Getting to the Triple Bottom Line: Innovative Finance Strategies To Green Your Business

As profit margins stay stubbornly slim in a slow recovery, the need for investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy has never been greater.  These smart personal and business decisions are supported by many new and evolving finance opportunities and incentives available from state, utility, supplier, and other private sector sources - including New York's new Green Bank. This conference is targeted at customers and providers of these instruments and will explore existing tools, what’s on the horizon, and how the world of energy efficiency and renewable energy investment is changing.

Agenda:

7:30                 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30                 Welcome and Opening Remarks:

 David Church, Orange County Commissioner of Planning

 Stephen M. Neuhaus, Orange County Executive (Invited) 

8:45                 On-Bill Financing and Other NYSERDA Finance Strategies

 John Ahearn, NYSERDA

 Kathryn Fantauzzi, NYSERDA

9:30                 Private Sector Perspectives

                        Representatives from privately-held companies discuss strategies for multiple sectors 

Bruce Schlein, Citi

Tom Kacandes, Sunrise Solar

Amanda Dimaso, Central Hudson

John DiModica, NORESCO

10:45               Break

11:00               Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Financing

                        A discussion of evolving PACE activities in and outside New York State

Robert Fischman, Energize-NY

David Gabrielson, PACENow

Genevieve Sherman, Connecticut Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority

 12:00             Lunch

 Keynote Address: The Financial Landscape Today Alfred Griffin, President, NY Green Bank 

 

 1:00                 Strategies on the Horizon

                        Recent and evolving city and state actions, including green banks, targeting multiple sectors

Jessica Aldridge, NY Green Bank

Susan Leeds, NYCEEC

Robert Sanders, Clean Energy Group

Bryan Garcia, Connecticut Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority

Mark Thielking, Energize-NY

Moderated by: Guy Kempe, Community Development, RUPCO

2:45                 Closing Remarks

3:00                 Optional Workshop: How To Fill Out a Consolidated Funding Application: Best Practices

3:30                 Adjourn

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