Illinois Green Economy Network
Annual Conference
2026 Conference
Held at Lewis and Clark Community College
Thanks to Our Sponsors!
2026 Presentations & Bios
- Speaker Bios (PDF)
- Welcome to the Spring 2026 IGEN Conference (PPT)
- AASHE, IGEN & CCs – Kim Hankins, Ed.D. – McHenry County College (PDF)
- Alkaline Battery Collection Update (PDF)
- Ameren Illinois – Energy Efficiency Business Program (PDF)
- Community Solar For Your Energy Strategy (PDF)
- Dimension Energy and Community Solar
- Make It In Illinois – Powering Illinois’ Future
- Office of Energy – John DeRosa
- Solar Made Simple: The Illinois Shines Program for Public Schools (PDF)
- Tips for Invoicing and Budgets – Brad McCormick (PDF)
2025 Conference
Held at Kankakee Community College
Thanks to Our Sponsors!
2025 Presentations & Bios
- Speaker Bios (PDF)
- IGEN Welcome (PPT)
- Ameren Illinois Energy Efficiency Business Program (PPT)
- Building Energy Resource Hub – Empowering the Future of Building Decarbonization (PDF)
- ComEd Energy Efficiency Program: Exploring Energy Efficiency Opportunities for Your Campus (PPT)
- fgma – Energy Efficiency Planning: Setting a Carbon Budget (PDF)
- IGEN and Funding Capital Projects for Energy Efficiency (PPT)
- Illinois Environmental Protection Agency – Community College Resources (PPT)
- IGEN Rev Up EV Exchange to New Zealand (PDF)
- REV UP EV New Zealand International Exchange to Otago Polytechnic & Eastern Institute of Technology (PDF)
- SEDAC – Energy Efficiency Planning Net Zero Planning (PPT)
- The Green Program (PDF)
2024 Conference
The 2024 IGEN Annual Conference took place on April 10-11, at Heartland Community College, in the newly constructed net zero Agriculture Complex. Check out the line up of presentations in the agenda below here.
2024 Presentations
- Keynote Panel – College Manufacturing Partnerships – Heartland, Kankakee, Rend Lake Community Colleges
- Sustainability and Community Colleges – Kim Hankins, Sustainability Director, McHenry County College
- Sustainable Agriculture – Miranda Buss, Faculty, Heartland Dept of Ag.
- Tour of Net Zero Ag Complex – Michael Lundeen, Dir. Higher Education, Legat Architects
- Welcome – David Husemoller, IGEN
- Solar Opportunities at Community Colleges – Shannon Fulton, VP of Development, Straight Up Solar
- Capital Planning for Moving your College toward Net Zero – Ryan Siegel, Senior Energy Engineer, SEDAC
- Technical Assistance for IGEN grant writing – Tim Gibson and Brad McCormick, Program Coordinators, IGEN