The Colorado Renewable
Energy Society (CRES) is a nonprofit membership organization that
works to increase awareness of the economic and environmental benefits
of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and serves as a
leading resource in providing renewable energy information to the
people of Colorado to support the sensible adoption of these
technologies by Colorado businesses and consumers.
CRES is the Colorado chapter of the
American Solar Energy Society and is organized into regional chapters that hold their
own educational meetings and manage local solar homes tours in October.
What We Do
CRES conducts monthly meetings and
webcasts on renewable energy and energy efficiency. It holds the
Colorado Renewable Energy Conference each summer that
highlights
activities and new opportunities in Colorado and the West. It annually awards Colorado builders,
architects, engineers, and building owners for innovative use of
renewable energy in their buildings. And it organizes the Colorado Tour
of Solar Homes the first weekend in October when thousands of homeowners
visit solar homes in their towns and neighborhoods and learn about the
benefits of solar energy. The CRES Speakers Bureau
provides expert speakers to educational, civic and business groups at
their location.
CRES publishes a monthly newsletter,
CRES News, and
CRES Clips, a
monthly email and online source of information on renewable energy
events and news items.
CRES - What We Stand For
The mission of CRES is to
inspire an era of clean energy innovation, speeding the transition to
a sustainable energy economy in Colorado by advancing education,
policy and economic development.
In support of Colorado's New Energy
Economy, CRES advocates policies and technologies to increase the use
of renewable energy and energy efficiency. We believe that renewable
energy should supply a steadily increasing percentage of Colorado's
energy needs.
CRES’ mailing address, and phone contact
and email information is:
