Energy Week Kickoff: Monday 09.24.12
10:30am-2:30pm: Energy Displays on South Quad at Notre Dame
6:00pm-8:00pm Documentary Screening: “Carbon Nation” – hosted at the St. Joseph County Public Library’s Colfax
Room
Building Efficiency Expo Schedule: Tuesday, September 25:
Hosted at the MLK Recreation Center
Everyone can take charge of their utility costs, comfort, and health through energy efficiency. However, making your
home or office more energy efficient can be overwhelming. The Building Efficiency Expo and Learning Labs will help
make it easy to make simple steps on the road to “Making $ense of Energy”.
8:00am – 9:00am: Energy Lounge: Come have coffee with the SBMEO before the expo opens!
9:00am – Building Efficiency Expo Opens: See various building efficiency techniques, including Saving Money With
Your Home Landscape, equipment upgrades, design tips, and many more money saving tips
10:00am – 10:45am: Restore Michiana Learning Lab: the Historic Preservation Commission of St. Joseph County
takes a look at the many energy components of older homes. See Restore Michiana for more information
11:00am – 11:45am: Utility Learning Lab: Energizing Indiana
12:00pm – 12:45pm: SBMEO Lunch and Learn: “It All Makes Cents”: Jonathan Burke, the Municipal Energy Director
for South Bend, gives insight on ways to conserve energy and the steps the city is taking in energy and economic
efficiency
1:00pm – 1:45pm: Restore Michiana Learning Lab: the Historic Preservation Commission of St. Joseph County takes a
look at the many energy components of older homes. See Restore Michiana for more information
2:00pm – 2:45pm: Utility Learning Lab: Nipsco
3:00pm – 3:45pm: Utility Learning Lab: AEP
4:00pm – 4:45pm: Solar Gains Learning Lab: Home Energy, LLC provides an overview of solar energy and the
benefits that come with using renewable energy
5:00pm – Building Efficiency Expo Closes
6:00pm – 9:00pm: Presentation: Author and science blogger Maggie Koerth-Baker “Before the Lights Go Out:
Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us” hosted by the Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame
(cSEND) at Legends of Notre Dame
Green Energy Expo: Wednesday, September 26:
Hosted at Seitz Park, adjacent to the East Race Waterway
Ever wonder if green energy makes sense for your home or business? What does the future of energy look like? If
the thought of putting solar panels on your roof makes you nervous, there’s good news: The Green Energy Expo can help
provide the energy solutions that not only will provide you a green answer, but it will also help you in “Making $ense of
Energy”
9:00am – Green Energy Expo Opens: Explore the past, present, and future of green energy, including expertise
provided by the HPC, Green Ribbon Commission, cSEND, enFocus Fellows, Innovateus Solar, Home Energy,
Geothermal Energy, Green Earth Energy, and the city of South Bend
9:00am – 10:45am: Energy Lounge: Come enjoy coffee with the SBMEO as they use their outdoor office space
11:00am – 11:45am: Green Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Dedicating the new hydroelectric turbine installed. Join Mayor
Pete and other area dignitaries as we celebrate this historic milestone
12:00pm – 1:00pm: Outdoor Office Day: Mayor Pete and several department heads will hold office hours at the Seitz
Park Pavilion and offer opportunities to ask them about the strategic energy policies of the city
1:00pm – Green Energy Expo Closes
1:00pm and 2:00pm: Power Plant Tours: the University of Notre Dame and cSEND will offer campus power plant tours
– reservations are required (Contact Lisa for reservations: llux@nd.edu)
2:00pm – 3:oopm: Energy Poster Session: See displays and visit with energy researchers from Notre Dame in the
areas of transformative solar, cleaner coal, and safer nuclear. Hosted at Stinson Remick Hall on Notre Dame’s campus
Transportation Efficiency Expo Schedule - Thursday, September 27:
hosted at the O’Brien Recreation Center
Everyone can take charge of their utility costs, comfort, and health through energy efficiency. However, making your
home or office more energy efficient can be overwhelming. The Building Efficiency Expo and Learning Labs will help
make it easy to make simple steps on the road to “Making $ense of Energy”.
