Charting a Course to Green Energy in Vermont Bringing Together Energy Activists and Mapping Technology Professionals May 4, 2009 Davis Student Center at the University of Vermont Burlington, VT

This conference brought together energy-related businesses, nonprofits, public agencies, utilities, and mapping technology professionals to discuss how mapping analysis and visualization can support further implementation of green energy production in Vermont.

• Keynote: Robert Dostis of Green Mountain Power - Vermont's Renewable Energy Future - Challenges and Opportunities
• Local Solutions to Global Energy Challenges: GIS as a Tool for Community Energy Planning – Steve Letendre, Green Mountain College
• Trees as Biomass: How Much do we Know About the Forest Resource in VT? (PDF, 961 KB) - Robert Turner, R. J. Turner Company & Robert DeGeus, Vermont Dept. of Forest, Parks, and Recreation
• Solar GIS : Promoting Solar Energy in Boston with Interactive Web Mapping - Greg Knight, Boston Redevelopment Authority
• Deferring Transmission Upgrades by Geotargetting of Efficiency Measures - Dave Lamont, VT DPS
• Renewable Energy Atlas of Vermont – Mike Brouillette, VCGI (supported by the VT Sustainable Jobs Fund)
• Green GIS: The Carbon Management Toolkit (Zip, 406 KB) - Terry Martin, ESRI
• IT meets ET: The Marriage of Broadband and Renewable Energy – Steve Sharp, VCGI (for the VT Telecommunications Authority)
• Creating Information Infrastructure for a Sustainable (Green) Future: Central Vermont's Organics and Recovered Biomass Facility Projects - David Healy, Stone Environmental, Inc.
• Wrap-up Panel and Discussion (Opportunities and Obstacles Facing Those Using Mapping Technology to Help Implement Green Energy): David Healy, Stone Environmental, Inc.; Dave Lamont, VT DPS Planning Division; Andrew Perchlik, Renewable Energy VT; Chuck Ross, Senator Leahy's Office.