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Kathy Wirtanen
Administrative, Facility
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P:  (540) 464-7361
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Center for Leadership & Ethics
VMI, Marshall Hall
500 Anderson Drive
Lexington, VA  24450

Trending to Net Zero - Track 1

Sessions D and E (9:45 am – 12:30 pm)

Energy Efficiency
Moderator: Christie-Joy Hartman, Executive Director, Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World, James Madison University (invited)

  • The Energy Pyramid as a Guiding Principal in the Move to Net Zero—Mike Barancewicz, Energy Education Specialist and John Lord, Energy Education Specialist, Loudoun County Public Schools
  • Practical Lessons Learned from Putting Energy Savings Ideas into Practice—Dave Gunnarson, Senior Staff Environmental Engineer, Lockheed Martin
  • Statewide Demand Response Program Saves Energy and Generates Revenue—George Barnes, Sr. Regional Sales Sustainability Coordinator, VMI
  • Savings—Easy as Changing a Light Bulb—Blase Keegel, Utilities Manager, Philip Morris USA
  • (S) Driving Cultural Change Towards Zero Waste*—David Bryer, Senior Environmental Engineer, and Leesa Kraemer, Safety, Health and Environment, Team Evergreen Chair, Mead Westvaco

Session G (3:30 pm – 4:45 pm)

Water Efficiency and Reuse
Moderator: Anthony Moore, Assistant Secretary of Natural Resources 

  • Embracing Water Efficiency Practices*—Steve Cavanaugh, President, Cavanaugh and Associates, Inc.
  • Steve Pierett, CEM, Environmental Manager, Volvo Group, USA (invited)  
  • Water Conservation and Reuse at Georgia-Pacific Facilities - Mayes Starke, Senior Environmental Consultant, Georgia-Pacific

Sessions H & I (8:30 am – 10:45 am)

Materials RecoveryModerator: Jeffrey Steers, Director, Division of Land Protection & Revitalization, VA DEQ 

  • Managing risk in getting to zero waste – Update from DEQ (10 minutes)
  • Papers (35 minutes) 
    • Smithfield Foods Zero Waste to Landfill Standard*—Roland Beem, Environmental Engineer, Smithfield
    • Zero Wood Pallet Waste is Possible in VA and the US*—Phil Araman, Research Team Leader, USDA
    • (S) A Tool to Assess the Sustainability of Poultry Litter to Energy Systems*—Dr. Adebayo Ogundipe, Assistant Professor, Engineering, James Madison University
  • Break (10 minutes)
  • eWaste/eCycling (40 minutes)
    • Debbie Spiliotopoulos, Senior Regional Planner, Northern Virginia Regional Commission
    • Russ Rainer, E-ReCycle Manager, Goodwill Industries
  • Recycling (20 minutes)
    • RFID Technology to Up the Game for Recycling – Amelia Baker, Marketing Project Manager, TFC Recycling
  • Questions – Discussion (15 Minutes)

* Paper Presentation