Introduction to the Cincinnati 3E Summit Blog!

Join us this summer for an exciting series of articles from local leaders about opportunities for your organization to go green, reduce energy and waste costs, and meet consumer and supplier expectations brought to you by the Cincinnati Energy, Efficiency and the Environment Summit (3E Summit). The 3E Summit is an educational and networking outreach of the City’s climate action plan designed to show local business, educational, non-profit and religious leaders that healthy business practices can be healthy for your organizations bottom line.
Smart leaders throughout the region recognize the opportunities that the ‘Green Revolution’ offers to their organization. Throughout the summer join us for a series of articles on everything from financing your green projects through tax incentives to what consumers expect from their suppliers so that you can keep your business ahead of the curve.
In addition to helping to educate the local business community, the 3E Summit aims to be the regions foremost green marketplace bringing together local businesses and organizations to create valuable partnerships. If you have an article you would like to suggest or a product or service you would like to let people know about, please post it on this blog or let the blog-master know so that we can obtain more submissions.

So stay tuned for this summer of green learning, topics may include the following:
· Tax incentives to finance your green business or project
· Paying for energy efficiency projects for your business
· Legal risks of climate change
· Programs available from Duke Energy to help you cut your utility bills
· Green buildings – what are they and what are the benefits?
· Geothermal projects to reduce your heating and cooling bills
· Waste reduction in manufacturing to reduce costs
· Green roofs – what are they and what are the benefits?
· Green IT – reducing your Company’s Information Technology operating costs at all levels
· The basics of how to calculate your Company’s carbon footprint
· Reducing the cost and carbon footprint of your vehicle fleet
· The Green attributes that large Company’s and government agency’s expect from their suppliers

So stay tuned for these and other exciting topics, and don’t forget to register for the Cincinnati 3E Summit on October 2nd, 2009 at the Duke Energy Center.