September 20, 2011—Denver, Colorado

Jonathan Livingston joined E Source Executive Vice President Jay Stein and a team of technology assessment experts as a panelist on the topic of “Navigating the Tides of Emerging Technology.”  Livingston presented his overview of how leading energy utility programs strategically design their emerging technology portfolios from a gap and priority standpoint. 

Departing from the now-familiar theme of efficient technology selection and assessment, Livingston focused his remarks on opportunities for efficiency program executives to evaluate their company innovation profiles and staff capabilities against current and future program portfolio objectives and priorities.  

Stein took a cue from the investment community, Stein addressing the important and sometimes overlooked impact of the qualifications of technology company management teams on their viability and ultimate survival in the rough waters of commercial business launch and scaling. 

The program was rounded out with brief presentations by E Source technology research staff bringing their latest dispatches from the front lines of energy efficiency innovation.

Overall, the session received top ratings from audience members at the three-day conference.

August 11, 2011—San Francisco, California

Livingston Energy Innovations’ white paper on our proposed campaign to develop high-visibility energy efficiency branding and messaging to enhance public awareness and engagement was published by GreenTech Media.  You can read our GTM guest column under the topic of Perspectives: Energy Efficiency here—or download the full white paper from our website Resources section here.

May 6, 2011—Berkeley, California

An international team of experts on energy efficiency policy, product manufacturing, and project implementation attended Jonathan Livingston’s talk “Realizing Building End-Use Efficiency with Emerging Technologies” at the Hotel Shattuck Plaza as part of this second annual symposium organized by the U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy International Program and their Chinese counterparts.  

The Forum focused on advancing the initiatives of the 2009 U.S.-China Action Plan and the U.S.-China Ten Year Framework for energy efficiency in industry and buildings.  Both countries have placed high priority on energy efficiency cooperation and technical exchange as a means to meet common energy challenges.  Participants included representatives of U.S. and Chinese government and nongovernmental organizations, laboratories, and industry.