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Below you will find current list of the GovEnergy technical program topics. The GovEnergy Technical Program will be finalized by the end of February. Please check back in early March for all the details on the GovEnergy 2008 Technical Program.

Finance & Funding
Metering and Energy Management Control Systems
Renewables
Grand Canyon
Transportation
Water
Energy 101
Acquisition
Sustainability
Building Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
Technology
Legislation, Policy, & Leadership
Energy Lawyers

Finance & Funding

Hot Ways to Finance Cool Deals

Track Description:
Agencies today have many options for financing their energy projects. This track will explain each of these options, how they work, and why certain ones are preferred for certain cases. This track will also cover new, cutting-edge financing mechanisms, how lenders look at projects, how M&V is applied, and how federal sites can use incentives and credits.

MONDAY 8/4/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 1	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Alternative Financing for Newcomers
Session 2	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	An In-Depth Look at Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs)
Session 3	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Cutting Edge Financing Mechanisms
TUESDAY 8/5/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 4	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	An In-Depth Look at Utility Energy Services Contracts (UESCs)
Session 5	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	An In-Depth Look at Enhanced-Use Leasing (EUL)
Session 6	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Matching Game with Renewable Energy Financing
Session 7	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The Lender's Perspective on Alternative Financing
WEDNESDAY 8/6/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 8	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Leveraging Incentive Programs for Federal Projects
Session 9	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Measurement & Verification (M&V)

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Metering and Energy Management Control Systems

Track Description:
Come away from these sessions armed with strategies, methods, and technologies to ensure successful measurement and use of energy and water consumption data at your facility. We will investigate how your counterparts are implementing metering, and how to make best use of the information that metering yields.

MONDAY 8/4/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 1	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Metering and EMCS Case Studies
Session 2	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Getting Money For Your Metering Project's Enterprise Systems (Internet Based)
Session 3	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Best Practices - The FEMP Guide Unveiled
TUESDAY 8/5/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 4	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Metering All Things NOT Electric
Session 5	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Enterprise Metering Systems (Inter/Intranet-Based)
Session 6	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	How to Build a Metering System from the Ground Up
Session 7	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Web-Based Facility Management Systems, Lessons Learned from UNC-Chapel Hill
WEDNESDAY 8/6/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 8	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Military Metering
Session 9	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Using Your Enterprise Data Effectively

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Renewables

Real and Achievable Solutions

Track Description:
Renewable energy is playing an ever-greater role in energy solutions. Familiarize yourself with the engineering, technical, economic, and operational issues related to renewable energy. Improve your understanding of renewable technologies and gain an understanding of how to employ them.

MONDAY 8/4/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 1	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Small Wind - Where Does it Fit?
Session 2	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Solar Electric - From the Sun to the Plug
Session 3	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Meeting Your Renewable Goals
TUESDAY 8/5/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 4	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	One Person's Waste is Another's Energy
Session 5	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Use, Don't Abuse, the Earth and Water
Session 6	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Solar Thermal - It's Hot Again
Session 7	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	What Will Power Your Future?
WEDNESDAY 8/6/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 8	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Large Projects - Size Matters
Session 9	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Remote Renewables Power

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Grand Canyon

Track Description:
Like hikers in the Grand Canyon, energy managers face a number of unforeseen obstacles. This backpack full of useful ideas gives the intrepid energy explorer tools to meet energy goals and change the corporate culture.

MONDAY 8/4/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 1	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Buying Efficient Products: Requirements, Tools, and Experiences
Session 2	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Understanding Risk to Energy Delivery and Commercial Infrastructure
Session 3	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Agency-Wide Management Perspectives
TUESDAY 8/5/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 4	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Regional Issues
Session 5	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Synthetic & Unconventional Fuels
Session 6	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Professional Development and Certification Programs
Session 7	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Changing the Culture
WEDNESDAY 8/6/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 8	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Fuel Cell Deployment
Session 9	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Building Modeling

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Transportation

Track Description:
This session was developed specifically for transportation and fleet management professionals dealing with energy efficiency issues. Come discover new technologies, alternative-fuel developments, and new procurement techniques that reduce petroleum consumption. Learn about legislative mandates and innovative programs that help you meet them. A special session on shipboard energy initiatives will be presented.

MONDAY 8/4/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 1	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	How GSA Can Help Federal Agencies in Obtaining Fuel Efficient Vehicles
Session 2	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Successfully Using Biodiesel in Your Fleet
Session 3	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Right-sizing Your Motor Vehicle Fleet for Energy Efficiency
TUESDAY 8/5/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 4	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	EPAct/E.O. Reporting and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Scorecards
Session 5	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Panel
Session 6	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Alternative-Fuel Infrastructures and Assistance in Establishing Them
Session 7	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Shipboard Energy Management Initiatives
WEDNESDAY 8/6/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 8	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Alternative Motor Vehicle Technologies
Session 9	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Energy Legislation – What's new and What's On the Horizon

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Water

Track Description:
Where does water come from? Where does it go? Seemingly simple questions, but the answers are quite complex. This track, new to GovEnergy, will introduce the concepts of water supply and management.

MONDAY 8/4/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 2	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Water Efficiency 101 –Where is the Water Now & Where is the Water going?
TUESDAY 8/5/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 4	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Water-Efficient Technology – Avoiding the Pitfalls
Session 5	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Outdoor Water Use – Are We Drowning the Plants?
Session 6	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Optimizing Your Water Treatment Plant and Distribution Systems

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Energy 101

Track Description:
This track is designed for the rookies and near-beginners in our audience. Attendee feedback regularly indicates that we need to provide more entry-level information. This track is designed just for you. Come and learn the lingo, tricks, and rules of thumb that will get you going on your program.

