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The BuildingEnergy Boston Conference + Trade Show is the Northeast's premier gathering for sustainable design, green building, and renewable energy professionals. Produced by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA), the annual event attracts more than 3,500 practitioners working together to advance the adoption of sustainable energy practices in the built environment. Attendees span all sectors of the building industry, ensuring that the people you meet and the knowledge you gain will expand your network and strengthen your business. Conference sessions are rigorous, relevant, and rooted in whole-systems thinking. The trade show hosts companies with cutting edge products and services. Greenwashing is left at the door.

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Join SEBANE (Solar Energy Business Association of New England) for an engaging discussion and networking opportunity on the challenges and opportunities facing the solar industry. The event will feature an appearance by Senator Benjamin Downing, who will be presented with SEBANE’s first Leadership Award for the Senator’s vision and leadership. This will be followed by a panel discussion on solar policy, market perspectives from industry leaders, and a regional and national overview of the current state of solar development.

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This year’s Renewable Energy Policy Forum takes place as seismic developments in national and global policies are reshaping the renewable energy marketplace. In December, Congress enacted a major new tax package offering long-sought stability to the wind and solar power industries. Just two weeks earlier, 129 nations at the COP21 meetings in Paris reached agreement on an unprecedented global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Taken together, these developments are a source of immense promise for the future of renewable energy in the U.S. and around the world.
 
But important challenges remain. The wind power industry faces a steep phase-down of its tax credit, losing 20 percent of the credit value in 2017, and an additional 20 percent for the two years that follow. Other renewable technologies, including geothermal, hydro and biomass, secured a tax credit extension only through 2016, and will need quick action from Congress to keep their incentives in place. Meanwhile, the Clean Power Plan moves to the critical implementation stage, with states working on their compliance plans even as legal challenges work their way through the courts. With tax credits phasing down just as the deadlines for most ambitious emission reductions come into force, the Clean Energy Incentive Program, a promising but uncertain new element of the Clean Power Plan, may have a critical role to play.
 
Join ACORE on March 16-17 for an in-depth analyses of these important policies and the critical challenges that lie ahead!

Join us to hear insights on today’s most critical economic and investment topics from Dr. David Kelly, Chief Global Market Strategist, J.P. Morgan Funds.

Dr. David Kelly who is a frequent guest on CNBC and other financial news outlets is widely-quoted in the financial press. With over 20 years of experience, he provides valuable insight and perspective on the economy and markets to thousands of financial advisers and their clients. He is often the featured keynote speaker for many national investment conferences, providing background, expertise, and views on the markets to thousands of financial advisors and their clients. His unique ability to explain complex economic and market issues in easy-to-understand language enables those financial advisors to communicate better with their clients.

He is a CFA charterholder and also has a PhD and MA in Economics from Michigan State University and a BA in Economics from University College Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. Using the most recent edition of JP Morgan’s Guide to the Markets, Dr. Kelly will share thoughts on the current economic landscape and outlook for 2016, discuss key drivers and trends taking place in the markets and answer your most pressing questions.

We hope you can attend and look forward to seeing you at this important event.

RSVP here: http://www.babcne.org/events/b/current-events/event/28-dr-david-kelly-chief-global-markets-strategist-jp-morgan-will-update-us-on-market-actions-reactions

January 19, 2016: Urban Resiliency and Adaption Planning 

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According to Wikipedia, Urban Resiliency is the “capability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from significant multi-hazard threats with minimum damage to public safety and health, the economy, and security of a given urban area”.

With climate change, flooding, and potential food and drinking water shortages, there can be a heightened sense of uncertainty and unpredictability for governments and urban planners. Among the trending remedies for dealing with this state of flux as the “new normal” is the concept of “resiliency and adaption”. This concept stresses that community infrastructure needs to be flexible and redundant, and that government and community leaders embrace adaptive learning to effectively deal with and manage such contemporary crises.

Panel will focus on the business and market opportunities for entrepreneurial clean tech and energy companies in Massachusetts.

• Charlie Cary, Principal, Biomass Combustion Systems
• Keven Dutt, Founder and CEO, Rainbank
• Michael Judge, Acting Director for Renewable and Alternative Energy for MA DOER