Julian Bentley is a professor in George Washington University's Environmental & Energy Management Institute teaching the popular online professional education short course "On the Road to Mass Market Electric Vehicles". Julian has been an energy consultant to federal agencies, utilities and industry for over 20 years. Since 2007, Julian has supported the Federal Fleet Program, assisting Federal agencies in developing and implementing compr...

It is imperative to capture 20 GT of carbon from the air in the next 20 years, and that will require contributions from all sectors including agriculture, industrial processes and direct air capture. What is the scorecard in each sector and how does each trajectory look? What are the drivers, and how can the pace of innovation and commercialization of new solutions be accelerated to scale rapidly enough to get to 20 GT in time? This webinar wi...

September 11, 2019 1:15 to 2:45 PM EDT Register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7682777426333033217 Today 1.06 billion people, or 20% of the World population, live without access to electricity (IEA and World Bank, 2017), mostly living in rural Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. They rely on torches and candles for lighting, and muscle power for most everything else. The result is a subsistence local economy. Providing reliable an...

The United States is facing a potentially staggering expansion of dangerous heat over the coming decades. This Union of Concerned Scientist analysis, Killer Heat in the United States: The Future of Dangerously Hot Days, shows the rapid, widespread increases in extreme heat that are projected to occur across the country due to climate change, including conditions so extreme that a heat index cannot be measured. The analysis also finds that the...

Thu, Sep 5, 2019 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM EDT Join SSF in a sixty minute webinar with Hazel Henderson, world renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, worldwide syndicated columnist, and leader in sustainable development. We will discuss science-based investing, which is the focus of the 2019/20 addition of her Green Transition Scorecard Report. Hazel is the founder of Ethical Markets Media, Certified B Corporation and the creator and co-execu...

Going Green Without Going Into the Red An SSF Series – RUDY, the solution to ageing in place for seniors As part of the Security and Sustainability Forum’s Going Green Without Going into the Red webinar series we highlight new and emerging technologies. Join us in a one hour feature of INF Robotics and its home companion AI-enabled robot, Rudy. The Fairfax Virginia firm’s mission is developing easy to use, affordable and safe...