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The
following workshops address all aspects of converting
to clean and renewable energy sources. To locate the time
and place of these workshops, click here:
Alternative
Energy Sources Overview
Daniel Cartier
This workshop focuses on solar energy and other renewable
sources. Solar electricity, hydro, biodiesel, solar thermal,
fuel cells, wind energy, wave power and green power will
all be discussed. Photos of real world projects will be
presented.
Dan
Cartier is a Mechanical Engineer educated at URI with
a Certification in Energy Management. Dan has worked with
renewable energy systems for over twenty years. Currently
Dan is working for the Chariho Regional School District
as Director of Building and Grounds and consults on renewable
energy systems as well.
Biodiesel
I Intro
Bob Cerio
This is the first of two workshops on biodiesel. Biodiesel
I will offer a general review of biodiesel and its use.
How biodiesel is made, used, and local distribution will
be discussed as well as environmental benefits. Photos
of Real world projects will be shown and local RI projects
discussed.
Biodiesel
II Demo
Bob Cerio
This is a follow up workshop to Biodiesel I. Details on
the place biodiesel has in the market, renewable issues
and environmental impacts, will be detailed during a demonstration
on how biodiesel is made.
Robert
S. Cerio is Energy Resource Manager with the Hudson Companies,
a Providence, RI based firm. His work in energy conservation
over the past six years has earned him many prestigious
awards including the 2003 John H. Chafee Memorial Conservation
Award, and the Rhode Island Earth Day 2005 Environmentalist
of the Year Award. He holds two BS degrees from the University
of Rhode Island in Plant and Soil Science and Manufacturing
Engineering. He is also Building Operator Certified, BOC
Level I & II by the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partners
and a Certified Energy Manager, CEM.
Cob
Home Building: HOME/LAND Security
Erin and Jim Malloy
Jim and Erin will share stories and a visual journey of
a community-built, off-grid wind/solar powered, mortgage-free,
efficient earthen home. Within these stories they will
explore how to integrate ideas from around the globe into
a working vision.
Erin
and Jim Malloy are social, environmental and experiential
energy educators who led over 500 volunteers in mixing
the raw materials for the creation of their hand-sculpted
home in North central Vermont.
Eco-House
Tour
Bradley Grove Hyson
Frustrated with compulsory consumption in your home? Experience
the alternatives in one of Rhode Island’s most environmentally
designed buildings. Learn about more than 50 ecologically
friendly building systems, technologies and products that
help this housing model use less than half the resources
of a typical home its size.
Bradley
Grove Hyson is the founder and director of the Apeiron
Institute for Environmental Living. He has led over 100
tours of the eco-house, which also incorporates his knowledge
of environmental issues and ecological building, and his
vision for global sustainability.
Eco-Villages
and Social Change
Daniel Greenberg
Ecovillages are communities striving to model sustainable
development ecologically, socially, culturally, and spiritually.
From appropriate technologies to holistic health; from
sustainable agriculture to group facilitation; ecovillages
are integrating solutions and creating new cultures and
"stories" in which we can live well and lightly.
This workshop will provide an introduction to the growing
ecovillage movement worldwide and explore the possibilities
and challenges of using these communities as sites for
education and social change.
Daniel
Greenberg, Ph.D., Executive Director of Living Routes,
has studied and directed community-based educational programs
for over 12 years on different parts of the globe. Currently
he directs college-level semester programs, and develops
curricula on sustainable community development, deep ecology,
ecological auditing and systems thinking.
The
Energy Star Homes Program
Jon Dember
This workshop provides a general overview of the Energy
Star Homes program which helps people build high levels
of comfort, indoor air quality, and energy efficiency
into their new homes. A variety of incentives are available
to help an owner or builder certify their home as an Energy
Star Home, which is nationally recognized for representing
greater value, lower operating cost, increased durability,
comfort and safety. This workshop covers the program’s
background, goals, procedures, benefits package, technical
support and technical standards.
Jon
Dember is an Outreach Support Specialist for the Energy
Star Homes program in New England. He has worked as a
housing inspector for rent subsidy programs, both for
RI Housing Corp., and in an upstate NY community action
program. He was a co-organizer of the CoopPlus renewable
energy co-op of the Finger Lakes.
Oil
and War Panel
Greg Gerritt, Barry Schiller
American consumer demand for oil and the products cheap
oil bring us is driving foreign policy trends that get
people killed. This workshop will help us explore the
foreign policy implications of American oil policies and
what we can do in Rhode Island, such as create a great
mass transit system, to make a difference.
Greg
Gerritt has been an active environmentalist ever since
he organized his high school for the first Earth Day.
Currently he is the Secretary of the Green Party of RI,
works for the Environment Council of RI, and serves on
the Sierra Club conservation committee. In the past he
has run for Mayor of Providence and written extensively
on the politics of forestry.
Barry
Schiller, a recently retired math professor at Rhode Island
College, has long been active in the environmental community,
especially on transportation issues, serving as the RI
Sierra Club chapter’s transportation chair, as the environmental
representative to the Transportation Advisory Committee
of the State Planning Council, and as a previous member
of the RIPTA (RI Public Transportation Authority) Board
of Directors.
