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CRES Clips
As a 501(c)3
nonprofit organization, CRES depends on your support.
CRES
is successful because of the energy and commitment of members,
volunteers and donors. The scope and outreach of CRES will be
enhanced and expanded by further use of technology and the expansion
of paid staff to guide and coordinate the CRES pool of dedicated
volunteers.
Would you consider investing in renewable energy
for Colorado?
Mail your donation to CRES at 245 Eliot St. Denver, CO 80211
You can also contribute online through the (secured by
PayPal) CRES website:
http://www.cres-energy.org/joinorder.html
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“Alternative
Transportation Options”
Thursday, November
19, 7:00 PM
at Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood, and
Online via Live Webcast!
The next public meeting of the Colorado
Renewable Energy Society will feature a panel discussion on
Alternative Transportation Options.
Peak Oil, Global Warming, and other factors
are converging to challenge our cherished tradition of driving
anywhere we want in gasoline-powered vehicles. Join CRES and a panel
of experts to discuss the increasing variety of ways to get around
with little or no gasoline.
CRES Communications Director Phil von Hake
will begin this discussion with his Peak Oil Riot Act and the need
for (many!) more alternative transportation options.
www.pvhccc.com
Steve Stevens of The Sustainable Museum of
Sustainable Transportation will discuss a wide variety of
alternative transportation options like EVs, bikes, walking, and
more.
www.goldenoldy.org
Carl Lawrence of EEtrex and Hybrids Plus will
discuss Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (EVs).
www.eetrex.com
Graham Hill of 21 Wheels will discuss “Seeking
a Better Path,” focusing on Car-Sharing, EVs and Bikes.
www.21wheels.com
And Kathleen Osher of the Transit Alliance
will discuss Public Transit and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD).
www.transitalliance.org
This meeting will take place on Thursday,
November 19, 7:00 PM.
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW LOCATION FOR THIS
MEETING ONLY!
Red Rocks Community College, Community Room (Lower
Level)
13300 West 6th Avenue
(between Simms & Indiana exits,
just south of the 6th Avenue Frontage Road)
Lakewood.
www.rrcc.edu/maps
PLEASE CARPOOL AND ARRIVE EARLY!
You can
offer a find a ride to this meeting through the Discussion of this
event on LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=1833110&discussionID=9638938&goback=%2Egdr_1245730766360_1%2Eanh_1833110
Admission is Free for members of CRES and
those with a current RRCC ID, and only $5 for non-members. While
there will be no reception at the RRCC, CRES is working on finding a
place nearby to meet afterwards.
Those who cannot join us in person can log on
to our Live Webcast!
CRES’s regional groups in:
- Fort Collins
Odell
Brewing Co.
800 E. Lincoln Ave.
www.ncres.org
- Colorado Springs
The
Gill Foundation Building, Training Room
315 E. Costilla St.
http://secres.wordpress.com
- Pueblo
CSU-Pueblo,
Technology Building, Room 110
http://secres.wordpress.com
... will host viewings of this webcast, and additional connections
will be available. If you are outside West Denver (and the areas
mentioned above) and would like to host your own viewing of this
webcast, please check out the Webcast Hosting & Viewing Instructions
on our website:
www.cres-energy.org/events/misc/CRES-WebcastHosting&ViewingInstructions.pdf
Complete information about this meeting and
webcast are available on the CRES website:
www.cres-energy.org/events#nextmtg
And if you're not available at all this
Thursday night, you can still view the recorded webcast of this
presentation – along with all monthly meetings since March 2008 – on
the CRES Event Archives by the end of the week:
www.cres-energy.org/events/archives/2009 > November 19
This event is co-sponsored by Red Rocks
Community College.
www.rrcc.edu
Please JOIN US for this educational and inspiring event!
CRES Seeks a
Full-Time Executive Director
CRES is now accepting applications for a
full-time Executive Director. The Executive Director will serve as
the public face of CRES. He or she serves at the pleasure of the
CRES Board of Directors and reports to the President of the Board.
The Executive Director directs the activities of CRES to attain the
highest level of mission accomplishment. CRES's purpose is to be an
effective, professional organization advocating for sustainable
energy development in Colorado. The Executive Director provides
non-partisan energy-related information and technical assistance to
policy makers, decision makers, and the general public, interacting
with these constituencies regularly. CRES’ target audiences include,
but are not limited to, state legislators and officials, economic
development organizations, municipalities and counties, businesses,
non-profit organizations, utilities, research institutions, and
universities. The Executive Director also fosters the development of
regional sub-chapters of CRES.
Complete information about this opportunity is
available on the CRES Web site:
www.cres-energy.org/jobs
Sheila Townsend will remain with CRES as
Operations Director.
CRES Policy Committee Update & Action Alert
The CRES Policy Committee will support 2010
Colorado legislation to increase the amount of renewable energy
developed in our state. Discussions about CRES’s exact legislative
priorities for the session are ongoing in the Committee. To bring an
issue before the Policy Committee, contact either of the committee’s
Co-Chairs:
Becky English
beckyrep@gmail.com
or
Tom Corlett
tcassoc@att.net
Are your local codes part of the solution?
The Policy Committee encourages CRES members throughout Colorado
to work to actively improve their local codes for
(a) increasing
required levels of energy efficiency, and
(b) enabling increased
renewable energy development of all appropriate types and scales.
