Total Energy USA 2013: Full Schedule

Total Energy USA assembles all the energy sectors – fossil, renewable and nuclear – to give you a comprehensive look at different energy solutions that will generate energy business and help to address today’s energy challenges. In an event focused on how businesses are impacted by energy and designed to open new opportunities, you will have access to the latest information, the newest technologies and the best industry connections.

1:30pm CST

Parallel 1: Machine to Machine (M2M) Revolution: Impacts on Energy Business

Moderator

Dara O'Neill

National Accounts Manager, TCS Basys Controls, Founder, President & CEO, E2America

For the past ten years Dara O’Neill has devoted his entrepreneurial talents to the energy efficiency industry. From sustainable property development to the latest cutting edge wireless web based building automation technology Mr O’Neill has a wealth of experience in all aspects... Read More →

Speakers

Michael W. Persinger, CEM

Comfort Systems, USA National Accounts

Michael currently serves as the Vice President Energy Solutions for the National Accounts group at Comfort Systems USA. Michael has worked in the energy sector since graduating from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1981 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering... Read More →

Brian Tarbert

National Sales Director, TCS Basys

Tuesday November 19, 2013 1:30pm - 2:15pm CST
Room 370C

Energy Efficiency

3:00pm CST

Parallel 2: Net Zero Energy Production in Buildings

New building design always begins with energy efficiency objectives. Increasingly, architects and builders are seeking to meet building energy needs with self-energy production, yielding energy sales to the grid.

Presentation topics include:
A VC's Perspective
Financing New Energy Technologies

Moderator

Shelly Pottorf

Principal, Architend

Shelly brings over twenty years of experience as an architect and urban planner to her role as the Principal of Architend; an architecture, community design, high performance consulting, and research & development firm that focuses on shifting our trajectory toward a regenerative... Read More →

Speakers

Mick Dalrymple

Energize Phoenix Project Manager, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University

Mick Dalrymple serves as a Practice Lead for the ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Services. He is a seasoned leader, communicator, and educator in the sustainability movement with direct participation since 2001 in the shaping of national programs, standards, public policy and... Read More →

Rives Taylor

Principal & Project Leader, Gensler

Rives Taylor has more than 25 years experience in institutional and commercial architecture with 18 years spent focusing on strategic planning, programming, and sustainable design. Rives casts a wide net in elevating both the why and how of sustainable design, including students... Read More →

Amanda Tullos

Principal, GreeNexus Consulting

Amanda Tullos is an award-winning designer and founder of GreeNexus Consulting. Amanda delivers expertise in holistic building strategies through a fully integrated understanding of design issues. Her work has resulted in certification of more than 1.8 million square feet of space... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2013 3:00pm - 3:45pm CST
Room 371B

Energy Efficiency

11:00am CST

Parallel 3: How Major Brands Use Energy Incentives to Gain an Edge

Moderator

Doug Bloom

CEO, RealWinWin

Doug and his team have focused RealWinWin solely on the energy incentives landscape and have grown RealWinWin into the industry’s leader for identifying and capturing rebates and incentives in support of “national account” customers and vendors. Doug’s experience includes... Read More →

Speakers

Art Justice

Director of Utilities & Energy Management, Cinemark

Wednesday November 20, 2013 11:00am - 11:45am CST
Room 371A

Energy Efficiency

1:15pm CST

Parallel 4: Revolutionizing your Workforce to Tackle Energy Use

Presentation topic: Meeting the Energy Workforce Challenge: Today and Tomorrow

Speakers

Marshall Schott

Associate Vice Chancellor/Associate Vice President for Outreach and Planning, University of Houston

Wednesday November 20, 2013 1:15pm - 2:00pm CST
Room 370B

Energy Efficiency