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September 26, 2023 – Sustainability Summit – 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

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SEI is sharing this event for the County.

The Sustainability Summit will take place at Penn State University, Great Valley.

Follow this link for more information https://www.chescoplanning.org/AboutUs/SustainabilitySummit.cfm

Save the Date! Chester County’s first-ever Sustainability Summit will be held on Tuesday, September 26th from 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at Penn State Great Valley’s Conference Center.

To support the implementation of the county’s Climate Action Plan, this free event will feature engaging presentations that municipalities, businesses, institutions, non-profits, and anyone who loves our planet can use related to energy efficiency and renewable energy, vehicle fleet transition to alternative fuels, sustainable landscape options, and funding and financing opportunities and local case studies for all of these topics (plus more!). A full agenda and registration will be posted in August.

August 29, 2023 – Geothermal Drilling and Grouting Fundamentals (short course)

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>>REGISTER<<

Date: August 29, 2023
Location: Westerville, Ohio
CEUs: 0.6

Instructors:

 

Overview:

In this one-day short course, you will learn about the equipment and tools used to drill and install vertical ground loops. You will also learn the proper procedures for grouting geothermal boreholes.

The ground source heat pump industry has increased in activity with the extension of both the residential and commercial geothermal tax credits that were signed into law in 2022. As geothermal involves more work than an average water well, proper education is key for groundwater professionals to understand what is required.

Additionally, ISCO Industries will guide you through the proper methods of thermally fusing HDPE pipe. The demonstration, followed by hands-on participation, will focus on the two most common methods of thermal fusion applicable to the geothermal industry: manual butt fusion and socket fusion. All equipment and materials will be provided for your use. Upon completion, you will leave with an understanding of why HDPE is the absolute best material for geothermal installations.

Who should attend?

  • Drilling contractors
  • Sanitarians/health department personnel
  • Ground heat exchanger installers
  • HVAC contractors.

Partners

NGWA is partnering with Jackson Geothermal, IGSHPA, and ISCO Industries for this course.

September 4, 2023 – World Cogeneration Day

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World Geothermal Day is September 4th! Hold the date and follow the link below for more information.

https://worldcogenerationday.org/

On this one day, we celebrate the resiliency and sustainability of cogeneration. We celebrate its people and share with the world how CHP serves humanity. Celebrants take to schools, cafes, internet, offices, power plants, and airwaves to teach us what is obvious. If we work together, using resilient, energy-efficient, and sustainable cogeneration, we can tackle the future and enhance the environment that sustains us. Conventional, Bio-gas, Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), and Hydrogen all offer us sustainable and resilient CHP. This one day helps us to pursue a “green  future”, showing that sustainable, resilient energy supplies enable healthy environments.

June 20, 2023 – PA Geo Meeting at CCEDC networking with light food and beverages – 4-5:30 p.m.

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PA Geo members may RSVP to scockerham@ccedcpa.com

Interested in attending as a guest to learn more about PA Geo? contact jlauckner@ccedcpa.com.

Our next PA Geo meeting will take place at the CCEDC in Exton with light food courtesy of SEI, and adult beverages courtesy of J*Lis Management. If you need to participate remotely, email Sherry Cockerham, SEI Coordinator at scockerham@ccedcpa.com for a zoom link.

A full agenda will be available soon.

Topics will include:

  • Share what is happening in your business – successes and challenges.
  • SEI Clean Energy Grant aims to help Chester, Berks and Montgomery county businesses through increased connections to local partners and training opportunities, deployment of work-based training models and upskilling methods, and expanded access to career pathway development in the industry. Find out how SEI can help you grow your business by going to the link above, or emailing jlauckner@ccedcpa.com.
  • Are you training your employees, or yourself before June 15, or have you completed any training since April 1, 2023? We want to help! Topics included in the grant are wide and Jim and Sherry can help guide you in the quick application to get up to 50% back on your training costs.
  • In addition to our grant funding available we want to make you and your employees aware of free courses available. SkillUp™ PA provides access to FREE, online job skills training to Pennsylvania residents!? Strengthen your #JobSkills with access to over 6,000 flexible, self-directed, web-based courses. Courses are available on the Metrix Learning Portal and can be accessed by registering for a free account.

Are you hiring, or know of anyone hiring to refer to our upcoming Business Networking event? Hire One Business Networking, June 22 from 5-7PM at CCEDC, Exton. It is not a job fair, but in the spirit of networking and sharing contacts. It is not just who is in the room, but who they can introduce you to, so you may fill your open positions. Light food and adult beverages will be served. https://Hire_One_Business_Networking_June_22.eventbrite.com

Stay plugged in!

