also discuss the green jobs available in the power utility industry. Register here: https://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=ufxkmmqab&oeidk=a07eb9m0sdk748adbc0

Join us for our event on Tuesday, September 15th from 6-8 pm on "Building a Smart City: Global and DC Metro Area Perspectives." Come hear our speakers from the Dutch Embassy, General Services Administration, and Montgomery County discuss Smart Cities initiatives around the world and here in the DC area (Co-hosted/sponsored by Budderfly, DC Net...

We'll explore how planning for and expanding green infrastructure – parks, open space, street trees, planting by homeowners, green roofs – can help communities address and mitigate the impacts of climate change. To anchor the discussion, we’ll focus on a specific place – Arlington County. Speakers will describe the County’s built and natural environments, then...

“Four Generations: Leading Through Adversity” Holiday Event, Friday, December 4, 2015, 5:30 pm-9 pm To learn more about our keynote and 4 Generation speakers and to register for the event:https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ebsmfa1y1bf816fd&oseq=&c=&ch=

This event will examine green financing programs that are available in the Washington DC Metro area. We will hear from the Montgomery County Green Bank. Green bank programs leverage private investment by using public seed dollars to support, enhance, or complement private investment. We are also reaching out to speakers who are managing similar programs...

Join us for the Energy and Sustainability Extravaganza at The George Mason University, Arlington Campus, on Friday, February 5th, 11:30 am - 8 pm. The Extravaganza will entail 3 events including: 1) A Panel of women leaders in nuclear, solar, bioenergy, and the sustainability sectors as part of the Association of Energy Engineers National Capital...

NOTE - This event has been rescheduled to March 30th by the Clean Energy Enterpreneur group. This event on "Speeding up Clean Energy Deployment & Growth: New Technologies, Innovation, Standards & Collaboration" by the "Entrepreneurs in Clean Energy Meet-Up" may be of interest to some of our Leaders in Energy members. One of the panelists...

This session will discuss scenarios for moving our world to 100% renewable energy. Presenters include Janine Finnell, Clean Energy Ambassador and Founder, Leaders in Energy; Silvia Leahu-Aluas, Director of Sustainable Manufacturing, Leaders in Energy; and Adriaan Kamp, Leaders in Energy Member with Energy for One World. Free. Google link is: https://plus.google.com/events/c8dbb1pk9anr4041sm3kpcm1fpc

Join the United Nations Association - National Capital Area (UNA-NCA) and Leaders in Energy on March 3rd for an interactive panel discussion entitled “Paris to DC: Acting for Affordable Clean Energy." The focus will be on the newly enacted 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21) and the United Nations’ Global Goal 7, which is aimed at...

Missing from many discussions of smart grid is consideration of the central role that access to unlicensed spectrum plays in leading edge deployments of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). Unlicensed spectrum—radio frequency bands that are open for shared use by all users that satisfy technical requirements—is administered by the FCC but not controlled by any particular...