Emily Reyna | April 14, 2011
Last September EDF Climate Corps teamed up with Duke's Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment (EDGE Center) to convene a one-day event to bring Climate Corps companies and fellows together to identify effective approaches to profitably reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
"Capturing the Energy Efficiency Opportunity: Lessons from EDF Climate Corps" was hosted at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business where Climate Corps companies and fellows from the past three summers shared lessons learned and identified common themes or innovations that could be more broadly applied to accelerate energy savings and reduce climate impact. The inaugural event attracted nearly 100 Climate Corps companies, fellows, EDF and Duke staff, guest speakers and members of the Duke community. The interactive format of the event gave participants, organizers and supporters an opportunity to identify the most promising strategies for identifying and delivering on efficiency gains in industry. I described the event in detail in an earlier post and Nick Fassler, a 2010 Climate Corps fellow at HCA, shared additional insight on the opening talk led by Peter Senge, director of MIT's Center for Organizational Learning, in the post "Energy Efficiency is Not the End Game."
The EDF and Duke University conference team recently published a conference report that summarizes the content and lessons learned from the discussions at the event. Download the report here if you're interested in exploring how to capture the energy efficiency opportunity! And keep an eye out on EDFBiz for more blogs and lessons learned once we kick off the 2011 Climate Corps program in May.