VerdeXchange

December 11, 2015

VX Hosts Ontario Premier Wynne in Discussion with California Climate & Energy Leaders

VerdeXchange hosts Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne for a conversation with Mary Nichols and Bob Foster.

April 3, 2013

VX2013: The Smart Grid - Real or Hype? (Part II)

James Kelly, Doug Kim, Osamu Onodera, and Panama Bartholomy discuss the development of a smart grid at the VerdeXchange VX2013 Conference in February. This is part two of a series also featuring Mike Montoya of Southern California Edison.

March 4, 2013

VX2013: The Smart Grid - Real or Hype?

James Kelly and Mike Montoya discuss development of a smart grid at the VerdeXchange VX2013 Conference in February. This is part one of a series also featuring Doug Kim, Osamu Onodera, and Panama Bartholomy.

March 2, 2013

Threat to Water Supply After An ‘Event’ Necessitates Delta Fix (Part II)

Part II of a VerdeXchange Conference panel focused on the vulnerability of California's Delta infrastructure, featuring Paul Brown, Paul Brown, a International Water Association Fellow, and Phil Isenberg, Chair of the Delta Stewardship Council.

March 20, 2012

VerdeXchange 2012: Global Models for Fostering Cleantech Innovation and Commercialization

TPR offers the following excerpts from a 2012 VerdeXchange panel. As LA looks to expand its economic base through its own CleanTech Incubator (LACI), how can we learn from other efforts to grow business opportunities across the globe?

February 26, 2012

David Orr’s Oberlin Project Plans to Transform College Town into Model Sustainable City

At the 2012 VerdeXchange Conference, David Orr, a professor of environmental studies and politics at Oberlin College, presented his work on transforming a small town into a model for sustainability through a city – college partnership. The Oberlin Project is an example of change at a small scale. TPR is pleased to share excerpts from David Orr’s remarks at VerdeXchange followed by excerpts from the Oberlin Project’s literature. 

February 26, 2012

California’s Water: A VerdeXchange Expert Panel on Reimagining the State’s Water Infrastructure

What is the condition of CA’s water delivery system? TPR excerpts a VX2012 panel moderated by Jack Baylis of the Shaw Group. Jeff Kightlinger of the Metropolitan Water District gives the ‘good’, the ‘bad’, and the ‘ugly’ of dealing with CA’s water infrastructure. Phil Isenberg of the Delta Stewardship Council follows with an analysis of water consumption and the impact that CA’s water usage and policy will have on the state’s water sources.

February 26, 2012

Ron Nichols at VX2012: LADWP Must Meet Renewable Obligations

Ron Nichols, General Manager of the LADPW, at the fifth VerdeXchange Conference offers remarks on the challenges the utility faces in reaching renewable energy goals and mandates. Rates will climb, and the Nichols is certain that the LADWP can reach the 33 percent renewables requirement.

February 1, 2012

California’s Cap and Trade Fuels a Carbon Market

James Goldstene, Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board, and Robert Owen-Jones, Australian Government, discuss the states of the carbon markets today and how they will develop in the coming years as incentives mature and prices shift freely.

February 1, 2012

VerdeXchange 2012: Scaling Up Clean Tech in California and Canada

Cecilia Estolano, Celine Bak, and Robert Hertzberg discuss the trajectories of the clean tech industry at January's VerdeXchange Conference. What can California learn from Canada? And vice versa?

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