Peter Garforth
Garforth International llc | Principal
Speaker
Track L: Community Energy Transitions
Session L2: Colleges & Universities Accelerating Community Energy Transitions
September 26, 2024 | 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Session L2 Chairperson
Track L: Community Energy Transitions
Session L2: Colleges & Universities Accelerating Community Energy Transitions
September 26, 2024 | 10:30 am - 11:00 am
Rethinking Education for Community Energy Transitions – A Road Map for Accelerated Implementation
Globally thousands of cities aim to completely decarbonize their energy use in homes, buildings, industry, and transportation, by no later than 2050. Very few are on track to meet these goals. All too often, this underperformance is interpreted either as a lack of real commitment to the goals, or a lack of cost-effective technology. The presentation will explore the experience of a number of colleges and cities in North America to understand why implementation falls short, and what are the key factors of success to reverse this pattern. The result suggests a major rethink of the educational offering provided by Universities, Colleges and P-12 School systems could embrace both the challenges and opportunities presented by the energy transition.
Speaker Bio
Peter is the founder and Principal of Garforth International, llc., a specialist consultancy based in Toledo, Ohio, and Brussels, Belgium. He is also a founding board member of an affiliate consultancy in Guelph, Ontario, Garforth International Canada, Inc. (GICI). He advises multinational companies, cities, communities, property developers, and policymakers on developing competitive approaches that reduce the economic and environmental impact of energy use. Peter’s specialty has been in profitable business development implementing energy productivity. He effectively strives to ensure that any recommended investment approach has a sound business basis and reflects the larger movements in the energy market.
Peter has long been interested in energy productivity as a profitable business opportunity and has a considerable track record establishing successful businesses and programs in the United States, Western and Eastern Europe, Indonesia, India, Brazil, China, Japan, and elsewhere. He has held senior management roles around the world at Honeywell, Landis & Gyr (now Siemens), and Vice-President of Strategy for Owens Corning.
