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Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Strategies to Decarbonize Your Property

Did you know that the building and construction industry is responsible for nearly 38% of global energy and process related carbon dioxide emissions? To meet the Paris agreement and the U.S. government’s regulatory objectives, it's time to decarbonize rapidly! In this webinar, panelists will uncover the global and local initiatives the governments are driving, how to invest toward carbon reduction, as well as how they’re using ESG as a solution to drive change.

In addition, you will discover how the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which provided $369B for clean energy and climate change, can be leveraged through tax credits to make thermal energy storage your low-cost alternative. Join this webinar to help you move beyond the basics and propel a reduction in carbon emissions through the optimizing your building’s equipment!

At the conclusion of the webinar, participants will be able to: 

  • Recognize the impact of the built environment on Greenhouse gases (GHG)
  • Understand how to collect whole building ESG data and use it to track progress on energy efficiency goals
  • Identify low carbon strategies to help meet the climate challenge 
  • Examine the changes and additions to tax deductions, tax credits, and accelerated depreciation available through the IRA, as well as the associated paperwork 
  • Understand the economic value of incorporating tax credits on chiller plant systems

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Recorded on: 07/19/2023

Meet the Speakers

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Bruce Lindsey, Business Development Team Leader, Thermal Energy Storage, Trane Technologies

Bruce B. Lindsay is the Business Development Leader for Trane Technologies’ Thermal Energy Storage systems. He has been involved in thermal energy storage research, engineering, sales, and operation for over 30 years. He was the Executive Director of the EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) Thermal Storage Applications Research Center at the University of Wisconsin –Madison. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Wisconsin.

He most recently managed the energy and resource conservation program for Brevard Public Schools, which had 20 schools with ice storage systems. He published a history of thermal energy storage in the ASHRAE Journal and received the US Green Building Council’s 2020 Best of Green Schools-Transformation Award for his work on an ASHRAE Building Energy Quotient pilot program.

He served as Chair of TC2.5, Global Climate Change, and TC7.8, Owning & Operating Costs, and is currently the Program Chair for TC6.9, Thermal Storage.  He was appointed to the ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force—Schools Team. He currently serves as President of the ASHRAE Space Coast Section and been appointed as an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer.


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