Fred Davis
Username
Fred Davis
Proposer First Name
Fred
Proposer Email
Fred@FredDavisCorp.com
Proposer Last Name
Davis
Boston 2021 Areas of Focus
Proposer Company/Organization
Fred Davis Corp. - Efficient Lighting
Proposer Phone
(508) 359-3610
Proposer Job Title
President
Proposer Additional Info
Longtime energy professional and advocate. Proud recipient of NESEA's 2019 Distinguished Leadership Award. Bio available.
Proposed Session Description
"Full-service clean-energy" -- is that the ideal business approach for the radical carbon reduction the residential market requires today? Forty-plus years ago, "Energyworks" was a brand-new and new kind of business, providing everything needed for an energy overhaul. It combined formerly-separated trades to offer audit, insulation, windows, and HVAC services. The innovative enterprise has had a long-term influence: it helped invent the modern energy audit, it published the influential booklet "In the Bank or Up the Chimney," and it launched the careers of a number of people still practicing in different parts of the energy arena today. We bring a few of those folks back together to review today's need for residential energy services, and offer an assessment on whether the "Energyworks" model might be adequate to today's challenges.
Diversity and Inclusiveness
Men and women will share aspects of their professional arcs in energy, none of which was predictable at the start of the brand-new business of residential auditing and retrofitting. At that time, a career in clean-energy didn't exist, so excluded everyone.
Learning Objectives
Review today's approaches in the residential retrofit marketplace.
Does energy-retrofit services necessarily lead to best carbon-reduction.
What was innovative about the original Energyworks model.
What happened to some of those people.
Has this session been presented before?
No
Target Audiences Level of Expertise
Level 1 - No prior knowledge needed.
Session Format Details
Moderated panel discussion.
Recommended Length
60-minute session
Strongest Content Connection - Boston 2021
Comments about your speaker roster
Fred will prep with his old colleagues to produce a lively discussion.
Anything else you'd like to tell us about your session proposal?
Looking back to look ahead! Should be interesting and fun for all involved.
Reviewer 1
Veerkamp, Danny
Proposal #
217
Committee Decision
Rejected
Presenters
Full Description
Let's review some of the different business approaches in the residential retrofit market today. Do comprehensive services make sense. Which models are reducing carbon the most.