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enhanced and expanded by further use of technology and the expansion
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volunteers.
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"Biofuels
Research” with Bryon Donohoe (NREL)
–
Thursday, October 22, in Golden,
and Online via Live Webcast!
The next public meeting of the Colorado
Renewable Energy Society will discuss the latest advances in
Biofuels Research. Driven by the desire to limit imported oil and
legislative mandates, research is being conducted to investigate the
use of biomass to produce liquid transportation fuels. This research
involves studies of plant science, chemistry, physics and
engineering, and to be effective, technoeconomic analysis must be
conducted to address important cost drivers. This presentation will
discuss some of the important research efforts in biofuels
production and how they are tied to technical targets to improve the
economic viability of biofuels.
Bryon Donohoe applies his background in
structural biology and plant cell biology to study the underpinnings
of biomass recalcitrance. In particular, he has turned several years
of studying the cellular mechanisms involved in plant cell wall
assembly toward now understanding the biological disassembly of
plant cell walls in biomass. Dr. Donohoe is a key user and mentor of
the Biomass Surface Characterization Laboratory-a collection of
imaging technologies including laser scanning confocal microscopy,
environmental scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy,
and transmission electron microscopy-used to better understand
structural changes during biomass conversion. In particular, he is
expert at biomass sample preparation including cryopreservation,
immuno-EM, and using electron tomography as a technique to study the
complex 3-D structure of the cell wall at the molecular scale. Dr.
Donohoe is also involved in efforts to understand microbial
interactions with biomass and the structure of environmental
microbial communities. He has a Ph.D. in Molecular/Cellular Biology
from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a M.A. in Biology from
the University of Colorado at Denver, and a B.S. in Biological
Science from Colorado State University.
This meeting will take place on Thursday,
October 22, 7:00 PM, at the Jefferson Unitarian Church, 14350 West
32nd Avenue (about a mile west of I-70) in Golden.
www.jeffersonunitarian.org
PLEASE CARPOOL AND ARRIVE EARLY, as the JUC parking
lot can fill up quite quickly. There are overflow lots at the park
about two blocks west of the JUC, and in the Applewood Shopping
Center on the east side of I-70. You can offer a find a ride to this
meeting through the Discussion of this event on LinkedIn:
http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=1833110&discussionID=8579379&goback=%2Eanh_1833110%2Eand_1833110_8579379_*2_*2%2Eanh_1833110
Admission is Free for CRES members and only $5
for non-members.
A reception with light snacks and drinks will
follow the meeting.
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 > October 22
This event is co-sponsored by Jefferson Unitarian Church.
www.JeffersonUnitarian.org
Please JOIN US for this educational and inspiring event!
Nominations for CRES Board of Directors Due Saturday, October 31
CRES is soliciting nominations for candidates
for its Board of Directors to serve starting January 1, 2010.
Nominators must be current active members of
CRES. If you are not a current CRES member, then this is an ideal
opportunity to become a member. Join CRES now through our
PayPal-secured website:
www.cres-energy.org/about_join.html
The deadline for submitting Board nominations
to CRES is Saturday, October 31, 2009.
Complete information on the Board Nomination
process, including a Nomination Form and Board Member Requirements,
are available on the CRES website:
www.cres-energy.org/board
THANK YOU to all who participated in the
Denver Tour of Solar Homes and Green Jobs & Career Resources Fair
CRES thanks all of the homeowners, sponsors,
exhibitors, volunteers, and other participants who made the 2009
Denver Tour of Solar Homes – and especially the Green Jobs and
Career Resources Fair – such a success!
www.cres-energy.org/tour
Both the 2009 Tour and Job Fair drew
unprecedented media attention. The Job Fair in particular received
extended coverage on two Denver TV station’s evening newscasts:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21193303/detail.html
http://cbs4denver.com/video/?id=62722@kcnc.dayport.com
If you would like to have your home or
business featured on the 2010 Tour, please fill out our web
questionnaire:
www.cres-energy.org/events/tour/questionnaire.html
CRES Policy Committee Updates & Action Alerts
The City and County of Denver’s code rewrite
process for is entering its homestretch. The CRES Policy Committee
invites its Denver-based members to step up to Denver's Planning
Board & Council to demand "Passive Solar Access" for the first floor
of homes and commercial buildings. Passive solar is free energy &
daylighting, and is also deployable as interior heat. CRES members
may also speak in favor of code provisions requiring neighbors'
landscaping not to interfere with any rooftop solar PV or solar
thermal, if they wish, during this opportunity for input.
The following are some talking points for this
effort:
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Denver is rewriting its zoning code, and
this is where solar access will be preserved or lost;
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Without solar access, opportunities to
install solar, grow the solar sector,
and combat global
warming will be lost;
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CRES's Denver residents and businesses are
encouraged to testify in favor of preserving solar access where
it has not already been lost.
Look for flyers with these and other talking
points at our Thursday meeting.
Choose one of these two Denver's City Council
/ Planning Board joint hearings:
Wednesday, November 18, 5:00 - 8:30 PM
or
Thursday, November 19, 12:00 - 3:30 PM
at the
Wellington Webb Municipal Building, Room 4G2/4F6
201 W. Colfax
Ave. (just north of Civic Center Park).
Each speaker will be allowed three minutes;
speaking informally or reading written comments are both fine.
Whatever your reason - you want solar for your home or business,
you're an installer growing green jobs, you want to actually do
something about global warming - please make your case to these
policy makers.
For additional information, please contact
either Gerry Todd at 303-393-8027 or Don Tressler at 303-753-4003.
Other CRES News and
Notes
It’s also time to provide your input for the
2010 session of the Colorado State Legislature. Are there any laws
or regulations that get in the way of your renewable energy or
energy efficiency business? Are there any new laws or regulations
that would help you to provide clean energy and energy efficiency?
If so, please contact either of the Policy Committee’s co-chairs:
Becky English -
beckyrep@gmail.com
or
Tom Corlett –
tcassoc@att.net
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