The Midwest Industrial Energy Efficiency Summit was held on January 11, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois. It was cosponsored by: World Resources Institute, Midwestern Governors Association, Midwestern Energy Efficiency Alliance, and the Great Plains Institute. It featured a welcome address by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, and panels on recent investment and policy trends, technical and economic potential for industrial energy efficiency in the Midwest, and investment drivers and opportunities.
Cosponsored by: World Resources Institute, Midwestern Governors Association, Midwestern Energy Efficiency Alliance, Great Plains Institute
Event Materials
State Manufacturing Handouts
Speaker Presentations
Introduction
- Jesse Heier, Executive Director, Midwestern Governors Association
- Stacey Paradis, Deputy Director, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Welcoming Remarks
- Illinois Governor Pat Quinn
Panel 1: Manufacturing Today: Recent Investment and Policy Trends
Moderator
- R. Neal Elliott, Associate Director, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
Panelists
- Bill Strauss, Senior Economist and Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Steven Schultz, Corporate Energy Manager, 3M
- David Terry, Executive Director, National Association of State Energy Officials
Panel 2: Technical and Economic Potential
Moderator
- John Cuttica, Director, Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois – Chicago
Panelists
- James Bradbury, Senior Associate, Climate and Energy Program, World Resources Institute
- Dan Trombley, Senior Industrial Analyst, ACEEE
- Cindy McComas, Program Director Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota
Panel 3: Investment Drivers and Opportunities
Moderator
- Lola Schoenrich, Program Director, Great Plains Institute
Panelists
- Raymond Monroe, Executive Vice President, Steel Founder’ Society of America
- Al Hildreth, Energy Manager, General Motors North America
- Robert Jackson, Manager, Michigan Economic Development Agency
- Joel Freehling, Senior Energy Finance Consultant, Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure
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