Introducing our 2021 expert webinar series

Consumer interest in renewable energy is growing - ‘clean power’ sales doubled between 2010 and 2014, and then doubled again between 2014 and 2019. In 2019, renewable energy consumption grew to a record-breaking 11% of total US energy consumption - a record that has now been hit for four consecutive years. Morgan Stanley shared that renewables buildout is driving significant growth for utilities.

Meanwhile in the Midwest, incentives to use renewable energy set at state-level remains low compared to other areas in the US, such as the West- and East Coast. The absence of incentives and targets results in a low-awareness level of the benefits and opportunities consumers have when using renewable energy. As of December 2020, Minnesota and Michigan are the only two Midwestern states to implemented a statutory target and an executive target respectively to combat greenhouse gas emissions and to become carbon neutral by 2050.

With Michigan only signing this executive target in 2020, driven by concerns on rising temperatures and the necessity to slow down climate change, combined with the nation-wide growth of renewable energy usage, now is the time to get together and understand how, why and when the Midwest can join the renewable energy revolution.

The NetZeroBuild Summit webinar series 2021 will run in February through April 2021 to bring together the Midwest’s key stakeholders to discuss steps needed to make change happen. Each will feature a number of local experts, including leaders from the construction, architecture, and sustainability sectors.

Full details will be released in January 2021, including the times and dates of each webinar event, the topics, plus some of our headline participants.