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Energy Summit 2022 - Schedule

Regenerative, Resilient, & Sustainable: Celebrating 10 Years of Best Practices

Updated June 3, 2022

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• Registration

  11:30am – 1:30pm EST
  4th Floor Plemmons Student Union
• Non-Student Attendees: Working Groups – Plemmons Student Union

  • Academic Integration - 201A
  • Campus-Based Energy Efficiency - 201B
  • Finance, Regulatory, & Energy Generation - 169
  • High-Performance Campus Design - 415
  • Transportation-Oriented Opportunities - 165
  • Zero Waste & Waste Reduction - 417

  
  Student Attendees: Working Groups – leave from Plemmons Student Union traffic circle

  • Campus Gardens
  • Campus Sustainability Tour
  • Renewable Energy Initiatives

  1:30pm – 4:00pm EST
  Plemmons Student Union
• Housing Check-in

  4:00pm – 5:30pm EST
  Thunder Hill Residence Hall
• Opening Reception

  (Live Music: Lazybirds)

  5:30pm – 7:00pm EST
  Grandview Ballroom, North End Zone Facility at Kidd Brewer Stadium
• Opening Plenary

  • Energy Solutions for North Carolina (Representative John Szoka)
  • Clean Energy Funding Opportunities (Sushma Masemore)
  • Putting One’s Sustainability Education to Work (Sarah Hooper Dorner)
  • Panel Discussion (Szoka, Masemore, Hooper Dorner)

  7:30pm – 9:00pm EST
  Valborg Theatre

• Breakfast

  7:30am – 8:30am EST
  4th Floor Plemmons Student Union
• Day 2 Plenary

  • State Energy Office Update (Beth Schrader)
  • Annual Utility Savings Initiative Update (Reid Conway)
  • Recycling State of the State (Sandy Skolochenko)
  • Building a Statewide Community Garden Network (Alyssa McKim)

  8:45am – 10:15am EST
  Valborg Theatre
• Conference Session 1

  • Climate Action Planning (Lee Ball & Jim Dees) - Reich College of Education 124A
  • Building an Electric Vehicle Fleet at UNC Charlotte (Michael Lizotte) - Belk Library 114
  • Sustainable Purchasing - Reich College of Education 124B
  • Thinking through the Purchase to Save Energy (Reid Conway)
  • Resources for Sustainable Purchasing (Jan Hardin)
  • App State's Journey toward Sustainable Purchasing (Jennifer Maxwell)
  • Thrift Stores, Free Stores, & Food Pantries - Reich College of Education 124C
  • Let’s Get Thrifty: Central Carolina University’s Journey to Building a More Sustainable Community (Lanie Karstrom)
  • Mountaineer Food Hub & Free Store (Bella Carpenter)

  10:30am – 11:20am EST
• Lunch – 4th Floor Plemmons Student Union
  
  Student Poster Competition Viewing – Solarium, 1st Floor Plemmons Student Union

  11:30am – 1:00pm EST
  Plemmons Student Union
• USGBC Presentation: Commitments to Sustainable, Resilient, Equitable, and Healthy Buildings and Communities (Diane Coleman)

  1:00pm – 1:50pm EST
  Belk Library 114
• Conference Session 2

  • Campus Gardens - Reich College of Education 124A
  • In All Things Dig a Little Deeper (Tamette Farrington)
  • Coordinating Community Gardens (Alyssa McKim)
  • UNC Chapel Hill Green Labs (Jessica Knight O’Hara & Obadele St. George) - Reich College of Education 124B
  • Boone: 100% Renewable & More (George Santucci) - Reich College of Education 124C
  • North Carolina Clean Transportation Plan (Jennifer Weiss) - Belk Library 114

  2:00pm – 2:50pm EST
• Conference Session 3

  • From Honey Bees to Cast Iron Skillets: Sustainable Food Research at Appalachian State (Carla Ramsdell & Rahman Tashakkori) - Reich College of Education 124A
  • All You Want to Know about 1292 Energy Carry Forward Funds (Reid Conway) - Belk Library 114
  • Practical Iterative Steps Toward Regenerative Architecture (Mike Kapp) - Reich College of Education 124B
  • Sustainable Dining - Reich College of Education 124C
  • FEEDS: Sustainable Dining Program at UNC Asheville (Chantal Fortin)
  • Sustainable Dining with UNC Wilmington (Veda Lewin)

  3:00pm – 3:50pm EST
• Poster Awards Reception

  (Live Music: Heel Raisers)

  4:00pm – 5:30pm EST
  Solarium, 1st Floor Plemmons Student Union

• Breakfast

  7:30am – 8:30am EST
  Reich College of Education 127
• Student Attendees: Student Summit

  • Detailed program TBA
  • Lunch provided (students only)

  9:00am – 2:00pm EST
  Reich College of Education 124ABC
• Non-Student Attendees: Campus and Local Tours – leave from Reich College of Education traffic circle

  • App State Compost
  • Campus Gardens
  • High-Performance Greenhouse at App State's Blackburn Vannoy Farm (*to conclude at 11:30 a.m.)
  • Renewable Energy Initiatives (student-led walking tour)
  • "Team Sunergy" Solar Vehicle Team Workshop

  9:00am – 11:00am* EST
• Non-Student Attendees: Lunch on your own

  11:00/11:30am – 1:00pm EST
• Film Series

  • 1:00-2:15 p.m. – The Ants & the Grasshopper
  • 2:30-4:00 p.m. – 2040

  1:00pm – 4:00pm EST
  Greenbriar Theatre, 2nd Floor Plemmons Student Union