THIS WEEK, the Denver Planning Board & City
Council will hold two joint "Listening Sessions" to hear public
comments about the new zoning code. Please attend if you can to
deliver brief comments (up to three minutes) in support of renewable
energy, energy efficiency, or simply codifying “Passive Solar Access
(which mandates siting that allows daylight into south-facing first
floor windows).” “Solar Access” for rooftops needs to be codified as
well in order to guarantee that properties have the sunshine
necessary for solar PV and solar thermal installations.
Listening Session 1
Wednesday, November 18
5:30 - 8:30 PM
(Sign up to speak from 5:00 - 5:30 PM)
Listening Session 2
Thursday, November 19
1:00 - 4:00 PM
(Sign up to speak from 12:00 - 12:30 PM)
Both sessions will be held at the
Wellington E. Webb Building
201 West Colfax Ave., Room 4F6/4G2
CRES Supports
the Renewable Energy 401(k)
and the Freedom to Choose
Campaign
In January 2010, the Colorado State Senate
will introduce a resolution encouraging every company in Colorado to
add a publicly traded Renewable Energy Sector Fund to its employee
401(k) and other Defined Contribution plans. Increased investment in
Colorado’s Clean Energy Economy will create thousands of new clean
energy jobs and lower the cost of energy. Add a Renewable Energy
Fund to your corporate 401(k) plan and gain national media exposure
at the January Colorado Senate Press Conference!
You can find out more about this effort on
Wednesday, December 9, 1:00 – 4:00 PM at the State Capitol, Senate
Briefing Room 356.
www.cres-energy.org/events > December 9 / 1:00 PM
Learn about opportunities for your company;
follow two case studies (including Vestas Colorado), find out how to
add a Renewable Energy Sector Fund to your employee 401(k), 403(b),
and other direct contribution plans. Provide feedback on upcoming
Colorado Senate Resolution.
Speakers will include
Resolution Sponsor
Senator Linda Newell,
Colorado Senate President Brandon Shaffer,
Denise Kay, Society for Human Resource Management,
South Metro
Chamber of Commerce Renewable Energy Task Force,
401(k) plan
providers and more.
Make sure you and your HR Director are in
attendance!
Learn more and RSVP through the South Metro
Denver Chamber of Commerce’s Renewable Energy Task Force:
www.ReTaskForce.biz/HRBrief.aspx?CleanEnergy
CRES Annual Meeting, Party, and Silent
Auction
February 26 in Denver!
The 2010 CRES Annual Meeting and Party will
take place on Friday, February 26, at the Colorado History Museum,
1300 Broadway in Downtown Denver. This venue was chosen due to its
central location in Denver, and to celebrate the unique character of
Colorado’s past.
CRES invites you to be a part of the renewable
energy movement in Colorado by donating an item to our silent
auction for this event. Your donations support our annual
educational events throughout the state, including the Colorado
Renewable Energy Conference and the Tour of Solar Homes. Donations
from last year’s fundraiser enhanced these and other educational
activities in Colorado.
If you don’t have an item or can’t attend the
event but would like to help anyway, then please consider donating
$25 or the amount of your choice to CRES.
Please contact CRES if you would like to
donate to this effort:
303-806-5317 /
silentauction@cres-energy.org
Call for Papers for 2010 Colorado Renewable Energy Conference
The 2010 Colorado Renewable Energy Conference
will be held at the Montrose Pavilion in Montrose on the weekend of
June 18-20. This year's theme is "Clean Energy: Let's Get to Work!"
www.cres-energy.org/conference
CRES is now calling for presentations, papers
and panel discussions regarding clean energy and energy efficiency
technologies, measures, policies, programs and analytical tools. We
particularly invite you to contribute your most creative work and
new ideas in the following areas:
• Renewable energy in the agricultural
environment
• Energy technologies and information technologies
• Micro-hydro
• Geothermal energy
• Design and
performance of buildings
• Transportation
• Utility
regulation, strategies, and policy
• Sustainable communities
• Program design, implementation, and evaluation
• Human and
social dimensions of renewable energy use
• Climate change and
renewable energy or energy efficiency policies
• Workforce
development, training and growth of renewable energy/energy
efficiency jobs
Selected papers, presentations and panel
discussions will be showcased at the Conference on Saturday, June
19th. If you are interested in making a presentation or organizing a
panel discussion, please submit an abstract (250 words maximum) to
CREC 2010 Planning Committee:
CREC2010_Submission@cres-energy.org
The deadline for submitting proposals is
Friday, February 12. Tracks and groupings will be decided after
presentation topics are selected.
If you have additional idea on the program
content (keynote, topics, workshops, panel discussions, speakers,
etc.) and format type (panel discussion, roundtable, group
discussion, etc.), please feel to send us a note to the email
address above.
Thank you in advance for your interest!
We
look forward to seeing you at the 2010 Conference
June 18-20 in
Montrose.
Are you LinkedIn with CRES
yet?
As you (hopefully!) already know, CRES has its
own page on LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=1833110&trk=anet_ug_grppro
If you have not already joined this group,
please do so at your earliest opportunity. We also invite you to
submit any EE/RE Discussions, News, Job Leads, or other information
in order to increase the diversity of information and resources
available through CRES.
CRES also has plans to expand further into
social media in 2010, and we invite volunteers to help with these
efforts:
info@cres-energy.org
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