On June 5, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will virtually convene stakeholders to discuss the Affordable Home Energy Shot™—an ambitious initiative to reduce the upfront cost of upgrading a home by at least 50% while reducing energy bills by 20% within a decade. Nearly one in four households nationwide experience high energy burdens; as a result, more than 20% fell behind on their energy bills in 2022. These trends disproportion...

DSI’s Inaugural Government Biotechnology Innovation Summit will offer a whole-of-government approach toward advancing innovative biotechnology and biomanufacturing solutions across agencies and sectors as a means of furthering and securing U.S. National Interests. Biotechnology for the government is the practical application of biological science technology to address specific objectives and challenges faced by government agencies at dif...

FEMP offers new eTraining on Federal Energy-Efficient Procurement The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) presents the new eTraining course, Contracting for Efficiency. This course offers federal contracting officers a concise introduction to the the process of procuring energy-efficient products and includes actionable guidance as it applies throughout the contracting process. Federal buyers are required t...

Enterprise Data & AI is excited to announce the October 2022 featured presentation ‘AI at Shell’ by featured guest speakers Prakalp Somawanshi, Principal AI Engineer and Naveen Kapoor, Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Shell on Thursday, October 6, 2022 from 11:30 AM - 1 PM ET! Shell is an international energy company that aims to meet the world’s growing need for more and cleaner energy solutions in ways that are econo...

Doing Business with Oak Ridge National Laboratory The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Small Business Programs Office focuses daily on small business outreach, counseling, support, and advocacy. This includes attending conferences and trade shows, one-on-one meetings with small businesses, and individual problem-solving. As a contractor to the Department of Energy (DOE), ORNL works to meet annual small business goals by subcontracting with small...

Does the public sector hold the key to a low-carbon economy? U.S. government purchases account for nearly one-quarter of the U.S. GDP. State and local governments account for billions of dollars more. By favoring low-carbon choices in buildings, vehicles, energy, and other purchases, the public sector can lead the way to achieve a low-carbon economy and our Paris Climate Agreement goals. Through sheer volume, governments have the power to radi...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been rescheduled due to COVID-19 concerns. New Dates: 11/17-11/19/2020 New Location: National Harbor, MD Smart Cities Connect is where the smart cities community meets. We provide meaningful content and connect a thoughtful community of decision-makers to empower smart cities at all stages of growth. We accelerate the adoption of smart technology solutions, aid in problem solving, a...

Join me, Jimmy Jia and Joseph Fiksel from the George Washington University’s Environmental and Energy Management Institute in a sixty-minute discussion about turning random acts of responsible corporate action into a coherent program to reduce energy usage, improve corporate operations, meet social responsibility goals and apply systems thinking to embrace change and thrive in a turbulent world.

World Economic Forum’s (WEF) “Global Risks Report” identifies and analyzes a broad range of risk factors that may impact global economic development, ranging from climate change to technological failures to political unrest. Any of these risks alone would be challenging to cope with, but when they occur simultaneously and interact with one another the challenges can seem overwhelming. In a highly networked world risk managem...