Green Business Workshop & Showcase 

Join South Shore Clean Cities, the South Bend Office of Sustainability and the Michiana Area Council of Governments for the first ever Green Business Workshop & Showcase. Learn how you can uncover cost savings while reducing your organization’s environmental impacts with strategies for fleets, facilities, and grounds. Lunch is included with registration.

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AGENDA:

9 a.m. Registration, Networking and Vendor Booth Displays

9:30 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Carl Lisek, South Shore Clean Cities
James Turnwald, Michiana Area Council of Governments
Therese Dorau, South Bend Office of Sustainability
Leanna Belew, Century Center South Bend

10 a.m. Session One: Making the Switch to Alternative Fuels
Carl Lisek, South Shore Clean Cities
Tom MacLennan, City of LaPorte TransPorte
Brian Levin, ChargePoint

11 a.m. Session Two: Greener Products for Facilities and Grounds
Lorena Nelson, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Chris Newman, EPA Region 5
Kyle Woolsey, Waste-Away Group

12 p.m. Lunch: Includes Vehicle and Vendor Displays and Century Center Tours at 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m.

1:30 p.m. Session Three: Beyond Efficiency with Innovative Strategies
    Kirby Dipert, Lockheed Martin Energy/U.S. Green Building Council
    Jordan Richardson, Inovateus Solar
    Jonathan Geels, Troyer Group

2:30 p.m. Session Four: Deep Energy Savings with the Century Center Performance Contract
    Adam Parsons, City of South Bend
    Therese Dorau, South Bend Office of Sustainability
    Scott Herczeg, Century Center South Bend

3:30 p.m. Event Concludes

3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. 
    All attendees are invited to stay afterward as the Century Center celebrates one year of energy savings! Join us to mark the successful completion of the $5 million efficiency project, which includes the city's first solar energy system.