Download the full CATEE 2008 Program (.pdf)

Clean Air through Energy Efficiency Conference is held each year to address important clean air and energy issues Texas is currently facing and the related policy issues that will be debated in the upcoming Texas Legislative Session. Pre-conference workshops are provided at no additional charge, to conference attendees.

The following are short descriptions of each session. Each heading provides a link to a detailed description in the schedule. (.pdf)

Monday — Pre-Conference Workshops:

Energy Code Compliance - IC3

This workshop offers a high level overview of the International Code Compliance Calculator (IC3). View our workshop flier here.

Community-Based Energy Management

Attend this workshop to learn how to establish your energy use baseline and create your energy management plan.

Combined Heat and Power (CHP)

The event will highlight the opportunities for CHP in Texas and discuss the benefits to adopters and to the public at large. View the workshop agenda.

Tuesday — Conference Day 1:

In the Pursuit of Efficiency

• Energy Efficiency Measures at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport - Crites

• H.E.B Energy Efficiency - Lopez

• Robust Competition in Energy Efficiency Services: Benefits for Texans and Texas Business - Treadway

• City of Houston Energy Efficiency and Emission Reductions - Blake
  

RECs, Carbon Trading, and Carbon Footprints

• Energy Efficiency and Climate Protection in Austin - Petersen

• Federal Legislation on Climate Change: What Happens Next? - Taylor

Building a Better Future: Opportunities for Better Buildings
 

• Building a Better Future: Opportunities for better buildings - Fitzpatrick

• Beyond the Minimum - del Monte

• Existing Homes -- The Untapped Potential - Saunders

• "The 30% Solution": Boosting New Home Energy Efficiency Through Codes - Misuriello

• City of Houston Code Enforement ENERGY CODES - LEEDing the Way - Blake
  
   

Air Quality Quandary

• Innovative Approaches To Meet Challenging Goals: What was, What is, What may be - Klaus

• Achieving Emission Reductions and Energy Efficiency from the Local Perspective - Adams

• Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Schanbacher

Energy Efficiency Potential in Texas

• Energy Efficiency Potential in Texas: NOx Emissions Reductions from EE - Diem

• Summary of Texas Energy Efficinecy Potential Analysis: Findings and Recommendations - Messenger

• Combined Heat and Power in Texas: Status, Potential, and Policies to Foster Investment - Schare

Wednesday — Conference Day 2:

Friends with Funds: Financing Efficiency

• FHA's Energy Efficient Mortgages - Bernfeld

• Residential Energy Efficient Mortgages- Bernfeld

• Federal Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives-and Proposed New Federal Assistance- Prindle

• Energy Efficiency Incentives: Overview and Opportunities- Stockard

• Financing Energy Efficiency -Taylor

Getting Smart about Smart Metering

• Smart Grid: Developing a New Energy Paradigm? - Perlman

• The NEW ReNEWable - Chiste

• Reliant Smart Energy - Hodges

• Advanced Metering Implementation in ERCOT - Wright

• Advanced Meterinjg System Deployment Plan and Surcharge Request - Scherburne
  

Taking New Technology to Commercialization

• "Grow Your Own" Tech-based Entrepreneurs & Texas Emerging Technology Fund - Lockherd

• Research and Design in Energy Systems - King

• ZBB Energy Corporation - Parry

• Building Win-Win Industry University Partnerships - Cornwell

All Together Now: Final Session Wrap-up

Discussion panel consisting of all the moderators mentioned above. We will use this opportunity to capture the lessons learned, the changes needed in both practice and policy, and encourage open discussion including all participants.

Please visit our registration page to attend!