9:00am – Transportation Efficiency Expo Opens: See various transportation initiatives, including Design for Active
Living, and alternative fueled vehicles on display
09:00am – 10:30am: Electric Vehicles: an overview of electric vehicle infrastructure, utility programs, and vehicles –
including the SBMEO’s famous Energy Mobile – will be on hand
11:00am – 12:30pm: Propane Autogas: an overview of propane energy and accessories, benefits to using/switching to
propane, propane conversions, and propane equipment will be featured
12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch Discussion: Compressed Natural Gas Conversions and Benefits: Jonathan Burke, Municipal
Energy Director and Doug Lubs, CNG Source, Inc. – lunch will be provided, though space is limited, please reply to
energy@southbendin.gov by September 24th if you are interested in attending
1:30pm – 3:00pm: Compressed Natural Gas: Overview of CNG, infrastructure/distribution needs, benefits of
using/switching to CNG, vehicles on hand include the Trash Compaction Truck similar to the new ones the city will be
getting
3:00pm – 3:30pm: Transit Mix/Ozinga Press Conference
3:30pm – Transportation Efficiency Expo Closes
Health and Sustainability Expo Schedule: Friday, September 28
Hosted at Innovation Park
Sustainability?! That’s hippy talk. And health?! What does that have to do with saving energy? Oddly enough, everything.
Homes that have trees can save up to 30% on their HVAC bills and not all of that is from shading. According to the
University of Florida, one-fifth of all petroleum used in the United States is used in agriculture, so buy growing your own
food or purchasing from a local grower, you can dramatically impact the consumption of gas in the US. Pedestrian friendly
communities provide healthier opportunities for people, which mean higher productivity in the work place. Come to the
Health and Sustainable Expo during Energy Week and find out how these facets help in “Making $ense of Energy”
9:00am – Health and Sustainability Expo Opens: Engage area health and sustainability experts, learning about
initiatives like The Edible City and Urban Forests, while discovering many money saving tips
9:00am – 9:45am Energy Lounge: Come enjoy coffee with the SBMEO before the Learning Labs begin
10:00am – 10:45am: Urban Forest Learning Lab
11:00am – 12:30pm: Transit Oriented Panel
12:30pm – 1:30pm: The Edible City Lunch and Learn
1:30pm – 3:00pm: Sustainable Solutions for Cities Presentation
3:00pm – Health and Sustainability Expo Closes
Technology Expo: Saturday, September 29
Hosted at the Union Station Technology Center
Certainly technology plays a huge role in energy opportunities. Exactly what technology advances have been made can
be anyone’s guess. Until now. For an inside look at the leading energy technology including many things right in our own
backyard, here in Michiana. From Data Centers to Smart Grids, you’ll find something that encourages us all in our quest
of “Making $ense of Energy”.
9:00am – Technology Expo and Energy Lounge Open - Coffee and light refreshment provided
9:00-10:30 — ”Past, Present, and Future of Energy” Exposition highlighting USTC and the Renaissance District
10:40-10:55 — Potawatomi Conservatories
11:00-11:20 — IUSB River Crossing Community Building and Gardens
11:30-12:30 — Lunch and panel discussion at Kroc Center – Municipal Energy Director, Jon Burke, will be joined by
Center for a Sustainable Future Director, Mike Keen and cSEND professor Seth Brown to discuss “the Future of Energy”
12:30-12:50 — Kroc Tour
1:00-1:20 — Food Bank/Unity Garden Presentation
1:30-1:50 — Transpo Tour
2:00 — Dropoff at USTC
(Contact Lisa for Community Energy Day tour reservations: llux@nd.edu)