A look at the presentations from the May 8 retreat on energy hosted by the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (the underlined PowerPoint presentations can be viewed):

• Welcome by Professor Ben McCall, iSEE Associate Director for Campus Sustainability.
• Introduction by Professor Scott Willenbrock, Chairnan of the iSEE Sustainability Working Advisory Team for Energy Generation, Purchasing, and Distribution.
• "Energy Planning and Procurement at the University," presented by Dan Mortland, Assistant Vice President of Enterprise Services at University of Illinois.
• "Geothermal," videoconference presentation by Jim Lowe, Ball State University Director of Engineering and Construction Operations.
• "Solar," presented by Xinlei Wang, Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at U of I.
• "Biomass," presented by Eric Rund, Owner of Rund Farms in Pesotum.
• "Capturing and Converting CO2 into Useful Chemicals," presented by Paul Kenis, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at U of I.
• "Replacing Petroleum through Carbon-neutral Biofuels from Next-generation Integrated Infrastructure Systems," presented by Yuanhui Zhang, Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at U of I.
• "Energy Efficiency and Energy Sources," presented by Cliff Singer, Professor of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering at U of I.
• "Retrofitting," presented by Paul Francisco, coordinator of the Indoor Climate & Research Training Program at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center.
• "Think Globally, Act Locally: What are the Implications?" presented by Cliff Singer, Professor of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering at U of I.