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CARBONDALE, Colorado — Increased community knowledge of energy savings and renewable energy is the goal of a special Carbondale event series that will take place next week.
The Energy Resolutions Series, sponsored by the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) in Carbondale and other organizations, will include presentations by a number of speakers on saving money through energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Josh Smith, the town of Carbondale’s energy manager, said the first event of the series will take place at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17, at Dos Gringos Burritos in the La Fontana Plaza on Highway 133. Energy sage Randy Udall, a Carbondale resident, will speak and show a film, and will follow up with a discussion on the convergence of factors we are now experiencing — high fuel prices, an economic downturn, and opportunities for savings through energy efficiency.
“Now’s the time to begin taking action on your own energy consumption,” Smith
said. He said the program will look at the big picture, putting the emphasis on the
savings that can be had through efficiency, rather than the pollution and
environmental damage we’re causing by not employing energy efficiency and
renewable energy.
On Thursday, Nov. 20, from 6-8 p.m., Carbondale and CORE will present a
series of speakers at the Carbondale Firehouse. The general theme of these
presentations will be solutions for both homes and businesses, Smith said.
Several of the events will be conducted at the same time. Chris Carnevale, of
CORE, said the organizers were considering spreading the event over two
evenings, but decided not to.
“We thought it would be better to channel the momentum into one evening, and
have presentations in two rooms at once,” Carnevale said. These presentations will
help people to learn the methods and means to improve their own energy
consumption.
“Thursday night’s really the meat of this thing,” Smith said.
Craig Tate and Eileen Wysocki, of Holy Cross Energy, will speak on do-it-
yourself weatherization. This talk will include information on rebates and other
financial incentives offered for home weatherization, information that will allow
residents to go ahead with plans to reduce their energy bills and ecological
footprints.
“We want to kind of enable people to take ahold of their own future,” Smith said.
Xcel Energy will present a similar talk for its own customers in a different room
at the same time, letting customers know about Xcel’s own rebates and incentives.
For Spanish speaking people, there will be a third weatherization presentation,
in Spanish, by Carlos Loya Rico.
“We hope to have a reasonable representation of the Hispanic community,”
Smith said.
Johnny Weiss, co-founder and executive director of Solar Energy International, a
pioneering renewable energy education organization, will speak on solar electric
and solar hot water for the layman.
“This is to engage people who previously haven’t been engaged,” Smith said.
In a separate room, Alan Wolf and Jeff Haskell, of Pella, a nationwide company
that manufactures energy efficient windows and doors, will speak on how quality
windows and doors can help with energy consumption. In a separate presentation,
for businesses only, Wolf and Haskell, who is also connected with Built Green, a
program that encourages home builders to use technologies, products and
practices that result in homes that are better built and better for the environment, will
talk about how Pella has changed itself to become a green company in numerous
ways.
Representatives of Aspen Earth Moving will also be on hand, to talk about the
ways their company has reduced its impacts, Smith said.
On Friday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m., the Sierra Club’s Roaring Fork Group will be
presenting an in-person appearance by filmmaker Dave Gardner, who will show
one of his films on growth, global warming and coal-fired power at Dos Gringos.
Gardner’s titles include “The End of Suburbia,” “Oil on Ice,” “Fighting Goliath” and
“Everything’s Cool.” Gardner and the Sierra Club will present different films
Thursday in Basalt and Saturday in New Castle.
Also as a part of the event, the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, or SWEEP,
will be presenting a program for public officials of mountain communities to
discuss ways to promote use of energy efficiency features beyond what’s required
by building codes. This presentation, however, is not open to the public.
The Energy Resolutions Series, sponsored by the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) in Carbondale and other organizations, will include presentations by a number of speakers on saving money through energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Josh Smith, the town of Carbondale’s energy manager, said the first event of the series will take place at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17, at Dos Gringos Burritos in the La Fontana Plaza on Highway 133. Energy sage Randy Udall, a Carbondale resident, will speak and show a film, and will follow up with a discussion on the convergence of factors we are now experiencing — high fuel prices, an economic downturn, and opportunities for savings through energy efficiency.
“Now’s the time to begin taking action on your own energy consumption,” Smith
said. He said the program will look at the big picture, putting the emphasis on the
savings that can be had through efficiency, rather than the pollution and
environmental damage we’re causing by not employing energy efficiency and
renewable energy.
On Thursday, Nov. 20, from 6-8 p.m., Carbondale and CORE will present a
series of speakers at the Carbondale Firehouse. The general theme of these
presentations will be solutions for both homes and businesses, Smith said.
Several of the events will be conducted at the same time. Chris Carnevale, of
CORE, said the organizers were considering spreading the event over two
evenings, but decided not to.
“We thought it would be better to channel the momentum into one evening, and
have presentations in two rooms at once,” Carnevale said. These presentations will
help people to learn the methods and means to improve their own energy
consumption.
“Thursday night’s really the meat of this thing,” Smith said.
Craig Tate and Eileen Wysocki, of Holy Cross Energy, will speak on do-it-
yourself weatherization. This talk will include information on rebates and other
financial incentives offered for home weatherization, information that will allow
residents to go ahead with plans to reduce their energy bills and ecological
footprints.
“We want to kind of enable people to take ahold of their own future,” Smith said.
Xcel Energy will present a similar talk for its own customers in a different room
at the same time, letting customers know about Xcel’s own rebates and incentives.
For Spanish speaking people, there will be a third weatherization presentation,
in Spanish, by Carlos Loya Rico.
“We hope to have a reasonable representation of the Hispanic community,”
Smith said.
Johnny Weiss, co-founder and executive director of Solar Energy International, a
pioneering renewable energy education organization, will speak on solar electric
and solar hot water for the layman.
“This is to engage people who previously haven’t been engaged,” Smith said.
In a separate room, Alan Wolf and Jeff Haskell, of Pella, a nationwide company
that manufactures energy efficient windows and doors, will speak on how quality
windows and doors can help with energy consumption. In a separate presentation,
for businesses only, Wolf and Haskell, who is also connected with Built Green, a
program that encourages home builders to use technologies, products and
practices that result in homes that are better built and better for the environment, will
talk about how Pella has changed itself to become a green company in numerous
ways.
Representatives of Aspen Earth Moving will also be on hand, to talk about the
ways their company has reduced its impacts, Smith said.
On Friday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m., the Sierra Club’s Roaring Fork Group will be
presenting an in-person appearance by filmmaker Dave Gardner, who will show
one of his films on growth, global warming and coal-fired power at Dos Gringos.
Gardner’s titles include “The End of Suburbia,” “Oil on Ice,” “Fighting Goliath” and
“Everything’s Cool.” Gardner and the Sierra Club will present different films
Thursday in Basalt and Saturday in New Castle.
Also as a part of the event, the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, or SWEEP,
will be presenting a program for public officials of mountain communities to
discuss ways to promote use of energy efficiency features beyond what’s required
by building codes. This presentation, however, is not open to the public.
