Presentations

Evergreen Presentations

(Updated as the projects evolve)

  • The Specter of Fuel-Based Lighting [PDF]
  • The Home Energy Saver [PDF]
  • Insurance and Climate Change [PDF]

One-Time Presentations

(Specific audiences, locations, dates)

  • KEYNOTE - Keeping Cool in the Greenhouse. American-Hungarian Educators Banquet, Berkeley California, May 16, 2009 [PDF]
  • Climate Change and Insurance. Presented at the Haas School of Business, Executive Education Program, April 23, 2009 [PDF]
  • Staying out of Hot Water: Strategic Planning in a Warming World
    Presented at the Loudoun Water Strategic Planning workshop, Ashburn, VA, February 27, 2009 [PDF]
  • Managing Climate Change Liability Risk: Examples from the Insurance Sector
    Presented at the Munich Re Climate Change Liability Workshop, Princeton, NJ, October 14, 2008 [PDF]
  • KEYNOTE - From Risk to Opportunity: Insurer Responses to Climate Change
    Presented to the Society of Actuaries, Valuation Actuary Symposium, Washington, DC, September 25, 2008 [PDF]
  • KEYNOTE - From Risk to Opportunity: Insurer Responses to Climate Change
    Presented to the Casualty Actuarial Society Annual meeting, Quebec City, June 16, 2008 [PDF]
  • KEYNOTE - From Risk to Opportunity: Insurer Responses to Climate Change
    Presented to the Financial Services Authority, Annual Insurance Sector Conference, London, United Kingdom, April 8, 2008 [PDF]
  • KEYNOTE - Energy Efficiency: A Key to Getting Out of the Greenhouse
    Presented to the League of Women Voters, Albany, California, December 4, 2007 [PDF]
  • KEYNOTE - Climate Change & Insurance: What Regulators Need to Know
    Presented at the 2007 meeting of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, Fort Lauderdale, FL, October 18, 2007 [PDF]
  • Varying Perspectives and Approaches in Developing Quality Assurance for Off-Grid Lighting
    Presented at the World Bank Group's Lighting Africa - Product Quality Assurance Workshop, Airlie Center, Warrenton Virginia, October 14-16, 2007 [PDF]
  • KEYNOTE - Risk Assessment: Climate Change, Utilities, and Insurance
    Presented at the 2007 Utility Executive Leadership Institute (UELI), Pinehurst, NC, August 10, 2007 [PDF]
  • KEYNOTE - The Science of Behind Global Warming Liabilities
    Presented at Mealy's Global Warming Insurance Litigation Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 6, 2007 [PDF]
  • KEYNOTE - From Risk to Opportunity: How Insurers Can Proactively Manage Climate Change
    Munich Re, May 15, 2007 [PDF]
  • KEYNOTE - Implications of Climate Change for the Insurance Industry: Risk or Opportunity?
    Presented at the Roundtable on Facing the Consequences of Climate Change in Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, May 8, 2007 [PDF]
  • Bringing it All Back Home: What Individuals Can Do to Affect Climate Change
    A Town Hall Meeting on Solutions to the Global Warming Crisis, Berkeley City College Auditorium, April 14, 2007 [PDF]
  • From Risk to Opportunity: Climate Change and the Insurance Industry
    Presented at the UCLA School of Law: Coping with Global Warming, Los Angeles, CA, March 2, 2007 [PDF]
  • Review of Liability Insurance Considerations in the Context of Global Climate Change
    Presented at the Stanford Law School: Spring 2007 Symposium: Climate Change Liability and the Allocation of Risk, Stanford University, CA, February 24, 2007 [PDF]
  • From Risk to Opportunity: Insurer Exposures and Responses to Climate Change
    Presentation to Governor Corzine's Summit Confronting Climate Change in New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, September 25, 2006 [PDF]
  • Alternatives to Fuel-Based Lighting in Rural Areas of Developing Countries
    Presentation at the Global Roundtable on Cimate Change, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 13, 2006 [PDF]
  • KEYNOTE - Climate Change is Here: Tipping Points & Rays of Hope
    Presentation at the Idyllwild Community Earth Day Celebration, May 19, 2006 [PDF]
  • The Home Energy Saver Do-it-Yourself Survey
    Presented at the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives / National Rural Energy Cooperative Association meeting, San Antonio, TX, May 16, 2006 [PDF]
  • Availability and Affordability of Insurance Under Climate Change
    Presented at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Winter Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, December 3, 2005 [PDF]
  • KEYNOTE - The Science of Climate Change: Risks and Impacts
    Presented at the Connecticut Global Climate Change Summit: Business Risks and Opportunities for Connecticut's Insurance Industry, Hartford, CT, October 27, 2005 [PDF]
  • Alternatives to Fuel-based Lighting in Rural China
    Presented at the 6th International Conference on Energy-Efficient Lighting, Shanghai, May 2005 [PDF]
  • Costs and Benefits of Commissioning New and Existing Commercial Buildings
    Presented at the National Conference on Buildings Commissioning, New York, May 2005 [PDF]
  • Benchmarking: What's Your Building's Energy IQ?
    Presented at California Energy Commission Benchmarking Workshop, Sacramento, April 2005 [PDF]
  • Climate Change: Observed and Projected Impacts
    Presented at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Spring Meeting, Salt Lake City, March 2005 [PDF]
  • Insurance Sector Vulnerabilities to Climate Change
    Presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 2005 [PDF]
  • Amplifying Real Estate Value through Energy & Water Management: From ESCO to "Energy Savings Partner"
    Presented at the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Asilomar, August 2004 [PDF]
  • The $230-billion Global Lighting Energy Bill
    Presented at the 5th International Conference on Energy-Efficient Lighting, Nice, 2003 [PDF]
  • Linking Energy Management and Risk Management: Tapping Win-Win Synergisms
    Presented at the Hawaii Electric Annual Conference, Maui, September 2003 [PDF]
  • Design Intent Tool: Facilitating Collaboration and Lifecycle Information Management in Energy-Efficient Buildings
    Presentation to The Laboratories for the 21st Century Annual Conference, 2002 [PDF]
  • Saving Energy in the Government Sector: An International Review
    Presented at the Central European University, Budapest, July 1999 [PDF]

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