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Thermal Energy Networks Webinar

June 26 @ 1:00 pm 2:00 pm EDT

Join us for a webinar on the new Thermal Energy Networks: A Legislative Guidebookโ€”a resource for states, cities, and utilities advancing neighborhood-scale clean heating and cooling.

Heating and cooling buildings makes up 43% of U.S. energy use. To cut emissions, states are passing laws to enable thermal energy networks (TENs): water-filled pipe systems that deliver heating and cooling without combustion. Eight states have already passed TENs legislation, and more are following suit.

Hosted by Vermont Law and Graduate Schoolโ€™s Institute for Energy and the Environment and the Building Decarbonization Coalition, this webinar will introduce the guidebook and key lessons from recent TENs laws. We will discuss:

  • What are TENs, and why enable them?
  • How can legislation ensure TENs are equitable, affordable, and effective?
  • What is needed for a system-wide transition to clean heating and cooling?

Speakers:

Lawrence Garber, Interim Associate Director of Policy Acceleration, Building Decarbonization Coalition
Eduardo Nicolรกs Otero Bakai, Global Energy Fellow, Institute for Energy and the Environment
Moderator: Ana Maria (Ania) Camargo Cortes, Associate Director, Thermal Networks, Building Decarbonization Coalition
Host: Mark James, Interim Director of the Institute for Energy and the Environment