SILVER SPRING, MD – Andrea Sarzynski, a researcher who focuses on the connections between land use and environmental impacts, will join the Montgomery County Planning Board on Thursday, March 19, as part of its 2009 Growing Smarter Speaker Series.
Sarzynski, assistant research professor at the George Washington University Institute of Public Policy, will discuss carbon footprints – how energy use converts to carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and contributes to global warming. Her talk will summarize research ranking energy use and carbon footprints across U.S. metropolitan areas.
With the Planning Board focusing on environmental concerns like global warming as part of the 2009-2011 Growth Policy, as well as a host of other initiatives, Sarzynski’s talk is timely. She will highlight the factors within local control that contribute to an area’s carbon footprint, including capital investments, zoning and approval of development projects.
Prior to working at GWU, Sarzynski worked at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program, researching demographic, economic, energy, and environmental trends in the United States. She also evaluated state, local, and international energy and climate policies.
Sarzynski previously worked for the White House Council on Environmental Quality and has a Ph.D. in public policy from the George Washington University and a B.S. in natural resources from Cornell University.
Sarzynski is the fourth of a series of speakers who will address the board this year as part of the speaker series. Continuing education credits are pending for AICP members.
Who:
Montgomery County Planning Department
What:
Andrea Sarzynski
“Local Opportunities to Influence our Carbon Footprint”
Growing Smarter Speaker Series
When:
7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19
Where:
Park and Planning Headquarters auditorium
8787 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring
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