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/SmartEnergyPA
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/smart-energy-initiative-of-southeastern-pennsylvania
Twitter – https://twitter.com/SmartEnergyPA?s=20
You Tube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgUaVxld48HVUOS21MjmgXw/featured
Website – https://smartenergypa.org/

 

William Ronayne, President PAGEO

June 20, 2023 – Clean Energy 101 at Henrietta Hankin Branch Library – 6-7:30pm

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Register>> https://ccls.libcal.com/event/10665440

Come learn about energy conservation, efficiency, and electrification from PECO energy experts, and how you can put the pieces together to significantly reduce the energy costs for your home or business while also reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. Rebates from PECO and recently announced incentives from the Federal government and other programs will also be discussed. Follow on seminars will discuss heat pumps, solar panels, geothermal systems, electric vehicles and vehicle chargers. This event is held in partnership with Northern Chester County Clean Energy Future and West Vincent, East Pikeland, Schuylkill and West Pikeland townships.

This is a hybrid event–register to attend in person at the library or online via Zoom. Registered attendees will recieve a Zoom link to join the program two hours before the progam is scheduled to start. You do not need a Zoom account to attend this program online.

April 27, 2023 – Solar Project Pipeline Fireside Chat – 2-3pm

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Learn more and register: https://secure.everyaction.com/OrFi4HOHqEWvb-vgnWtlxg2

This event is for a specific audience of government officials, economic development practitioners and others in our partner networks with direct interest in the topic. Please feel free to forward to your networks!

Guest speakers:

-Jacob Hannah, Coalfield Development, West Virginia

-Flore Marion & Will Bernstein, City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

-Mayor Steve Patterson, City of Athens Ohio

-Others TBD

May 24, 2023 – Green Build United’s 2023 Sustainability Symposium

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Our partners at Green Build United are promoting their 2023 Sustainability Symposium taking place at Drexel University.

This year’s Symposium will cover topics including innovative green building, sustainability and industry best practices, city-level decarbonization, public funding and financing, community climate resiliency, integrated building design, indoor air quality, Passive House, Living Building Challenge, green stormwater infrastructure, legislation, and so much more! Attendees will hear directly from experts across our region and beyond in discussion around new projects, opportunities for social, environmental, and economic impact, and how communities are applying innovative solutions throughout the sustainability field.

Learn more and REGISTER

February 28, 2023 – [See the recorded presentation!] 11th Annual Energy Briefing – 8:15-10:30 a.m.

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The SEI Energy Briefing took place 2/28/2023. View the presentations on SEI You Tube Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDY_1uqrAKE

Learn more and register

Stay on top of the ever-changing energy market with SEI! Join us to explore the impacts of the IRA funding on various energy projects.

Hear from leaders in the energy field on such topics as:

  • Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
    • EV vehicle deployment
    • distributed generation
    • impact onsite energy efficiency projects
    • investments into energy and climate change
  • Combined Heat & Power, Solar and Geothermal systems

Who should attend:

Those interested in the state of the national, regional, and local energy economy, facilities managers, energy professionals, project & property developers, municipal developers and job seekers.

Event Agenda: 

8:15 to 8:30 a.m. – Check-in, networking and light breakfast.

8:30 to 10:00 a.m. – Program followed by Q & A

Continue the discussion until 10:30 a.m. and be present for a chance to win a Google Nest, compliments of Emergent Energy Solutions!

Presenters:

Tom Bonner (Sr. Manager, State Government Affairs; PECO)Tom will speak broadly about EV Vehicles and the impact of the IRA on this market.

Steven Mathews (Sales Engineer; Kinsley Energy Systems) Steven will provide a summary of CHP and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Mark Connolly (Energy Engineer; RER Energy) Mark’s presentation will explain what some of the IRA impacts are on the solar industry.

Learn more and register

11th Annual Energy Briefing – Presenter Bios

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Tom Bonner, Sr. Manager, State Government Affairs – PECO

Tom Bonner serves as Manager, State Government Affairs for PECO, with primary responsibility for analyzing the impact of federal, state and local policy challenges on the company and leading internal teams to develop climate & clean energy policy and business solutions.  During his time with PECO, Mr. Bonner has focused on both policies and programs advancing new technologies, including serving as the lead author of PECO’s successful $200 million Smart Grid Investment Grant application with the U.S. Department of Energy.  In addition to representing PECO in numerous state and local stakeholder forums, he currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Eastern PA Alliance for Clean Transportation and the Transportation Management Agency of Chester County.

Prior to coming to PECO in 2007, he served as Manager, Congressional Relations for MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company for more than a decade, and as Associate Director of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Washington, DC office.  From 1991-1995, he worked in the U.S. House of Representatives as a senior legislative staffer.  Tom holds a Master of Planning Degree from the University of Virginia and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Steven Mathews, Sales Engineer – Kinsley Energy Systems

Steven Mathews is a sales engineer at Kinsley Energy Systems, a turnkey supplier of packaged CHP systems and maintenance services. He is responsible for integrating CHP systems into the onsite energy infrastructure of new and existing facilities. With the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act, he focuses on new microgrid projects at hospitals, WWTPs, military bases, manufacturing facilities, and other C&I campuses. Steven is based in Philadelphia and is an active member of several of the city’s energy-focused networking organizations.

Mark Connolly, Energy Engineer – RER Energy

Mark Connolly is also the President of The Phoenixville Green Team