Symposium
Executive Dialogue Sessions: BUILDINGS
Sessions are color coded to indicate their focus as follows:
- Policy Focus
- Finance Focus
- Market Transformation Focus
- Technology Focus
| Tuesday, April 28 |
11:00 am -
12:30 pm |
1A |
Best Energy-Efficiency Building Practices from Around the World |
From zero energy building codes in the United States to eco-housing projects in Europe, to national codes in Mexico, this session will explore new policies that are effectively driving residential and commercial buildings to carbon neutrality. |
2:00 pm -
3:30 pm |
2A |
Mobilizing Public and Private Investments in the Built Environment |
This session will feature a diverse group of speakers representing multinational and private financial institutions, as well as government officials and others, who will explore best practices from across the globe in mobilizing public and private investments in energy efficiency. |
4:00 pm -
5:30 pm |
3A |
Energy Efficiency and Renewables: Competing or Complimentary Technologies? |
Often renewable energy technologies receive greater policy support than do energy-efficiency technologies. This session will feature a discussion of why and how policies need to support them both. |
Wednesday, April 29 |
9:00 am -
10:30 am |
4A |
Are Carbon Neutral Buildings a Goal for Today or the Future? |
Offering a variety of academic, government, and business perspectives, this session will discuss whether today’s technologies allow for the construction of carbon neutral buildings, or if further development and commercialization are needed to achieve this goal. |
10:45 am -
12:15 pm |
5A |
Unleashing the Power of Energy Efficiency in Buildings |
High level speakers from organizations and institutions that are leading the charge toward carbon neutral buildings will discuss and explore effective initiatives and efforts underway to overcome barriers to energy efficiency in the built environment. |
1:45 pm -
3:15 pm |
6A |
Wrap-up Session |
A unique feature to the Executive Dialogue program, designed for those not able to attend all of the sessions within the Buildings track, this final session is a wrap-up of all of the cross-cutting discussions held over the course of the two days. Presented by a panel of rappateurs, this session will provide attendees a second opportunity to hear the innovative and important conclusions drawn in the sessions they missed. |
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