PRESENTATIONS

Boulder County (BCRES)​

• Zero Energy Homes | Bill Rectanus, Thrive Home Builders | 11/14/17
• The Role Of Energy Storage In Pushing Toward 100% Renewable Energy | Alison Mason | 10/17/17
• Solar Wars 2017: Tariffs, Net Metering and the Trump Effect | Bill Ellard, Energy Solutions Partners | 2/14/17
• The Evolution and Future of Wind Energy | Sandy Butterfield, Boulder Wind Consulting | 11/15/16
• The State of Energy Transition in the US | Chris Nelder, Rocky Mountain Institute | 10/11/16
• The History of Electric Vehicles | J. David McNeil, Denver Electric Vehicle Council | 9/13/16
• Why Gasoline-Powered Cars Are Obsolete | Jim Smith, Denver Electric Vehicle Council | 9/13/16
• Ground Source Heat Pump Technology: Introduction for Geo-Exchange Systems | Bob Major, Major Geothermal | 8/9/16
• Boulder Hydro System & Canyon Hydro Modernization Project | Jake Gesner, City of Boulder | 6/14/16
• Resilient, reliable, & renewable: A new approach to designing the electric grid | Josh Valentine, Clean Coalition | 5/10/16
• Microgrid Control: The Opportunities and the Challenges | Steve Drouilhet, Davin Ojala, & Owen Edgerton, Sustainable Power Systems | 1/12/2016
• Boulder Citizens’ Climate Lobby Carbon Fee and Dividend | Jim Dimmick, Citizens’ Climate Lobby | 11/10/2015
• Climate Change: The Latest Science, Why It’s Serious, and What We Can Do About It | Dr. Chuck Kutscher, NREL | 9/8/2015
• Community Energy Transformations: Fort Collins as a Case Study | Aman Chitkara, Rocky Mountain Institute | 8/11/2015
• Boulder’s Path to Decarbonization | City of Boulder | 7/27/2015
• ​Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Transfer | Ty Ferretti, NREL | 10/15/2014

Jefferson County (JCRES)

• Germany’s Energy Transition | Christoph Stefes, CU Denver | 4/28/2016

Metro Denver (MDCRES)

• Regeneration in the Built Environment: Transit-Oriented Development | James Howard Kunstler | 4/16/2015
• Why So Cold? | James Welch Mitchell | 3/28/2015
• Can the Electric Grid Accept Large Amounts of Wind and Solar Power? | Brian Parsons | 9/18/2014
• Holistic Approaches to a Sustainable Regionalism | Mark Broyles | 8/21/2014
• Denver’s Approach to Renewable Energy | Jerry Tinianow | 6/19/2014
• Solving the First-Cost Hurdle for Photovoltaics in a Developing Country | Doug Vilsack | 6/17/2014

Northern Colorado (NCRES)

• Platte River Power Authority renewable resource plans | Pat Connors, Vice President Power Supply, 7/24/18
• Residential Solar and Battery Storage Time of Day Rate | Leland Keller & Lucas Mouttet, City of Fort Collins, 4/24/18
• The Latest in Wind and Solar Technologies Implications for the Power System | David Mooney, NREL, 1/16/2018
• Pathways to 100% Renewable Energy | Kareem Dabbagh, Rocky Mountain Institute, 10/17/2017
• City of Fort Collins Renewable Energy Update | Tim McCollough, City of Fort Collins, 8/15/2017
• The Passive House Standard | Andrew Michler, 7/18/2017
• Photovoltaic Solar Progress | Doug Vander Wilt, 4/18/17
• C-PACE Basics | 3/21/2017
• The Role of Energy Storage In Pushing Toward 100% Renewable Energy | Alison Mason, Spirae, 1/17/2017
• Sustainability Efforts at Colorado State University | Carol Dollard, 7/21/2015
• The Utility Scale Wind Industry and the Department of Energy’s Wind Vision | Evelyn Carpenter, 6/16/2015
• Residential Loans and Shared Solar | Travis Lowder, NREL | 4/21/2015

REPORTS

Boulder County (BCRES)

• Net Metering in Colorado – A Detailed Look | Vince Calvano | 7/23/2015