On October, 5th, 2016 GreenStep Cities staff from across Minnesota gathered for the monthly workshop and webinar, this time to learn all about Energy, Data, and Action—Oh My!
About 25 people attended the workshop in total, including those who attended in person and those who watched via webinar. Everyone who experienced the workshop had a great chance to listen to our presenters discuss a wide variety of topics.
Agenda & Presentations:
- B3 overview and what’s new – Cheri Schneider, The WeidtGroup
Cheri Schneider from the Weidt Group, gave a presentation that covered the basics of B3 benchmarking and also discussed some of the new updates to B3.
- B3 Operations Manual – Laura Millberg, MPCA and Katie Hosch, GPI Green Corps Member
Laura Millberg from the MPCA presented on the new B3 Energy Efficient Operations Manual, which was developed by the Center for Sustainable Building Research. Katie Hosch also gave a short presentation about the hopeful future of her work, working with local governments and the Energy Efficient Operations Manual.
- Energize Maplewood & Taking Action – Chris Swanson & Shann Finwall, City of Maplewood
Shann Finwall from the City of Maplewood presented about some of the ways that Maplewood was able to implement new sustainability practices. Chris Swanson from the City of Maplewood also presented about Maplewood, but he used real life examples of Maplewood’s B3 data to show that energy savings was or was not happening.
- LEEP into Energy Savings – Alex Cecchini, Division of Energy Resources
Alex Cecchini from the Chamber of Commerce presented about the Local Energy Effiency Program (LEEP) and the Guaranteed Energy Saving Program (GESP)
Listen to the workshop below: (no video)
