Shell Oil Former President Offers Practical Energy and Environmental Solutions for 21st Century at ARCHIBUS Users' Conference
Keynote Speaker John Hofmeister Talks Energy Strategies and Practicalities in New Role as Head of Citizens for Affordable Energy
April 23, 2012 — Boston, MassachusettsFormer Shell Oil President, current head of Citizens for Affordable Energy, and author of Why We Hate the Oil Companies: Straight Talk from an Energy Insider John Hofmeister will deliver an address, Energy and Environmental Solutions for the 21st Century: Pragmatism Versus Politics, on April 30 at 9:45 a.m. at the International ARCHIBUS Users’ Conference, to be held at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel.
Sponsored by the network of international ARCHIBUS Users’ Groups, the largest association of peer professionals who are leading the transformation of their real estate, infrastructure, and facilities management systems into models of efficiency and cost savings, and ARCHIBUS, Inc. (archibus.com), developer of the #1 solution for real estate, infrastructure and facilities management in the world.
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Mr. Bruce K. Forbes, Founder, President and CEO of ARCHIBUS, Inc. notes, “In 1964, Marshall McLuhan wrote, ‘There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.’ Until now, we have been able to borrow our time on Spaceship Earth from future generations. Unfortunately, based on recent environmental and sustainability track records, our privileges should be revoked. Our Keynote speaker, John Hofmeister, is a world-class champion for the creation of affordable energy with a relentless desire to educate and bring the Citizens for Affordable Energy message to Spaceship Earth’s crew.”
The themes of Mr. Hofmeister’s remarks will address one of the greatest challenges facing society in this early period of the 21st Century: Will politics or pragmatism prevail in delivering energy and environmental solutions for the people, organizations, and nations of the world and at what cost?
Premised on the founding principles of Citizens for Affordable Energy, attendees will learn that energy can be available, affordable and sustainable for this and future centuries based on verified supplies, technologies for the future, increased environmental protections, and adequate infrastructure, provided the right steps, rather than continuing uncertainty, are taken in the coming years and decades.
“We are honored to have John Hofmeister as the keynote speaker and share his vision and pragmatic concerns about the environment and energy in our role as the leading developer of software that aids in energy conservation and sustainability with Ubiquitous Environmental Sustainability™ (UES™) offerings,” says Mr. Forbes.
Mr. Hofmeister notes that, “For 30 years, ARCHIBUS has been at the forefront as innovator of the world’s first integrated workplace management systems. The data, information, knowledge and wisdom gathered are enabling the creation of ubiquitous sustainability. We have great respect for the role that ARCHIBUS has played as a longtime advocate for Green Buildings – LEED certifications.”
Mr. Forbes went on to say, “Spaceship Earth belongs to all of us… I believe, Mr. Hofmeister’s message will resonate with the global ARCHIBUS User Community, who are responsible for the management of over 15 million properties in over 190 countries around the globe.”
About Citizens for Affordable Energy
Citizens for Affordable Energy is a Washington, D.C. registered not for profit education foundation funded entirely by voluntary consumer contributions. It exists to educate people from all walks of life about energy and environmental solutions for the 21st Century, premised on four fundamental principles. First, the world needs more energy from all sources; second, technology solutions will drive energy efficiency improvements; third, more environmental protection is needed to sustain clean land, water and air resources; fourth, infrastructure must be built to deliver energy from where it is produced to where it is consumed. For more information and membership details, visit: www.citizensforaffordableenergy.org .
About ARCHIBUS, Inc.
ARCHIBUS is the #1 global provider of real estate, infrastructure, and facilities management solutions with the total annual expenditures for ARCHIBUS-related products and services valued at over $2.0 Billion (USD) annually. Through effective innovation and business transformation, ARCHIBUS users save their organizations over $100 billion annually.
With ARCHIBUS, organizations can use a single, comprehensive, integrated solution to make informed strategic decisions that optimize return-on-investment (ROI) and return-on-assets (ROA), lower asset lifecycle costs, and increase enterprise-wide productivity and profitability. ARCHIBUS is the worldwide proponent for the creation of ubiquitous environmental sustainability. For more than 30 years, ARCHIBUS has dominated the global real estate, infrastructure and facilities management automation market with a market share of over 94%.
More than 4,000,000 ARCHIBUS enterprise and Web users collectively manage over 15,000,000 properties, with organizations reporting facilities-related cost savings as high as 34%. The ARCHIBUS Federated Eco-System has over 4 million Users, 1,600 ARCHIBUS Business Partners, and 3.700 Real Estate, Infrastructure and Facilities Professionals. Local and regional support worldwide is available in over 190 countries and in more than 30 languages. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the founders of ARCHIBUS, Inc. have pioneered computer-aided real estate, infrastructure and facilities management technologies since 1976. Visit www.archibus.com.
About The International ARCHIBUS Users’ Groups
Founded in 1982, the International ARCHIBUS Users’ Group network, now over 4 million members strong in over 190 countries, is the world’s largest association of peer professionals for the advancement of technology for real estate, infrastructure, and facilities management.