Planning
Projects for a Sustainable Future
Troy West
Architect Troy West and Associates will speak about and
display plans and models developed over a 10 year period.
Starting with a light rail proposal for south county that
would preserve open space and concentrate development
around station stops; to a complete transformation of
Wakefield, RI into a pedestrian-friendly commercial center,
featuring a 100’ diameter green park in the center of
the Dale Carlia intersection that will generate new three-story
green architecture along the roadways.
Architect,
educator and sculptor Troy West has guest lectured on
his art and architecture at over thirty universities in
the USA and abroad. His work is featured in several books
and periodicals including Green Architecture (Tashesn),
and New Houses New Households (Reinhold). He serves on
the board of directors of Architects, Designers, and Planners
for Social Responsibility (ADPSR/NY), DOT Watch, Inc.,
and The Alternative Food Cooperative.
Retrofitting
Your Home with Renewables
Dan Cartier
After this workshop, the average home owner will be able
to map out a plan that will allow them to live a fossil
free life. It will cover available energy saving options
for the local homeowner, renewable energy systems that
can be installed in the typical home, as well as green
fuels locally available for cars or trucks.
Dan
Cartier is a Mechanical Engineer educated at URI with
a Certification in Energy Management. Dan has worked with
renewable energy systems for over twenty years. Currently
Dan is working for the Chariho Regional School District
as Director of Building and Grounds and consults on renewable
energy systems as well.
RI
Responses to Global Warming
Eric Stephens, Emily Rochon
Find out how Rhode Island is working to combat climate
change by promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency
and smart transportation. The combination of an active
environmental community and a responsive legislature has
paved the way for Rhode Island to draft and implement
innovative solutions to the looming climate crisis.
Erich
Stephens is the founder and Executive Director of People’s
Power & Light- Rhode Island’s non-profit energy consumers’
alliance. His knowledge and expertise have been instrumental
in securing the adoption of policies that promote sustainable
and sensible energy use in the Ocean State. As an integral
part of the Rhode Island Climate Coalition, Erich has
helped put our state on the path to a clean energy future.
Emily
Rochon is the former Climate Campaign Organizer for Clean
Water Action. As the coordinator of the Rhode Island Climate
Coalition, she worked on successful campaigns to promote
renewable energy and energy efficiency on both the state
and local level. Currently, Emily is serving as the Legislative
Liaison for People’s Power & Light while pursuing
an MS in environmental toxicology at Cornell University.
RI
Transportation Now and into the Future
Barry Schiller, Chris Wilhite
This workshop is an overview of the current portrait of
public transportation in RI, new options for sustainability
and what participants can do to get the wheels rolling.
Barry
Schiller, a recently retired math professor at Rhode Island
College, has long been active in the environmental community,
especially on transportation issues, serving as the RI
Sierra Club chapter’s transportation chair, as the environmental
representative to the Transportation Advisory Committee
of the State Planning Council, and as a previous member
of the RIPTA (RI Public Transportation Authority) Board
of Directors.
Chris
Wilhite is the Campaign Organizer for Clean Water Action
and works in Rhode Island on reducing diesel pollution,
promoting clean energy and policies that reduce the threat
of climate change. He represents ECRI on the RI Renewable
Energy Fund and the Providence Clean Energy Task Force.
Solar
Design
Bob Chew
All aspects of solar design will be discussed including
design considerations, available systems, installation
needs and techniques and how to incorporate solar from
the get go.
Bob
Chew is the owner and operator of SolarWrights, Inc. and
Ocean State Wind LLC. Bob has been involved in the green
building/renewable energy field since 1977 and frequently
writes and lectures about them.
Solar
Electricity Now
Len Loomans
This workshop will review the current state of the art
solar electric power systems and how a home owner can
install a solar electric system. Working with local building
officials, self education about solar electric equipment,
solar equipment and safety equipment selection, siting
and mounting options will all be covered.
Len
Loomans is an electrical engineer with many years of experience
working with solar and other kinds of renewable energy
systems. He currently works in the hydroelectric field
and consults on solar electric projects.
Solar
Hot Water
Dan Cartier
This workshop will review the basics of solar hot water
systems and the best systems for New England. Decision
making, basic system design, necessary installation skills,
resources for solar hot water education and component
selection and purchasing will all be outlined and explained.
Dan
Cartier is a Mechanical Engineer educated at URI with
a Certification in Energy Management. Dan has worked with
renewable energy systems for over twenty years. Currently
Dan is working for the Chariho Regional School District
as Director of Building and Grounds and consults on renewable
energy systems as well.
Wind
101
Leftheris Pavlides, Ph.D.
Wind power in the United States elicits a range of responses
from residents and officials alike. Alternately it is
seen as an innovative technology whose time has come,
or yet another misguided intrusion into the landscape.
This presentation will explore wind energy as a valuable
strategy for creating a sustainable energy economy in
Rhode Island.
Leftheris
Pavlides, Ph.D., has been a registered, practicing and
teaching architect for twenty-five years. He is currently
teaching at Roger Williams University, and has written
extensively on inhabitants’ points of view in various
built and natural environments.
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