Workshop
The New Energy Cities workshop is designed to create a meaningful strategy for action, based on a 20-year timeline to achieve the dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions called for by the international scientific community, and by doing so capture substantial economic benefits for the communities who participate.
New Energy Cities Workshops are geared toward key city and/or county decision-makers—elected officials; utility representatives; city managers; finance directors; top staff; influential local business; and nonprofit leaders.
New Energy Cities experts conduct a day and one-half Workshop during which they provide an intensive review of energy systems; instruct participants about the way that energy will work in the future; build capacity among local leaders to adopt a new energy approach; and develop a common strategic focus around which to build toward carbon-neutrality by 2030.
Workshop Format
The Workshop format is presentational as well as interactive and focuses on five essential modules:
- Buildings and Efficiency
- Clean, Distributed Energy Production
- Next-Generation Infrastructure, including Smart Grid and Electrical Vehicle Interface
- Financing Strategy and Tools
- Leadership and Capacity-Building
In addition to the learning gained and the value of creating a collective vision for a new energy future, we lead Workshop participants in the development of a Roadmap of subsequent actions that the New Energy Cities team expands upon in the Action Plan we deliver at the end of the process.
