The participants will benefit from gaining a working knowledge of how to assemble the pieces necessary to help a community decide on what sustainable development means to its members; to tap into the right resources which as a coordinated team can effectively “see the big picture” of a sustainable energy future, as well as  “dot the i’s” of detailed energy planning;  to decide what kind of sustainable energy plan would work best for their community; take necessary actions to measure current scenarios and chart the training course to make more desirable scenarios a reality in the near- to medium-term; and then design and implement a plan to make that desirable scenario happen.  And in the process, give future generations a better world through responsible resource management and energy planning.

By the end of this Energy Training Centre 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 analyze 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

This CDGA course is ideal for public, private, NGO, and international development sector stakeholders responsible for long-term energy portfolio planning, resource management, climate change mitigation strategies, environmental sustainability, social impact, and economic development.

This Energy Planning & Sustainable Development training course is suitable for a wide range of sustainable development and clean energy professionals from many sectors, but will greatly benefit:

• Urban Planners
• National and Subnational Ministry/Agency of Energy Officials
• National and Subnational Ministry/Agency of Planning Officials
• National and Subnational Ministry/Agency Resource Planning Officials
• National and Subnational Ministry/Agency Economic Development Officials
• National and Subnational Ministry/Agency of Transportation Officials
• Transportation Fleet Managers
• Electric Utilities and Regulators
• Independent Standards Operators/Regional Transmission Operators
• Campus Facility Managers
• Defense 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

The participants will personally benefit from this Energy Training Centre training course because it will empower them to:

• Apply first-hand knowledge of sustainable development to the responsible generation, delivery and use of energy
• Conduct sustainable energy planning in their communities—based on drivers for change, a common vision and consensus-based goals, political realities, attitudes toward change, levels of available local energy resources, and other planning elements addressed in the training course
• Gain a deeper understanding of the technical, economic, the marketplace, policy, regulatory, environmental, and social concepts related to sustainable energy planning and implementation
• Connect the dots between the big picture concept of sustainable development to the nitty-gritty details needed to develop a responsible energy plan that will be in effect for years or decades
• Increase the knowledge base, which can help them decide on possible career choices or new focal areas

DAY ONE: ENVISIONING A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE THROUGH STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

• Scoping
• Sectors
• Players
• Political Sensitivities  
• Timelines
• Engaging Stakeholders to Design and Implement the Plan
• Selecting the Right Stakeholders
• Envisioning the Desired End-state
• Setting the Baseline
• Proposing Goals and Strategies  
• Driving Consensus
• Implementing the Plan
• Defining Sustainable Development
• Brundtland Report
• Resource Depletion
• Environmental Impact
• Intergenerational Equity
• Cradle-to-cradle Design Considerations
• Identifying Drivers for Change
• Environmental impact
• Social
• Economic
• Carbon Neutrality
• Agreeing on the Basics
• Scientific-based Principles
• Laws of Thermodynamics
• Civility
• Facilitating buy-in
• Acknowledging Dissent
• Reconciling Conflicting Viewpoints
• Inclusivity
• Social Equity
• Economic Growth
• Cost-effectiveness (e.g., least cost vs. best value)

DAY TWO: TYPES OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PLANNING

• Sustainable Energy Planning from Different Angles
• Sectoral
• Climate Change
• Utility

• Transportation Manufacturer
• Environmental
• Resource Management
• Intergenerational Equity
• GESI
• Economic
• 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 THREE: 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 FOUR: 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 FIVE: 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

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration