Green Exploration has partnered with the Region 1 Planning Council to present Resilient Rockford Region (R3) to the greater Rockford metropolitan area with a series of community chats and expert discussions to provide educational sessions on various aspects of sustainability that the region aims to utilize to ensure a sustainable and equitable future for all residents.
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Tech Talks
A series of expert discussions to provide professionals with sustainable and equitable insight. Topics will range from electric vehicle readiness, planning, energy, waste management, stormwater management, circular economy, engineering, community and economic development, and funding opportunities.
Community Impact of Heavy Duty Vehicle Electrification
When? August 30th, 2023 at 12:00-12:30 pm
Tune in as Dr. Jane Lin, civil, materials, and environmental engineering professor from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Haley Dahl, student at the University of Illinois at Chicago and creator of Green Exploration: Rockford, discuss how the Rockford Region can prepare for the electrification of its heavy vehicles to reduce regional diesel emissions. We will highlight Dr. Lin’s involvement in two electrification projects, one funded by the US EPA and the other by IDOT, and focus on the environmental and public health benefits of making this transition.
Dr. Jane Lin, Civil, Materials and Environmental Engineering Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Lin is a Professor in the Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago, with a joint appointment at the Institute for Environmental Science and Policy at UIC. Her research focuses on sustainable transportation design, analysis, and optimization in both passenger and goods transportation. Lin is an appointed member of the Board of the Scientific Counselors at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She chairs the Sustainability & Resilience Group of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Lin is editor of Transport Policy, and associate editor of Transportation Research Part D: Transportation and the Environment.
Haley Dahl, Student & Creator of Green Exploration: Rockford, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Upcoming Tech Talks
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Community Chats
A series of discussions with relevant stakeholders to provide communities with awareness and understanding of various aspects of sustainability and how it goes hand-in-hand with equity. These community chats are a great way to stay up-to-date on sustainable projects happening in the greater Rockford metropolitan area.
Electric Vehicles 101
When? September 28th, 2023 at 12:00-12:30 pm
Tune is as Timothy J. Milburn, transportation electrification consultant from Green Ways 2Go, Gabrielle Gamily, senior sustainability research analyst from the Region 1 Planning Council, and Haley Dahl, student at the University of Illinois at Chicago and creator of Green Exploration: Rockford, discuss the basics of electric vehicles and highlight the community and individual benefits of making the switch. From Friday, September 22, 2023 through Sunday, October 1, 2023, the Region 1 Planning Council is hosting Drive Electric Week. For more details, go to http://r1planning.org/. Haley Dahl is moderating this event.
Slides from this session (recording not available):
Timothy J. Milburn, Transportation Electrification Consultant, Green Ways 2Go
Education:
University of Illinois, BS
Biology, environmental focus
Illinois Institute of
Technology, BS Mechanical
Engineering, High Honors
Mr. Milburn has more than thirty years of technical and business development experience in industrial and commercial energy and environmentally related technologies. He has been a Co-owner of Green Way Energy, LLC, d.b.a. Green Ways 2Go (GW2G) since 2011, focusing on assisting business, governmental and multi-family dwelling clients to make informed decisions related to clean transportation and clean energy solutions. GW2G has been involved in the supply and/or installation of 150 Level 2 and DC Fast Charging points in the midwest.
Since 2016, active as Project Advisor working with the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC) for their EV Readiness Program and other Alternative Fuels programs. Since 2016, Active as Project Advisor for Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT, a US DOE Clean Cites Coalition) for Alternative Fuel Corridor Study for Illinois, First Responder Program, EMPOWER workplace charging programs and other programs, exploring stakeholder interests and issues using alternative fuels. In 2022, IACT presented Tim with their EV
Charging Solutions Award.
Gabi Gamily, Senior Sustainability Research Analyst, Region 1 Planning Council
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Upcoming Community Chats
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