At the end of the Energy planning and sustainable development training course, the participants will be able to:

• Elucidate the connection between sustainable development—from the original Brundtland Report—and sustainable energy.
• Understand the need for energy to drive economic development. 
• Select a diversified set of stakeholders to design a sustainable energy plan for the electricity and/or transportation sectors.
• Acquire and analyse inputs from those select stakeholders and from many other reliable data sources to design a visionary yet achievable sustainable energy future.
• Implement a sustainable energy planning initiative.

Energy planning and sustainable development training course, is ideal for:

• Energy Officials
• Planning Officials
• Planning Officials
• Development Officials
• Transportation Officials
• Transportation Fleet Managers
• Electric Utilities and Regulators
• Independent Standards Operators/Regional Transmission Operators
• Campus Facility Managers
• Défense Installation Energy Managers
• Climate Change Mitigation Professionals
• Climate Change Adaptation Professionals
• Sustainable Energy and Fuel Products and Services Providers
• Non-governmental Organizations
• International Development Organizations

Day 1

ENVISIONING A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE THROUGH STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

• Scoping
• Engaging Stakeholders to Design and Implement the Plan
• Defining Sustainable Development   
• Identifying Drivers for Change
• Environmental impact
• Social
• Economic
• Carbon Neutrality
• Agreeing on the Basics

Day 2

TYPES OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PLANNING

• Sustainable Energy Planning from Different Angles
• Types of Plans
• Integrated Resource Planning
• Integrated Resource & Resilience Planning
• Long-term Planning
• Energy Sustainability Planning
• Hybrids
• Sustainable Electricity Resources & Technologies
• Demand Reduction
• Solar
• Wind
• Water
• Biomass
• Hydrogen
• Natural Gas
• Sustainable Transportation Resources & Technologies
• Demand Reduction
• Food vs. Fuel Debate
• Ethanol and Biodiesel
• Electricity

Day 3

PLANNING A MORE SUSTAINABLE ELECTRICITY FUTURE

• Setting the Baseline
• Population, Immigration, and other Demographic Considerations
• Load Assessment
• Technical Feasibility 
• Economic Feasibility
• Enabling Policy Gap Analysis  
• Costs and Benefits
• Charting the Path to your Goals
• Minimizing Electricity Demand
• Centralized Electricity
• De-centralized Electricity

Day 4

PLANNING A MORE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION FUTURE     

• Setting the Baseline
• Population, Immigration, and other Demographic Considerations
• Load Assessment
• Technical Feasibility 
• Economic Feasibility
• Enabling Policy Gap Analysis 
• Costs and Benefits
• Charting the Path to your Goals
• COVID and WFH
• Efficiency Standards
• Walkable Communities
• Ride Sharing
• Public Transportation
• Integrated Ground Transportation Demand Management Plan
• Renewable Fuels
• Electric Vehicle Use

Day 5

 IMPLEMENTING THE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PLAN  

• Plan Basics
• Who decides on the plan’s elements?
• Who is responsible for making this happen?
• How do we convince the right people to agree to this?
• Who pays?
• Will the plan require legislation?
• How will this happen?
• How soon can this happen?
• Plan Recommendations Basics   
• Sustainable Energy Plan Implementation Team
• Public-Private Partnerships
• Models
• Tracking Progress

Rectus attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration