A 40 minute presentation about the connection between our buildings and human performance. For most commercial work space, the cost of building represents a small fraction of the cost of the salaries paid to the employees in that building. Getting the most of your workforce is easier if your building is optimized for human performance.  In a typical office space a 2-3% increase in worker productivity is possible.  Over the first 30 years of the building such productivity increase is equal to several times the cost of the entire building.

A 45 minute presentation about the current peer reviewed science on climate change.  The presentation includes details about  positive and negative feed backs, role of water vapor as the primary greenhouse gas, why Europe is so worried about climate change, and what history can tell us about what an increase in temperature will mean to the Pacific Northwest.  Also covered is how the State of Oregon is the first and only state to set a flexible standard for carbon emissions for new power plants.

For more than 40 years, the U.S. government made plutonium for its nuclear weapons program at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington state.  That process generated enormous amounts of  radioactive and chemically hazardous wastes. Hanford is perhaps the most contaminated site in the Western Hemisphere.  Its waste poses a long- term threat to the Columbia River, and its contaminated facilities and aging waste storage tanks pose some potential for an accident that could impact Oregon.

Our presentation focuses on the cleanup activities at Hanford and the risks posed by Hanford's wastes.  A massive cleanup effort is currently underway, but will take several decades and many billions of dollars to be successful.

We tailor the presentation to any length and focus to fit your audience

A 30 minute presentation about alternative transportation fuel, the vehicles that use them and energy and environmental benefits.

This 30 minute presentation is about the purposes alternative transportation fuels serve and programs or services that help fleet and individual vehicle owners adopt these new fuels. Motor vehicle emissions are the largest single contributors to air pollution in the state and are responsible for a significant share of surface water contamination. Choosing to ride transit or telework from home offer the most reduction in the damaging effects of this energy use.

A 40 minute presentations on "Peak Oil," including the status of global oil supplies, the role oil and natural gas play in our economy, a discussion of the concept of Energy Returned on Energy Invested (net energy), supply alternatives, and societal implications of declining oil and natural gas supplies.  John can also discuss the findings and recommendations of the Portland Peak Oil Task Force.

 

Understanding how manufacturing facilities use energy, benchmark performance assessmernts and measurement of energy use improvements are necessary for Oregon industry to remain competitive. Variability in electricity cost, unmanaged operation of energy using systems and the lack of goals and objectives around energy and resource use all cost industry valuable competitive position. This presentation focuses on continious improvement in the energy use in all end use systems typically found in the manufacturing process. Topics cover the efficiency and effectiveness of boilers, air compression, motors and drives, thermal distributuion systems, product conveyance, exhaust systesm, lighting, ventilating, heating and cooling. The talk can be tailored to address efficiency opportunities in a specific market segment . (e.g. wood products, food processing, metal casting, pulp and paper, microelectronics …) or manufacturing systems (casting, thermoforming, bag house operation, heat recovery, waste reduction...) A breif summary of incentives available to help implement improvement projects is also provided.

A presentation specific to an energy using system in manufacturing can be presented to groups interested in assessing, measuring, designing and implementing the best practices in that particular energy end use. Systems include but are not limited to motors, chillers, space conditioning, ventilation, air compression, digital process controls, steam systems