2009 Executive Review

December 2009
Volume 2, No. 12

In October-December 2009, Climate Change Business Journal solicited the climate change industry and the environmental industry for nominations for the first annual CCBJ Business Achievement Awards. The awards will be presented at a special ceremony at the Environmental Industry Summit VIII in Coronado, Calif. on March 3, 2010. The Environmental Industry Summit is an annual three-day event hosted by Environmental Business International, Inc., the publisher of CCBJ and Environmental Business Journal.

Inside this edition

  • Lewis Reford, CEO of  renewable energy developer Schneider Power, favors project equity partnerships in today’s tough credit environment.
  • Rodger Smith, enterprise management solutions division president for Black & Veatch, discusses greenhouse gas mitigation options in the oil and gas industry, GHG strategies being pursued by utilities, and challenges in the carbon capture and storage business.
  • Energy Storage: Brad Roberts, executive director of the Electricity Storage Assn., describes recent trends in energy storage technology.
  • Nancy Tuor, group president and executive sponsor for sustainability for environmental consulting & engineering firm CH2M Hill, describes how regulations will clarify the marketplace and drive investment in planning and mitigation strategies. Helping clients to develop a framework for their strategic carbon and energy management capabilities is one of the company’s missions.
  • Optimum Energy CEO addresses trends in green building and sees HVAC control software as a key to improving energy efficiency and operating costs.
  • Assessing climate change impacts for NEPA/CEQA analysis offers opportunities for Chambers Group, a provider of environmental consulting services in California and the Southwest.
  • Michael Levin and Gregory Trimarche of the law firm Bryan Cave LLP discuss public and private funding of cleantech.
  • Shawn Gehle, an associate with global architecture firm Gensler, reflects on shifting demand for green building services and evolving LEED certification. Matt Ellis in CBRE’s brokerage division talks to CCBJ about post-recession perceptions of energy efficient real estate.
  • Q&A With C. Dean Alford, president and CEO of Allied Energy Services, a renewable energy developer.
  • Plus contributions on the biomass market (Vital Technologies Inc.), the biofuels industry (Jim Lang, Biofuels Digest), climate change investment (Environmental Capital Group), and the role of information in framing GHG solutions (IHS)

Award Winners: AECOM, American Electric Power, As You Sow, Coto Consulting, Inc., EnerNOC Inc., eSolar, ESS Group, Inc., First Solar, Inc., Gas Technology Institute, ICF International, Lumenergi, MAXLITE, National Semiconductor, O'Brien & Gere, Ormat Technologies, Inc., Pacific Gas & Electric, Siemens Energy Sector, SolFocus, SOLON, Solyndra, Inc., Suniva, Tioga Energy, Weston Solutions, Inc., WSP Environment & Energy

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