Joanne Coons, an adjunct faculty member in the Applied Technologies Department, will be a panelist at “How Do We Make The Electric City Of The Future?,” on Thursday, Oct. 20. The event is open free to the public.
Net-Zero Cities
A Blueprint for Equitable Decarbonization
How Do We Make The Electric City Of The Future?
Thursday, Oct. 20 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
6 p.m. Refreshments
6:30 p.m. Panel and Discussion
— Location —
Future of Small Cities Institute FOCUS Lab
21 3rd Street
Troy, NY 12180
— In-Person or Virtual —
Please click here to register.
How do we bring a city’s carbon footprint down to zero? What actions need to be taken to transition an entire city’s built environment to be fully electric? What technology is involved? How does transitioning from gas to electric even work? And how can we make sure we don’t leave low income populations behind during this transition?
Moderators:
–James Lawler, Climate Now
–Reif Larsen, The Future of Small Cities Institute, FOCUS Lab
Panelists:
— Dr. Luis Aguirre-Torres, City of Ithaca
— Sue Dougherty, NYSERDA
— Cullen Kasunic, BlocPower
— Joanne Coons, Hudson Valley Community College
The program is presented by The Future of Small Cities Institute and Climate Now with local sponsorship by the Troy Local Development Corporation, Capital District Regional Planning Commission and NYSERDA.