Energy
Deregulation Conference
As
deregulation of the energy utility industry proceeds throughout
the U.S., many unforeseen issues have arisen. To assess potential
impacts of deregulation in Maryland, the Maryland Energy Institute,
along with The Environment Project, hosted a one-day conference
entitled "Utility Deregulation in Your Future" in December
1998. Nearly 100 people attended the workshop, which covered
topics on deregulation from the perspective of the State government,
utility companies, energy service companies and end users.
In addition, the potential economic and environmental impacts
associated with energy deregulation were also explored.
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Energy
Star Training
A week long train-the-trainer
session entitled "Energy Star Training" was offered to representatives
from community colleges from across the U.S. in February 1999
at CCBC-Catonsville. This program was jointly sponsored with
the Partnership for Environmental Technology Education. Faculty
from community colleges across the U.S. received grants to
attend the training session, which focused on energy management
issues as well as EPA's Energy Star Program.
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Green
Building Conference
The
Environment Project hosted a one-day workshop titled "Green
Development in Maryland" in February 1998. The workshop was
by co-sponsored by the Virginia Housing and Environment Network,
Urban Land Institute, Maryland Department of Natural Resources,
and the Home Builders Association of Maryland.
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Maryland
Energy Institute
The Environment
Project helped bring The Maryland Energy Institute to the
Catonsville campus in 1997. The Institute is a statewide energy
initiative begun in the early 1990's. The Institute at Catonsville
offered several workforce-training programs. Business and
institutional energy managers and chief executive officers
attended these programs and courses. The Institute operated
out of the Environment Project from 1997 to 2000, and has
since relocated to Howard Community College.
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Statewide
Energy Pollution Prevention Program
The
lack of comprehensive, pro-active strategies and mechanisms
to use energy wisely has enormous environmental and public
health implications. Emissions from energy-using activities
are altering atmospheric chemistry and these changes result
in environmental impacts at local, regional, and global scales.
Energy combustion and use is directly related to fuel-related
impacts on drinking water quality, on-going difficulties in
achieving federal urban air quality mandates, as well as increasing
atmospheric acidification and its associated terrestrial and
marine ecosystem effects. The Environment Project received
a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency, Region
3 Office for a project entitled "Statewide Energy Pollution
Prevention Program"(SEPPP). The
goals of SEPPP are to:
1.
Address environmental and health impacts of energy use, particularly
global warming,
2. Improve economic performance by alternative energy technologies
and management strategies.
Click
here for a series of webpages specific to this project.
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