EAST LANSING, MI — In her presentation on “Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy” at the “Energy: It’s Not All You Save” conference, Debra Rowe, Ph.D., emphasized the need to apply energy conservation and efficiency measures first to gain significant energy savings, then implement renewable energy sources to get the best possible benefit.
Rowe is a professor of Environmental Systems Technology at Oakland Community College in Michigan. She is founder and past director of the Environmental Solutions Center; editor of the online Sustainability Education Handbook; member of the board of education division of the American Solar Energy Society; and is completing a national model energy technology curriculum for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).