SPEAKING
We have an accomplished and traveled team of public speakers here at EcoMotion. Both inspirational and informational there is something for everyone in our presentations.
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Ted Flanigan
EcoMotion President, Ted Flanigan, has extensive experience in public speaking, delivering addresses across the United States and in many countries around the world. Lincoln Park , Earth Day 20 Chicago, and 20,000 people at center stage. The closing keynote for the Asian Clean Energy Expo in the Philippines. Keynote speaker for the MIT Environmental Colloquium; at the Aspen Institute.
He has been consistently rated high among his peers at conferences for his presentation style and bold content, an edge he claims comes from years of performing music on stage. What will fuel the future? What are you — an an individual — willing to do to make a difference? How can we each Save a Ton of CO2 to lessen our total footprint?
His current presentations are sobering while highly motivational, including “the Great Climate Challenge and Opportunity,” “Screaming Past Net Zero,” the “Realities of Effective Solar Policies,” “Riding the Wave of Green Careers,” and “Iceland’s Carbon and Energy Transformation.” Selected Recent Presentations
State of California State Compensation Insurance Fund: The Power of the Increment Lunch and Learn
EcoMotion’s President, Ted Flanigan, was pleased to be the motivational lunch and learn speaker for the State of California State Compensation Insurance Fund, an organization that is focused on climate change and its employees’ actions to promote sustainability.
The virtual lunch and learn focused on sustainability, its seven spheres, and the massive carbon threat to sustainability. Then the focus was on individual carbon footprints, and then how to cut carbon in our lives, in both really simple and big ways… from installing LEDs, carpooling, buying locally, to reducing packaging.. The presentation was peppered with actions that each of us can take daily to “Save a Ton” of carbon.
The talk ended with a vision of the future of a higher quality of life, with new integrations… like smart cars integrated as appliances, supporting not only our own carbon reductions but also providing community benefit through vehicle to grid integration. V2G is a win-win advance, and a harbinger of synergies that will actually enhance the quality of our lives while mitigating environmental damages.
Glendale Library Talk: A Carbon Conversation
EcoMotion’s President, Ted Flanigan, led a presentation on shaping the energy future of the City of Glendale.
He relayed to students and community members in the audience the best sustainable energy practices for municipalities such as Glendale, how to revolutionize and build resilience in the energy and power systems in the City.
The ideas presented during the panel were a part of an EcoMotion report commissioned by city officials last year that offers various ways to meet the city’s goal of completely clean energy usage by 2035. The ideas in the EcoMotion report, which gathers best energy practices from across the nation and world, covers topics surrounding energy efficiency, load management, and distributed energy resources.
The Benefactor Investment Model
EcoMotion and GreenerU team up to offer a financing mechanism to fund energy-efficiency projects and renewables for nonprofit organizations.
Our Benefactor Investment Model (BIM) is a charitable giving method that: a) provides institutions capital needed to implement a climate action plan, b) provides donors the opportunity to support institutions while making an attractive return on their investment & c) makes benefactors investors first, then donors. Check out this webinar to learn more.
The Center for Green Schools Energy Resilience Webinar: Powering Schools with Solar + Storage & Microgrids
EcoMotion sponsored the webinar on School Energy Resiliency: Solar+Storage and Microgrids. The speakers, including Ted Flanigan, expanded on how schools across the country are taking energy resilience into their own hands by switching to electrically powered systems, and installing 100% clean renewable energy and storage on site. Ted presented EcoMotion’s work with energy resilience and greening schools, notably the development of six, fully financed, carbon-free microgrids in Monterey County. He went on to discuss a number of school projects, underscoring the synergy between responsible energy management and student education. He also highlighted EcoMotion’s current advisory role exploring the use of electric buses as resilience tools, thanks to vehicle-to-grid technologies.
Venture Café Global Earth Night Webinar on Carbon-Free Energy Resilience
Venture Cafe Global and Coalesce, headed up by Sierra Flanigan, hosted an annual Earth Day celebration on April 23rd. EcoMotion’s Ted Flanigan was a featured speaker at the virtual Earth Night conference highlighting EcoMotion’s works with sustainable solutions and carbon-free energy resilience. Ted presented EcoMotion’s Seven Spheres of Sustainability, current sustainability projects, previous work developing six carbon-free microgrids in Monterey County, and the exciting vehicle-to-grid future. He also shared EcoMotion’s Sustainability Tips, encouraging participants to achieve a more sustainable future.
