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Greetings!
My name is Billy Grayson, and I am the Director of Corporate Sustainability at WESCO. In this position I am working to help WESCO reduce its environmental footprint and offer an expanded array of products and solutions to improve their environmental sustainability.
Through this "green beat" portal, I will be sharing new products and services that can help companies improve their environmental sustainability, as well as important sustainability news and studies in energy management and environmental performance. I'll also be sharing some guest sustainability, energy efficiency, and renewable energy news from WESCO's technology experts.
TECHNOLOGY AND MARKET NEWS
In the wake of Solyndra, there have been a couple of good signs from the solar industry. Hector Tantoh, our renewable energy marketing manager, is tracking the stories below in renewable energy this month:
Solar City and Wal-Mart partner on a big rooftop project in California: http://www.greenbiz.com. This could be a sign that we're headed towards grid parity soon in another state.
SEIA report, a good piece of news on the growth of PV demand in the U.S. - 69% year over year, even during the recent economic downturn: http://www.seia.org
There have also been some great stories in LED lighting - Candace Kamody, shared this story from WIRED. Very good coverage of a quickly evolving market: http://www.wired.com
FOR SUSTAINABILITY MANAGERS
Good report on the growth of sustainability reporting, and strategies you can use to reduce the burden from Mike Wallace at GRI: http://www.greenbiz.com
SUSTAINABILITY EVENTS
WESCO will be attending the following sustainability events this fall and winter - click below or contact us for more information:
Greenbuild, October 4-7, Toronto: http://www.greenbuildexpo.org/Home.aspx . Contact Hector Tantoh (htantoh@wesco.com)
Solar Power International, October 17-20, Dallas: http://www.solarpowerinternational.com/2011/public/enter.aspx. Contact, Hector Tantoh (htantoh@wesco.com)
National Association of Environmental Managers EHS Summit, October 19-20, Tucson: http://ehsforum2011.naem.org. Contact Billy Grayson (bgrayson@wesco.com).
Net Impact National Conference, October 27-29, Portland, Oregon: http://2011.netimpact.org. Contact Billy Grayson (bgrayson@wesco.com).
GreenGov, October 31 - November 2, Washington DC: http://www.greengov2011.org. Contact Billy Grayson (bgrayson@wesco.com).
CableTec's sustainability tent, November 15-17, Atlanta GA: http://expo.scte.org. Contact David Janssen (djanssen@wesco.com).