MONDAY 8/4/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 1	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Energy Terminology
Session 2	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Renewable Energy & Sustainability
Session 3	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Procurement of Energy Products and Services
TUESDAY 8/5/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 4	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Metering "Demo"
Session 5	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	EMCS "Demo"
Session 6	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	What Every Contracting Officer Needs to Know
Session 7	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Building Rating and Certification Programs
WEDNESDAY 8/6/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 8	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Auditing: Energy, Lighting, Water
Session 9	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Building Life-Cycle-Cost Analysis

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Acquisition

Energy Acquisition Is Sizzling Hot

Track Description:
Innovative procurement strategies are crucial to mitigating the volatility of energy markets. Examine how the markets work and pick up strategies for managing risk. Learn how to use the information in your energy invoices, take advantage of demand response, and leverage your credits. Learn about procuring regulated utility services using the GSA Area-wide contract.

MONDAY 8/4/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 1	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	You Can Read Your Bill - Now What?
Session 2	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Energy Markets
Session 3	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Utility Information Management
TUESDAY 8/5/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 4	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Demand-Response Programs
Session 5	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Selling Excess Power
Session 6	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Credits Trading
Session 7	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Procuring Utility Services
WEDNESDAY 8/6/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 8	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)
Session 9	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Commodity Risk and Price Management

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Sustainability

Track Description:
Sustainability is the concept of trying to avoid burdening our children with the consequences of our actions. Learn how to reduce our energy impact and environmental footprint. We will review goals, tools, actions, and methods to enable continual improvement towards zero-impact.

MONDAY 8/4/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 1	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Meeting Federal Sustainability Goals
Session 2	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Rating Your Existing Buildings
Session 3	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	ASHRAE 90.1
TUESDAY 8/5/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 4	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Green Roofs
Session 5	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Sustainability Technologies
Session 6	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Energy Management for Sustainability
Session 7	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Reducing Carbon Footprints
WEDNESDAY 8/6/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 8	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Case Studies of Sustainable Building Performance
Session 9	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Impact of Existing Buildings

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Building Operations & Maintenance (O&M)

Track Description:
Get out of the dark and into the sunshine. Rejuvenate your buildings and infrastructure with proven approaches while decreasing energy intensity, improving energy efficiency, and reducing your environmental footprint.

MONDAY 8/4/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 1	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Low-Cost, No-Cost Actions
Session 2	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Advanced Commissioning
Session 3	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Resource Efficiency Managers (REMs)
TUESDAY 8/5/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 4	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Demand-Response
Session 5	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Building Diagnostics
Session 6	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Save Energy Now and Efficient Data Centers
Session 7	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
WEDNESDAY 8/6/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 8	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Impact of Human Behavior
Session 9	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Steam Decentralization

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Technology

Track Description:
Come away from these sessions with valuable information about technological innovations and new energy conservation strategies across the wide range of facilities managed and owned by the federal government.

MONDAY 8/4/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 1	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	HVAC Technologies
Session 2	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Enterprise-Level Facility Management Systems Integration
Session 3	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Specialized Buildings
TUESDAY 8/5/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 4	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Lighting
Session 5	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	On-Site Generation
Session 6	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Fuel Cells: Clean Technology Success Stories
Session 7	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Top 10 Technologies
WEDNESDAY 8/6/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 8	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Technology Innovations in Energy Security
Session 9	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	New Innovations in LEDs

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Legislation, Policy, & Leadership

Track Description:
In these sessions we will investigate the broader aspects and implications of federal energy programs. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) will be covered in depth, as will breaking news and subjects.

MONDAY 8/4/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 1	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007
Session 2	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Life Under a Carbon Cap-and-Trade System
Session 3	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Executive Order 13423 and Beyond
TUESDAY 8/5/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 4	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 (Repeat of Session #1)
Session 5	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	EISA Sec. 432: Management of Energy & Water Efficiency in Federal Buildings
Session 6	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	New, Renovated, or Leased Federal Buildings
Session 7	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Environmental Management Systems
WEDNESDAY 8/6/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 8	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Department of Defense Energy Programs
Session 9	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	New Initiatives at Federal Agencies

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Energy Lawyers

Track Description:
All new for GovEnergy! These sessions are for government contract attorneys and contracting officers who are part of project implementation teams. Energy legal professionals will learn about contracting vehicles, technical issues, and authorities, and discuss common challenges. For seasoned professionals, we'll offer new developments and initiatives and a unique opportunity for professional networking.

MONDAY 8/4/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 1	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Recommended Sessions: Alternative Finance: "Alternative Financing for Beginners" or Energy 101: "Terminology"
Session 2	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Recommended Session: Alternative Finance: "In Depth Look at ESPC's"
Session 3	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Recommended Sessions: Alternative Finance: "Cutting Edge Financing Mechanisms" or Energy 101: "Procurement of Energy Products and Services"
TUESDAY 8/5/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 4	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Recommended Session: Alternative Finance: "In Depth Look at UESC's"
Session 5	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Government Lawyers: Working the Solution, Not Causing the Problem
Session 6	2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Energy Lawyer Working the Solution - "Working Group Meeting"
Session 7	4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Energy Lawyer Working the Solution - "Working Group Meeting"
WEDNESDAY 8/6/2008
Session	Time	Title
Session 8	8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Recommended Session: Acquisition: "Power Purchase Agreements (PPA)"
Session 9	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Recommended Session: Energy Legislation: "What's new; What's on the Horizon"

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