3/9 - Time: 8:30am - 5:30pm

Educators Summit at Building Energy 2011

 "WHO DARES TO TEACH MUST NEVER CEASE TO LEARN." - JOHN COTTON DANA

BE11 Educators Summit
CONNECT. GET INVOLVED. BE PART OF THE DIALOGUE.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA
8:30am-5:30pm

This NEW Educators Summit is designed to advance the adoption of sustainable energy practices within the built environment. This will occur through educating teachers and non-formal educators about renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy conservation:

    * how it works,
    * why we want it, and
    * what is involved in its instillation and use.

The Educators Summit will provide opportunities to:

• Gain hands-on training and curriculum in energy efficiency and renewable energy concepts and practices;
• Learn how to incorporate STEM lessons into the classroom; and
• Bring together educators with professionals in the fields of renewable energy, energy efficiency and green building, engineering, and architecture to help develop a network and speakers bureau as resources for energy education throughout the Northeast region. 

Schedule

8:00 - 9:00am: Registration 8:45 - 10:30am: Keynote with David Orr of Oberlin College!
10:40 am - 12:40 pm: Morning Workshops
12:45 - 1:45pm: Lunch and networking
1:50 - 3:50pm: Afternoon Workshops
4:00 - 5:30pm: Attend BE Sessions
5:30 - 6:30pm: Trade Show
6:30 - 9:30pm: NESEA Night with networking opportunities and Hors d'oeuvres.

For workshop descriptions and to register visit the Educators Summit page on BE11.

Educators' Summit Workshops List

Morning, 10:40am - 12:40pm  
A1. Systems Thinking - Linking People & Nature Through Design: Green Architecture & Design Activities for Grades 3-8  
A2. Green School Solutions for the Northeast
A3. Wind Wise
A4. Imagining Our Future: Mainstreaming Sustainable Energy Education for STEM Students

Afternoon, 1:50pm - 3:50pm
B1. Building as a Teaching Tool
B2. Building in Nature's Image
B3. Solar Sense
B4. Energy Intelligence: How Do We Get It? How Do We Teach It?

For more details on the Educators' Summit workshops click HERE (pdf).


Afternoon BE Track Sessions, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Check the website for details. http://www.nesea.org/be11/wednesdaysessions/
(Note: These sessions you do not need to preregister for. Some are more suitable for educators than others.)
Track 1. Energy Use Data: A Renewable Resource for Fueling Market Transformation
Track 2. New Trends and Existing Realities in "Small" Wind
Track 3. Betting on Biomass
Track 4. High Design & High Performance
Track 5. Green & Healthy Retrofits: Strategies for Implementing Energy Efficient Living Environments into Multifamily Buildings
Track 6. Designing Net Zero Schools and Verifying Results
Track 7. Heat Pumps for Heating and Cooling High-Performance Buildings
Track 8. Upper Austria: Heating Without Fossil Fuels
Tack 9. The Geography of Know Where

Attend BE! Register today!

Event Website: http://www.nesea.org/be11/educatorssummit/

Location: Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA