January 26, 2012, 7 p.m.
at the CRES Office, 3245 Eliot St.
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CRES
Monthly Public Meeting and Networking Event
Passive House - Today’s Highest
Energy Standard
Join CRES to learn about the
Passive House standard. Learn how it reduces building heat
loads by as much as 90%.
FREE for members, $5.00 for
non-members. Refreshments will follow.
From the New York Times to Fine
Homebuilding, the Passive House standard is receiving a lot
of attention. Often called “The World’s Most Rigorous Energy
Efficiency Standard”, the concept is proven in Europe with
tens of thousands of projects – residential and commercial.
Brian Fuentes and Lance Wright, members of
the Denver Chapter of the National Passive House Alliance,
will provide a general overview of the Passive House
standard and explain the basic metrics of the standard as it
applies to Colorado’s climate. With specific examples, they
will illustrate how Passive House creates comfortable and
healthy buildings that are easily powered by renewables –
while providing a cost effective path to carbon neutrality.
Brian Fuentes, AIA, CPHC,
is a registered architect in the State of Colorado, a member
of the AIA and a Certified Passive House Consultant with PHI
in Germany as well as PHIUS in the US. The work of
fuentesdesign has been featured in Architectural Record
Magazine, 5280 Magazine, The Denver Post, Boulder County
Business Report, and Boulder Daily Camera with such articles
as “The House Gore Should Have Built,” “A Second Home that
passes Green Muster,” “Jeffco Home is a Bale-out.”
Lance Wright graduated
from Auburn University with a degree in the Forest Ecology
Honor’s Program in 1976 and worked with the U. S. Forest
Service in Colorado, Idaho, Oregon and Alaska until 1983. He
was elected to the Parker Town Council in 1996 and
re-elected in 2000. In 1998, Lance built his first energy
efficient house, and his low heating bills helped convince
fellow council members to increase building code
requirements for energy efficiency in the Town of Parker.
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March 22, 2012
7pm
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CRES Monthly Public Meeting &
Networking Event
Religious Perspectives on
Natural Resources and Energy Use
Temple
Micah/Park Hill Congregational Church,
2600 Leyden St.,
Denver, CO 80207
Join us to learn from a panel of religious leaders as
they share insights from their faith to advance renewable
energy and how to be good stewards of the earth. FREE for
members, $5.00 for non-members. (Join CRES
HERE) Refreshments
and networking will follow.
Moderator
Betty Goebel is the Executive Director of Colorado
Interfaith Power & Light. Betty made a decision in 2006 to
become a climate change educator. She joined CoIPL in late
2007 and has delivered over 40 presentations on climate
change and how people can respond to it, with heavy focus on
energy efficiency, conservation and renewable energy. She is
a certified presenter for The Climate Reality Project. Prior
to choosing nonprofit work, Betty spent 18 years in the
research and development division of a major high-tech
telecommunications company. Betty has degrees in sociology
and computer science.
Panelists
Imam Abdur-Rahim
Ali was a follower of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad
and made the transition to leadership under Imam W.D.
Mohammed in 1975. He also began a 25 year career in printing
as a pressman at Muhammad Speaks Newspaper, which later
became Muslim Journal. Currently, Imam Ali is the Imam of
Northeast Denver Islamic Center/Masjid Taqwa. Imam Ali is
also Co-chair and a founding member of the Greater Denver
Interfaith Alliance, a faith-based organization addressing
the social needs of Denver’s at risk populations.
Rabbi Adam Morris has been around the world. As
a rabbi he has lived in Nashville, Charlotte, Atlanta and
Adelaide South Australia. Rabbi Morris has served in large
and small congregations and even outside the congregational
setting in a Jewish Day School. His diverse set of working
and living experiences contribute to the depth of his
appreciation and gratitude for the opportunity to live in
Colorado and to serve the Temple Micah community.
Reverend Peter Sawtell is the founder and
Executive Director of Eco-Justice Ministries. He has a
diverse background in academics, professional work and
community involvement which has prepared him well for
leadership of this ecumenical agency. Peter is an ordained
minister in the United Church of Christ and was on adjunct
faculty of the Iliff School of Theology in 2004 for a course
on "Eco-Justice and Social Transformation."
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