2010 Downtown DC Eco-District Summit Materials
Below are PDF versions of presentations from the September 30, 2010 eco-summit:
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A look at the goals and challenges of controlling government and community emissions in DC with a focus on potential community actions. |
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An explanation of Alexandria, VA's efforts to realign energy demand and supply as a way to increase economic efficiency and how this approach might be used in the BID. |
An up-close look at Denver's integrated approach to greening small to mid-sized buildings that was undertaken in Denver and how this approach could be used in DC. |
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A description of the mechanisms and history of Property Assessed Clean Energy (“PACE”) Finance and its potential application in DC |
An in depth systems-level look at building cooperation and energy cogeneration in GSA's award winning White Oak project. |
Materials below were made available prior to the summit and provide background regarding green building activities underway in the city and the Downtown BID, the District Government's Climate Action Plan, Climate of Opportunity, released in September 2010.
 Green Building Activity in the Downtown BID [PDF 87 KB] |
 Green Building in the Downtown BID [PDF 44 KB] |
 Climate of Opportunity Full report [PDF 771 KB] |
 Table ES.2 Excerpt from Climate of Opportunity is available as a separate download and features a comprehensive list of programs and activities that were discussed during the summit. |
For further background material see ULI’s website from their June 2010 New York forum on Energy Finance for Real Estate. There are presentations on how the Empire State Building realized a 38% energy savings through energy retrofits, on District Energy, financing solar energy, energy services agreements, as well as other materials on financing energy efficiency.
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the 2010
Eco-Summit Agenda.
Send comments to:
Scott Pomeroy
Environmental Programs Mgr
Downtown BID
summit@downtowndc.org
202-661-7580