Renewable Energy From the Consumer's Perspective
Bringing Cleantech Home and Making it Real. Are there technologies ready for prime time? Meet companies and leaders trying to making changes and products real every day.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
5:30 - 8:30PM
Microsoft, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
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Consumers are united in their zeal to contribute to "green" initiatives and to make the world a better place. Here in Massachusetts we have many companies working to help us do that. Join us to meet some of these leaders and trend setters.
We will learn how the layperson sorts all of this out in an efficient fashion and to start to make a dent in both their energy costs, and our impact on the environment. Our panelists are practitioners, developers, and employers at companies making this real every day!
Rob Glazer, green homeowner & Founder & Managing Director, Acceleration Partners got so passionate about the benefits of building a green home, that he launched a website around all the various products, materials, and services he incorporated into the house.
http://www.freegreen.com/green-home-build-story-needham-ma-house/.
Stuart Lombard, CEO and founder of ecobee explains that he founded the company because he wanted to reduce his home energy consumption and had trouble programming his own home thermostat. "The ecobee philosophy is 'green made easy'! We can make a positive environmental impact if we make conservation a simple and easy choice."
Paul Cole, CEO GroundedPower specializes in energy-use behavior modification by combining web and wireless technology innovation with proven behavior and cognitive psychology principles. The result is an Interactive Customer Engagement System-iCES that uniquely engages and enrolls consumers in the energy efficiency process and creates an environment for unparalleled savings.
Our panel will be moderated by
Jon Karlen, Partner, Flybridge Capitalis a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners whose investment interests and experience include enterprise software, consumer-focused products and online services, and energy technology.
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Prices:
Student: $10 with valid student ID
ESIG Member: $35
MIT Enterprise Forum Member (non ESIG): $40
NECEC Member: $40
Public: Non MIT Enterprise Forum Member: $50
