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NEWS FROM THE
COLORADO
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SOCIETY
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Shop at
Tagawa Gardens
to Support CRES
April 1-June 1
 The
snow is melting,
temperatures
rising, and
seedlings
sprouting once
again. Garden
season is in
full swing and
it's time to get
growing with
CRES and Tagawa
Gardens!
CRES has joined
the Tagawa
Gardens Give
Back Program and
will receive a
percentage of
purchases made
by those who
present a CRES
Support Card at
checkout. The
program will
continue April
1, 2013 through
June 1, 2013 at
the garden
center in
Centennial.
Download your
card
HERE or get
more information
HERE.
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DOE
Challenge Home
Training
Is the
Housing Market
Ready for Zero
Net-Energy Ready
Homes?
 CRES
Members get
special rates!
DOE Challenge
Home training
sessions provide
dynamic content
on the business
case and
technical
strategies to
successfully
build high
performance
homes in today’s
market. The
builder-focused
training
features
multiple modules
covering the
business
advantages of
high performance
building,
marketing to
consumers,
advanced
building
specifications
and systems, and
gaining
recognition
through DOE
Challenge Home.
May
1st-Northern CO
When:
Wednesday May
1, 2013, 1- 5 pm
Where:
Bellvue
Grange-Southwest
corner of
Mountain Avenue
& N. County Road
23
2929 N Cnty
Rd 23
Bellvue,
Colorado 80512
May
2nd-Denver, CO
When:
Thursday May 2,
2013, 8:30am -
12:30pm
Where:
Colorado
Renewable Energy
Society: Habitat
for Humanity
Building
3245
Eliot St
Denver,
Colorado 80211
Register
Online
Use
Promo Code at
Checkout: CRES
$50 Guild or
CRES Members,
$75 non Guild or
non CRES members
About the
Trainers
Sam
Rashkin,
Chief Architect
for the U.S.
DOE’s Building
Technologies
Office and James
Lyons, P.E. of
DOE's Challenge
Home Program.
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Whither Bloweth the
Wind?
May 16 Denver Area
Speaker Series
 CRES
is pleased to
welcome Mr. Larry
Flowers for our May
16 Speaker Series.
Mr. Flowers is
currently the Deputy
Director of
Community and
Distributed Wind for
the American
Wind Energy
Association
where he works with
industry, government
and NGO’s to
increase the role of
distributed and
community wind
resources in the
nation’s energy
portfolio through
policy, advocacy,
education and
outreach.
Prior to AWEA, he
spent 30 years at
the National
Renewable Energy
Laboratory,
the last 20 at
NREL’s National Wind
Technology Center in
Boulder, CO. As
National Technical
Director of Wind
Powering America, he
led an
interdisciplinary
team that
established 35 state
wind working groups,
created 11 state
Wind for Schools
programs, developed
high resolution wind
resource maps for
all windy US states,
and established a
wind-water-nexus
initiative.
Prior to WPA, he led
programs and
projects in
international
village power,
hybrid energy
systems, building
sciences, thermal
systems, and
industrial
applications. Mr.
Flowers has degrees
in metallurgical
engineering and
materials science
from Lehigh
University and an
executive MBA from
University of
Denver.
When:
Thursday, May 16th 7
pm - 9 pm
Where:
CRES Office at the
Habitat for Humanity
Building, 3245 Eliot
Street, Denver, CO
80211
Cost:
FREE for CRES
members, $10 for
nonmembers
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IKEA Sustainability
Innovations Tour
IKEA-Serious About
Sustainability
 One
of IKEA’s goals is
to have at least 95%
of coworkers, 95% of
suppliers, and 70%
of consumers view
Ikea as a company
that takes social
and environmental
responsibility
seriously. Is IKEA‘s
newly minted
sustainability
strategy working?
See IKEA’s progress
for yourself in this
exclusive, behind
the scenes tour of
the Centennial
store, featuring the
first geothermal
system powered IKEA,
and over 2,000 solar
PV panels, an ice
storage plant, and
other sustainable
innovations.
Limited to 20
participants.
When:
May 8th, 9:30
AM - 12:00 PM
Where:
IKEA
Centennial - 9800 E.
Ikea Way,
Centennial, CO 80112
CRES Members, $10;
Non-members, $25
(not a member yet?
Click
HERE
to join.)
Limited to 20
participants
Register for
IKEA tour
HERE
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Support CRES
Donate Your Time
May 2
Home Energy
Challenge Workshop
at the CRES office
May 16
Monthly Speaker
Series at the CRES
office
June 1-2
Capitol Hill
People's Fair CRES
Booth at the Green
Zone
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Sustainable
Opportunities Summit
CORE Conference May
15
When:
May 15th
Where:
History Colorado
Center, Denver
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Colorado Small Hydro
Association
Conference
Save the
Date-July 23rd
At the Colorado
Convention Center in
Denver.
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CRES Calendar
- May 1-2, DOE
Home Challenge
Workshops, Bellvue
and Denver.
- May 8, CRES
presents
IKEA
Sustainable
Innovations Tour
- May 16, CRES
Denver area Speaker
Series, Whither
Bloweth the Wind?
with Larry Flowers,
CRES office at the
Habitat for Humanity
building, 3245 Eliot
St., Denver, CO
80211
- May 21, NCRES
Speaker Series,
Rural Renewables
with Jan Peterson
- May 30, NCRES
Workshop: Buy Your
Dream Home, Make It
Energy Efficient
- June 1-2, CRES
at Capitol Hill's
People Fair
- June 18, NCRES
Speaker Series,
Renewablue-Update
Your Home's Energy
Needs
- June 20, CRES
Denver area Speaker
Series, details TBD
- September 28,
NCRES Re-Energy-izing
Home and
Community-Home Tour
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CRES - Colorado Renewable
Energy Society | 3245 Eliot
Street | Denver | CO | 80211
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