ENERGY EFFICIENCY & SAVINGS
APRIL 5, 2023 | Charles Krug Winery, Carriage House
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MCE is a not-for-profit public agency and the preferred electricity provider for more than 580,000 customer accounts and 1.5 million residents and businesses across Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, and Solano counties. Setting the standard for clean energy in California since 2010, MCE leads with 100% renewable power at stable rates, delivering a 1200 MW peak load and significantly reducing greenhouse emissions and reinvesting millions in local programs. For more information about MCE, visit mceCleanEnergy.org, or follow us on your preferred social platform @mceCleanEnergy.
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Amorim is recognized as a global leader in sustainable business practices. We have been publishing an annual reviewed sustainability report since 2006. By being the largest cork company in the world, we have a big responsibility to set an example for how the cork industry can improve on environmental credentials in every step of production. Being a vertically integrated company with diversification in a large number of cork businesses we have a true circular economy and strive for an industrial system that is regenerative by intention and design. We use all of the cork raw material which includes the cork dust being used as a source of energy. At Amorim, over 60% of energy needs are met by using cork (biomass), which is a CO2 neutral source of energy.
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CLEAResult is the largest provider of energy efficiency, energy transition and decarbonization solutions in North America. Since 2003, our mission has been to change the way people use energy. Today, our experts lead the transition to a sustainable, equitable, and carbon-neutral future for our communities and our planet. Our hometown teams collaborate with a diverse network of local partners to deliver world-class technology and personalized services that make it easy for agricultural, commercial and industrial businesses, governments, utilities, and residential customers to reduce their energy use and carbon footprint. CLEAResult is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has over 2,400 employees in more than 60 cities across the U.S. and Canada.
CLEAResult is the approved third-party implementer of the MCE Agricultural & Industrial Resource (AIR) Program serving Napa County.
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Earthly Labs, A Chart Industries Company, is the leader in small scale carbon capture technology helping leaders capture, purify, recycle, reuse and convert CO2 to avoid emissions, reduce costs, add value and drive innovation. Earthly Labs’ solution includes CiCi® CO2 capture hardware solutions, cloud-based CO2 capture monitoring software, and engineering and maintenance services. The new CO2 exchange program allows companies to capture, use, convert, and sell CO2 to create value for industries like wineries and distilleries. Earthly Labs is a division of Chart Industries, Inc. (NYSE: GTLS) is a leading independent global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment used by leaders in food and beverage, renewable energy, and space markets. Powering the Nexus of Clean™, Chart is committed to solutions that advance clean air, clean water, clean energy, and clean food and beverage. With over 25 global manufacturing locations from the United States to China, Australia, India, Europe and South America, Chart maintains a commitment its customers and the environment. To learn more, visit www.Chartindustries.com
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PowerFlex is a national provider of renewable energy infrastructure with a comprehensive suite of flexible, turnkey solutions designed to transform any organization into a clean-energy facility. Our scalable offerings include onsite solar, battery storage, electric vehicle charging, microgrids, and energy management systems. Whether standalone or working in concert as a bundled system, these technologies bring clean, reliable, and affordable carbon-free power when and where it is needed, helping our clients reduce their long-term energy costs, increase resiliency, and achieve sustainability goals.
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Did you know that the weight of wine bottles is 40% lighter than it was 15 years ago? In fact, today, nearly 9 in 10 (87%) of 75cl wine bottles fall under the light to medium weight category.
While glass packaging is one of the most sustainable packaging materials, the industry continues to innovate in terms of technology and design to further improve its environmental impact. With extensive lightweighting efforts, bottles can be made lighter while keeping all of their qualities.
Saverglass, the world’s leading manufacturer specializing in the production and decoration of luxury and high-end glass bottles.
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Solectrac is the first American company to commercialize electric tractors through direct sales and its growing dealer network. Solectrac climate smart electric tractors are zero-emission, quiet and powerful and benefit not only the environment but also the health of the agricultural work force by eliminating exposure to exhaust and reducing noise. Solectrac tractors can be charged from the grid or renewable energy sources, need less maintenance, and provide high torque at low speeds.
As a Certified B Corp since 2019 Solectrac continues to maintain the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency and legal accountability. Since becoming a subsidiary of Ideanomics in 2021, Solectrac has been growing fast and adding new dealerships to its expanding network to provide sales and service to customers. In 2022, the company opened a new 36,000 square foot production facility in Windsor, California and soon added a second assembly center in North Carolina to serve east coast customers.
Solectrac is part of Ideanomics, (Nasdaq: IDEX), which is a global business headquartered in New York that is accelerating the commercial adoption of electric vehicles. Solectrac received the Solar Impulse Foundation Efficient Solution label in 2020, was the recipient of the WINovation award in 2021 and the World Ag Expo Top-10 New Product Winner in 2022. For more information, please visit www.solectrac.com.
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Sunlight Electric is Northern California’s premier designer and retailer of commercial photovoltaic systems with a major focus on the sustainable food, beverage, and agriculture-related market sectors as well as deep experience in solutions for retail, corporate office parks, auto retailing, and refrigerated warehousing. Headquartered in Sonoma, Sunlight Electric provides the wine industry with a range of energy products and services and has become the industry’s most trusted provider with over 50 winery and wine-related projects in Napa, Sonoma, and the Central Coast regions.
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Napa Green is a global leader in sustainable winegrowing, setting the highest bar for sustainability and climate action in the wine industry. Napa Green facilitates systematic soil to bottle certification for wineries and vineyards, and provides the resources, tools and connections to continuously level up leadership. In 2021, Napa Green was the first sustainable winegrowing program in the world to redevelop Vineyard certification standards to focus on climate action, regenerative carbon farming, and social equity. In 2022, Napa Green and community partners launched a first of its kind, six-event Climate & Wine Symposium (Napa THRIVES now RISE) with over 65 speakers and 600 total guests.