Renewable Energy Fund Kick-Off Keynote Speaker
Ted Flanigan was the featured speaker at the luncheon launch of Kayne Anderson’s Renewable Energy Fund at the Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria in June 2019. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP is known for its expertise in natural gas and its distribution. It is now offering its investors a new service… a fund for investments in renewables, notably utility-scale solar and wind. Ted presented “The Big Picture,” his talk highlighting the fantastic energy trends of our lifetimes, from the plummeting costs of solar and wind, and their commensurate rise in capacity, the rise of electric cars and now buses, and in the coming future… hybrid buildings!
San Diego Microgrid Presentation on “PERCs”
In February 2019, Ted Flanigan presented the Santa Rita Union School District story in San Diego… the tale of developing and fully financing six, independent, carbon-free microgrids in Salinas, California. The paper was presented as part of the Microgrid and Energy Storage panel at the EUEC 2019 conference at the San Diego Convention Center. Ted’s presentation was titled, “PERCs: Powered Emergency Response Centers” and provided the audience with the genesis and implementation of resilience on these campuses, while highlighting the financing and operational aspects of the innovative project. Ted was on a panel with officials from Bloom Energy, Solar Turbines, and Engie. Thanks to the PERCs that EcoMotion developed, today SRUSD students can shelter in place during grid outages thanks to robust solar, significant storage, and sophisticated microgrid and energy management controls. EcoMotion supported the district with a vision, a financing strategy, and ongoing quality control to assure project success in the form of indefinite, carbon-free power generation and use.
“The Big Picture” Presentations for LA Metro Staff
For the past seven years, EcoMotion has provided solar consulting and support services to LA Metro. In addition to monitoring all of Metro’s solar systems on a daily basis, EcoMotion trains Facilities Management staff on how to maintain the solar systems, while updating staff on notable developments with solar and storage. At the onset of each division’s technical PV training in the Spring of 2019, Ted presented “The Big Picture” and made clear the important role of Metro staff in properly maintaining existing solar and preparing for additional arrays and storage capacities. A highlight of each presentation was a video featuring the Energy Vault, gravitational storage system followed by a discussion of the pros and cons of a number of storage technologies and how storage is a game-changer to ubiquitous renewable energy use.
North America Carbon World 2019 – Presentation on Corporate Responsibility
On April 25, 2019, Ted Flanigan presented means for corporate responsibility through the deployment of solar power at the North America Carbon World conference hosted by Climate Action Reserve at LA’s new and impressive Intercontinental Hotel. Based on recent EcoMotion experience, Ted detailed three drivers for cost-effective, corporate action. Kimco Realty created a new and viable profit centers to install solar and to sell green power to tenants. Capital Group notes that one of primary drivers for going solar – and for all its green actions – is to attract and retain top talent. Cathay Bank in El Monte, California made a huge statement with its award-winning solar ports, but also created shade for 350+ parking spots, nearly all of its parking lot. To get shade, Cathay’s chairman mused, perhaps workers may well come to work early.
Presentation at Santa Monica’s 2018 Climate Fest
On May 19, 2018 Ted Flanigan served on “The Future of Energy Panel” at Santa Monica’s Climate Fest. Ted presented means for smart energy management – through efficiency, behavioral conservation, solar and now… storage and EV charging. Ted presented his own journey at his Glendale home, concluding with next steps to further reduce his carbon footprint. Throughout the presentation, he saluted the audience for their actions to date and encouraged them to call Solar Santa Monica for technical assistance with next steps in carbon free power and mobility. Concurrently EcoMotion’s Senior Solar Specialist presented a 31- slide deck of the nuts and bolts of going solar for Santa Monica apartment dwellers and condo owners.
“PERCs” at the Accelerated Energy Investment Forum – UC Irvine
The Santa Rita Union School District Story was the feature of Ted Flanigan’s talk at the
Accelerated Energy Investment Forum, held June 19, 2018 at The Cove at the University of California at Irvine. The presentation focused on how private sector financing made energy resilience possible for a small school district serving disadvantaged communities. Other speakers included State Senator Kevin De Leon.
May 2018 – Santa Monica ClimateFest – The Future of Energy
June 2018 – Accelerated Energy Investment Forum – Carbon Free Microgrids at Santa Rita Union School District
March 2017 – Harvard University Law School’s Climate Solutions Living Lab – Crafting and Financing Carbon-Free Microgrids
July 2017 – The City of Santa Monica’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment hosted – Energy Resilience: Batteries and Microgrids
October 2017 – ACEEE Conference: The Role of Efficiency in the Utility of the Future Getting Los Angeles to 100% Renewable by 2025
Michael Ware
EcoMotion’s Michael Ware has become one of Southern California’s most respected solar advisors, specializing in rate offsets and financial analysis. A former Hollywood screen writer, his speaking style is at once informative, welcoming, and fun! EcoMotion, thanks to Michael’s leadership, is known as “the honest broker” of solar power.