Workshop: Winterizing Workshop, Making a More Efficient Home, November 6, 2009

Winterizing Workshop: Making a more efficient home

Friday, 6 November 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm.

With November fast approaching, homeowners and renters alike begin to anticipate the frozen pipes and leaky windows of winter, as well as the financial strain of keeping the winter’s cold at bay.
As part of our continuing Urban Sustainability Series, the JP Forum joins with the Massachusetts Municipal Association to present a 1-hour workshop on home energy saving strategies for the winter.  Focusing on the simple steps to reducing the use of electricity, water and heat, this program offers a do-it-yourself approach to saving energy.  Topics will include:

• Air sealing and insulation strategies to greatly reduce home energy costs
• Available rebates and grants to reduce the cost of home alterations and appliances
• Home energy audits from MassSave
• Inexpensive solutions for reducing your house’s carbon footprint inlcuding programmable thermostats, CFLs, and low-flow showerheads.

Come and share your strategies for reducing electricity, water and heat use during the winter months, and methods for greening our habits in the places we call home.

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In coordination with the First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist, the JAMAICA PLAIN FORUM is a free and public series that will feature speakers, discussions and events that celebrate members of our local, national and global community.This project is funded, in part, by the Fund for UU Social Responsibility.

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First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist
6 Eliot Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Lecture: Presidential Lecture on Clean Energy and Sustainability at Boston Univ., November 04

You are cordially invited to a Boston University Presidential Lecture on
Clean Energy and Sustainability
Nov 4, 2009
4:00 pm - 5:15 PM
Photonics Building Room 206 Auditorium, 8 Saint Mary's Street, Brookline, MA

Steve Fludder, Vice President, ecomagination, GE
http://www.bu.edu/energy/newsevents/presidential-lectures/

Green is Green: ecomagination at GE

From Wall Street to Main Street and from Boston to Beijing, how is GE leading society and business to a prosperous, greener future? Ecomagination is GE's business strategy driving innovation and growth of profitableenvironmental solutions. GE has brought to market over 80 innovative ecomagination solutions with a simple proposition: Green is Green. Usingexamples of environmental challenges and solutions from aviation to healthcare, from clean energy to residential homes, Fludder will discuss how GE is helping customers and society embrace a greener, prosperous future.

Steven Fludder, in October 2008, became head of GE¹s heralded ecomagination initiative. The 25-year GE veteran leads this company-wide business strategy, which has made GE a world leader in providing profitable environmental solutions in a world where the environment and the economy have become inextricably connected. Ecomagination represented nine percentof GE's total revenue in 2008 and grew, that year, by 21 percent. Among the milestones of the initiative are innovative programs in carbon mitigation, water resources, and energy efficiency. Fludder brings to the assignment years of international experience.

Fludder led GE businesses based in Hong Kong, Jakarta, Dubai, Shanghai and Beijing, and in several posts with Asia and world-wide responsibilities. Fludder has expertise across a wide range of GE businesses. He's held leadership posts, with growing responsibilities, in GE Aircraft Engines, in GE Energy and GE Oil and Gas, and most recently, as vice president of sales, at GE Water and Process Technologies. He was appointed a GE company officer in 2006. His education includes a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as Bachelor¹s degrees from both Providence College and Columbia University.


Hosted by the Boston University Clean Energy and Environmental Sustainability Initiative: a cross-university collaboration focused on the challenge of balancing energy needs with environmental and economic sustainability through research and academic activities in technology, policy, climate science, market economics, and systems integration. For more information or to subscribe to our mailing lists, please visit us at www.bu.edu/energy

The BU Presidential lectures provide a forum to learn from leaders about best practices, leading edge research, and policy and market trends in the fields of clean technology and energy sustainability. Drawing a diverse audience from academia, industry, venture and government, these lectures
provide a catalyst for discussion around technology, development, and research requirements that drive market growth and innovation in this crucial sector.