Session Information
ASHE 2009 46th Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition
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Energy Cap and Trade
Track
:
August 3, 2009
Program Code:
110
Date:
Monday, August 3, 2009
Time:
3:15 PM to 4:30 PM
EST
Location:
ACC, Room 202AB
PRIMARY SPEAKER
:
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Walter Vernon, JD, University of San Francisco School of Law; MBA, University of California at Berkeley; BE in Mathematics, Vanderbilt University; President & CEO of $30M engineering firm (so, understands the language of the C-Suite) PE, LEED AP, Principal, Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
CO-PRESENTER
(S):
Mr. Bill Eveloff, Assistant VP Design, St. Joseph Health System
Dr. Bob Eisenman, Executive Director, Global Health & Safety Initiative
Description
Environmentalists have been pushing for years for regulations to curb energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Long a bellweather for the rest of the country, California passed its AB32, California Global Warming Solutions Act, in 2006. Among the requirements of this law is the development of a cap and trade system for emissions.
Similarly, various regions of the US have begun to develop their own Cap and Trade Emissions trading systems; RGGI, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the Northeast; WCI, the Western Climate Initiative; the Midwest Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord; as well as various other international accords.
All of the US Presidential candidates endorsed some form of Cap and Trade as a mechanism for reducing the countrys dependence on foreign oil as well as to combat global warming. Such a system is now widely believed to be at the heart of the plans of the new administration.
At the same time, other economic systems have been proposed to achieve the same end. Most notably, economists argue for a direct tax on greenhouse gas emissions, and others have argued for other systems. Again, the City of San Francisco, and the various Air Quality Management Districts in California have already imposed direct fees for greenhouse gas emissions.
All this may seem unrelated to the operation of healthcare facilities, but any such system will inevitably impact the delivery of healthcare.
Many healthcare systems in California, already confronted with the reality of such laws, have begun to take action to inventory their emissions and to plan for various potential emission reduction scenarios.
This session will be presented by Walt Vernon, lawyer, business person, and engineer, who has now worked with several California healthcare organizations to inventory their emissions, and to start to position themselves to be ready for future regulations.
This session will focus on the competing economic proposals for greenhouse gas emission reductions, with a focus on cap and trade. The session will demonstrate how these systems have already begun to affect West Coast healthcare facilities, and how these facilities have begun to plan for them. The session will conclude with advice for other facility operators from around the country.
Similarly, various regions of the US have begun to develop their own Cap and Trade Emissions trading systems; RGGI, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the Northeast; WCI, the Western Climate Initiative; the Midwest Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord; as well as various other international accords.
All of the US Presidential candidates endorsed some form of Cap and Trade as a mechanism for reducing the countrys dependence on foreign oil as well as to combat global warming. Such a system is now widely believed to be at the heart of the plans of the new administration.
At the same time, other economic systems have been proposed to achieve the same end. Most notably, economists argue for a direct tax on greenhouse gas emissions, and others have argued for other systems. Again, the City of San Francisco, and the various Air Quality Management Districts in California have already imposed direct fees for greenhouse gas emissions.
All this may seem unrelated to the operation of healthcare facilities, but any such system will inevitably impact the delivery of healthcare.
Many healthcare systems in California, already confronted with the reality of such laws, have begun to take action to inventory their emissions and to plan for various potential emission reduction scenarios.
This session will be presented by Walt Vernon, lawyer, business person, and engineer, who has now worked with several California healthcare organizations to inventory their emissions, and to start to position themselves to be ready for future regulations.
This session will focus on the competing economic proposals for greenhouse gas emission reductions, with a focus on cap and trade. The session will demonstrate how these systems have already begun to affect West Coast healthcare facilities, and how these facilities have begun to plan for them. The session will conclude with advice for other facility operators from around the country.
- Describe cap and trade systems, and how they are likely to impact healthcare facilities and healthcare operators.
- Describe economic systems proposed for regulating greenhouse gasses in the US.
- Describe strategies healthcare owners should be taking now to prepare themselves for a greenhouse-gas-regulated future.
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(Code: 110)
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