From Northern Colorado Renewable Energy Society
March Presentation: CSU's School of Global Environmental Sustainability
Tuesday March 9, Socializing 7:00p Event 7:30p
Odell Brewery
800 E. Lincoln Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80524
A first for the state, the School of Global Environmental Sustainability is an umbrella organization that encompasses all environmental education and research at the university.
Addressing global challenges
The school will position CSU to address the multiple challenges to global sustainability through broad-based research, curricular, and outreach initiatives. Areas of emphasis will include food security, poverty, inequality, water management strategies and desertification, globalization, industrial ecology, sustainable engineering, population growth, and urbanization.
This approach will capitalize on the University's historic strength in environmental research and education, and will build upon the education and research that already exists within all eight colleges on campus; from the Warner College of Natural Resources to the College of Business.
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February Presentation: Can residential solar and the mortgage industry save the world?
Tuesday February 9, Socializing 7:00p Event 7:30p
Odell Brewery
800 E. Lincoln Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Presenter Bio:
Stephen Ponce-Pore is the Energy Programs Manager for the Bank of Colorado. He grew up in Colorado and graduated from CU Boulder with degrees in Biology and Environmental Conservation. Later, he earned a Masters of Science degree in Sustainable Systems at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. Following graduation, he took his passion for sustainability and founded, Applied Conservation Technologies, a structural energy conservation firm that provided energy audits, energy efficient home improvements, and financing. Stephen's talents in mortgage lending were recognized by other firms and he soon became involved full-time in mortgage banking where he has spent fifteen years in loan origination and management. At the Bank of Colorado Stephen initiated the development of the Colorado ENERGY STAR Mortgage, which formed a partnership with the Governor's Energy Office and Northern Colorado ENERGY STAR Homes to provide reduced mortgage rates to homeowners that either renovate their homes for energy efficiency or purchase a new ENERGY STAR Home. He is actively involved in the development of additional loan programs for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.
A short description of the talk:
Recent changes in the mortgage and solar industries have created an unprecedented opportunity for widespread adoption of PV and other solar technologies by average homeowners. Learn what these changes are, why they are important, and what you can do to take advantage of the opportunity and share in the success. You will find that PV is not only financially possible for most homeowners, but can actually put that homeowner in a better financial position.
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The slides and Handout from January's presenation can be found on our meetup sites HERE
January Program: Fort Collins Utilities - Energy Policy in Action
Tuesday January 12, Socializing 7:00p Event 7:30p
Odell Brewery
800 E. Lincoln Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Norm Weaver, FC Utilities Energy Services Engineer
Norm will provide an update and overview of the exciting initiatives that the city is starting or expanding during 2010 in the areas of home energy efficiency, home energy bench-marking, solar rebates, smart grid technology and much more.
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