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Matthew H. Kisber, Tennessee Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, Confirmed to Speak at Tennessee Green Building Summit

Matthew H. Kisber, Tennessee Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, Confirmed to Speak at Tennessee Green Building Summit

Knoxville, TN (September 15, 2009) — The Tennessee Energy Services Coalition announced today that Matt Kisber, Tennessee’s Commissioner of Economic and Community Development (ECD) will speak at the Tennessee Green Building Summit on September 22, 2009 at the Nashville Airport Marriott. The conference, with a theme of “Getting Green to Go Green,” will provide an opportunity for cities, counties, K-12, higher education, state agencies and a wide variety of stakeholders to participate in informative sessions on funding energy efficiency projects.

Mr. Kisber serves as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD). Appointed January 18, 2003, Commissioner Kisber has led Tennessee’s efforts that resulted in Volkswagen’s 2008 decision to locate their $1 billion assembly operation in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Under Commissioner Kisber’s leadership, 40 corporate headquarters have located in Tennessee, including Nissan North America, International Paper, Louisiana Pacific, Clarcor, Service Master, Asurion and others. Since his appointment as commissioner, Tennessee has seen more than $22 billion in new capital investment and more than 140,000 new jobs created. In May 2008, Site Selection magazine recognized the state’s accomplishments by naming Tennessee the most competitive state in the country for economic development.

Summit attendees will learn how performance contracting can be used to leverage savings to perform energy efficiency projects and where this method has been successful in Tennessee.

Cost per attendee is $60. For the latest information and registration, please visit https://www.tngreensummit.com You may also follow the summit on Twitter: @tngreensummit

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ABOUT TENNESSEE ENERGY SERVICES COALITION

The mission of the Tennessee State Chapter of the Energy Services Coalition is to increase the implementation in Tennessee of energy efficiency and building upgrades through energy savings performance contracting. The Energy Services Coalition is a national non-profit organization composed of a network of experts from a wide range of organizations working together at the state and local level to increase energy efficiency and building upgrades through energy savings performance contracting.

The Tennessee Energy Services Coalition Chapter is dedicated to providing an outreach program that provides information and education on performance contracting to the target audience within our state.

For more information, please visit: https://www.energyservicescoalition.org/chapters/TN/index.html

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For Information Contact:

Chuck Morris
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865-637-9869
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Deb Faust
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www.tngreensummit.com