Sustainable Energy Speaker Series
The Sustainable Energy Speaker Series was created to deepen campus and community understanding of contemporary energy issues and spur conversation around energy topics.
Fall 2025 Series
From Response to Resilience: Lessons from Tropical Storm Helene
Tuesday, September 30 @ 4:30 pm
Event details will be posted the week of September 8. Please check back!
Previous speakers
| Speaker | Topic |
| Ashley Edwards | Kempower |
| Dr. I. Paul Kim | Advanced Lithium Metal Anodes (LMAs) and Sustainable Energy Solutions by Soelect Inc |
| Rob Leonard | Phius Passive Buildings |
| Mike Kapp | Phius – The Cost-Optimized Approach to Zero |
| Kate Bashford | Electric Vehicles: Not Just Cars |
| Dr. Murray Fisher | Harnessing the Power of Technology: Sustainable Wind Energy in the Southeast |
| Dr. Adrian Pugsley | Adaptive Facades: Current State of the Art |
| Sophie Mullinax | The Blue Horizons Project: Community Energy Planning in Action |
| Diane Cherry | Consulting Pathways in Clean Energy |
| Ryan Childress | Renewable Natural Gas: What It Is, and Its Role in the U.S. Energy Transition |
| Dionne Delli-Gatti | Promoting Clean Energy Through Community-Based Solutions |
| Tommy Williamson | Grid Modernization and Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Integration in North Carolina |
| Ronald DiFelice | Near-Term and Long-Term Prospects for Grid-Scale Energy Storage |
| Ryan Miller | Building Energy Efficiency: The Foundation of North Carolina’s Clean Energy Future |
| Cindy Shea | Sustainability Goals and Initiatives at UNC Chapel Hill |
| Maria Kingery | Solar Coaster |
| Lida Poger | Electric Vehicle Strategies for Electric Utilities |
| Landon Williams | Duke Energy: Utility Initiatives for a Low Carbon Future |
| Sean Hayes | The Oberlin Project: Achieving Community-Scale Sustainability |
| Bill Pfleger | The New Energy Landscape: Microgrid Trends & Future Directions |
| Sal Gill | Energy Storage Systems and Solutions |
| Jarrett B. Davis | Putting Building Science into Practice: Technolgoy and Building Forensics |
| Patrick Richardson & Jim Dees | App State is 45% More Energy Efficient Since 2002-03: How it was Achieved and Future Goals |
| Katharine Kollins | Utility-Scale Wind Energy Development in the Southeast |
| Brian Bednar | Solar Electricity Development in the Southeast: Process and Prospects for the Future |
| Dr. Gregg Marland | Climate Change 1001: What, Why, How, Who? |
| Robin Aldina | North Carolina’s Clean Energy Industry: Status and Prospects |
| David March | Financial and Economic Analysis for Investing in Renewable Energy and Energy Markets |
| Brian Southwell | Behavior change to reduce home energy use: Ideas to encourage multisector collaboration |
| Jeff Tiller & Chuck Perry | Implementing Energy Conservation Policy via the North Carolina State Building Code |