From Northern Colorado Renewable Energy Society
Current News and Events:
How Changes in Energy and Transportation Paradigms can Reduce Climate Change
Tuesday September 14, Socializing 8:00 pm Presentation 8:30 pm
Please note the new time
Odell Brewery
800 E. Lincoln Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Dr Scott Denning of CSU's Atmospheric Sciences Department will be discussing the impacts that changes to the energy and transportation sector can have on reducing current climate change trends.
Dr Scott Denning
Professor Denning's research interests include interactions between the atmosphere and terrestrial biosphere and their effects on exchange of energy, water, and carbon dioxide. His research group studies these interactions through numerical simulation modeling at local, regional, and global scales.
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This event is free for members and $5 for non-members
Future News and Events:
Saturday, October 2: NCRES Solar Tour
Tuesday, October 12: Doug Odell - Brewing Energy Efficiency
Past News and Events:
Power Mundo: Improving Lives and Conserving Nature in Latin America
TuesdayAugust 10, Socializig 8:00 pm Presentation 8:30 pm
Please note the new time
Odell Brewery
800 E. Lincoln Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80524
PowerMundo improves access to solar and other clean technologies to empower improverished people in emerging markets. Through an innovative distribution and financial model PowerMundo improve's peoples lives, creates local employment opportunities, and conserves natural resources.
Summer Local Business Series - July: Spirae Inc.
Tuesday July 13, Socializing 7:00p Event 7:30p
Odell Brewery
800 E. Lincoln Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Since 2001 Spirae has been focused on developing solutions for large-scale integration of renewables, DG, and demand response into a seamless system that works for system operators, utilities, and end users.
Jeff Harrell and Nathan Howard will provide a basic introduction to Smart Grid concepts and discuss the current trends in this emerging industry. An overview of Spirae’s activities as a leader in the Smart Grid space will also be provided including an update on the Renewable and Distributed Systems Integration (RDSI) project that is providing a jump start to FortZED.
Jeff Harrell serves as Spirae's Director of Sales and Marketing. Jeff brings fourteen years of global experience with early to mid-stage technologies, at both start-ups and large corporations, including Nortel Networks and Agilent Technologies.
Nathan Howard currently is involved with Spirae as an engineer and project manager for the RDSI project. Nathan has worked with Spirae in various capacities since 2006 when he started as a graduate research assistant. Nathan is also a member of the NCRES board of directors.
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Summer Local Business Series - June: The Brendle Group
Tuesday June 8, Socializing 7:00p Event 7:30p
Odell Brewery
800 E. Lincoln Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80524
The Brendle group provides environmental consulting services to help businesses and organizations find ways to incorporate the principles of the triple bottom line into their day to day operations.
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Summer Local Business Series - May: Sovick Design/Builders
Tuesday May 11, Socializing 7:00p Event 7:30p
Odell Brewery
800 E. Lincoln Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80524
The first in our local buisness series, Sovick Design/Builders have been creating energy conserving, Green-built, high quality homes in Northern Colorado for over thirty years.
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The Future of Colorado Renewable Energy Society
Presentation by Tony Frank, Executive Director of CRES
Tuesday April 13, Socializing 7:00p Event 7:30p
Odell Brewery
800 E. Lincoln Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Recently CRES hired a full time executive director, Tony Frank, to help guide the organization in the pursuit of its mission. We have invited Tony to speak to us about the how he sees the future of CRES/NCRES and to give our members an opportunity to provide input on issues important to NCRES and the direction we see for our region.
Presenter Bio
Frank earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Colorado's Graduate School of Public Affairs. He is a third-generation Coloradan from Denver with family roots in the mining towns of Telluride and Leadville.
Prior to joining CRES, he was Manager of Development for Compass Wind, and Director of Renewable Energy Development for Rocky Mountain Farmers Union (RMFU). At RMFU, he led renewable energy programs to support agriculture producers develop projects for such resources as wind, solar, small-hydro, biofuels, carbon sequestration and energy efficiency technologies. He recently served on the Colorado Task Force on Renewable Resource Generation Development Areas.
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CRES HIRES TONY FRANK AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Seasoned renewable energy policy veteran joins team to further solidify CRES as Colorado’s Renewable Energy Resource
DENVER―March 22, 2010―The Colorado Renewable Energy Society today announced that Tony Frank has joined the nonprofit organization as its new Executive Director. The CRES Board of Directors selected Frank from more than 80 applicants. Sheila Townsend, former executive director, will remain with CRES as Operations Director.Frank brings extensive experience in renewable energy policy to CRES and has been involved in projects in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico since 2004. Prior to joining CRES, he was Manager of Development for Compass Wind, and Director of Renewable Energy Development for Rocky Mountain Farmers Union (RMFU). At RMFU, he led renewable energy programs to support agriculture producers develop projects for such resources as wind, solar, small-hydro, biofuels, carbon sequestration and energy efficiency technologies. He recently served on the Colorado Task Force on Renewable Resource Generation Development Areas.
On taking the CRES Executive Director position Frank said, “I am pleased to join CRES, with its talented and passionate membership committed to advancing renewable energy and efficiency projects throughout Colorado. I look forward to reaching out and supporting the many communities and organizations that are pursuing economic development through clean energy innovation.”
“Tony’s expertise in energy efficiency and renewable energy policy, plus his background in project management and development, make him the ideal fit for CRES as we solidify ourselves as Colorado’s resource for renewable energy information,” said Thom Johnson, CRES president. “As we continue our efforts to increase renewable energy initiatives and awareness in Colorado, I am confident that Tony will play an instrumental role in our strategy and implementation.”
Frank has also worked for Colorado Working Landscapes (where he established a rural network for renewable energy called the Harvesting Energy Network); Rocky Mountain Communities (where he established community technology centers serving affordable housing communities); and the Colorado Department of Agriculture.
Frank earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Colorado's Graduate School of Public Affairs. He is a third-generation Coloradan from Denver with family roots in the mining towns of Telluride and Leadville.
CRES March Webcast: Colorado Transmission Update
Thursday March 25, 7:00p
Lory Student Center - Room 210
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Presentation Summary
Colorado is rich in renewable energy resources. However, delivering green electrons to the grid is limited by Colorado's constrained, aging, and under-sized transmission infrastructure. Without a robust high-voltage transmission system, the scale-up of Colorado’s utility-scale renewable energy projects will limit the penetration of renewable energy in the electricity sector. Join CRES for a summary of the Governor's Energy Office's recently-released REDI Report- “Renewable Energy Development Infrastructure: Connecting Colorado's Renewable Resources to the Markets in a Carbon-Constrained Electricity Sector.”
Presenter Bio
Morey Wolfson is the Transmission Program Manager at the Governor's Energy Office. Some highlights of his experience include: organizer of Denver's Earth Day event in 1970; Executive Assistant to the Commissioners at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, member of NREL's Federal Energy Management Program Team, member of the CRES Board of Directors, Amendment 37 campaigner, Solar Program Manager for the Colorado Energy Science Center, and sustainability consultant to David Owen Tryba Architects.
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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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