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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 P.O. Box 933, Golden,
CO 80402
You can also contribute online through the (secured by
PayPal) CRES website:
http://www.cres-energy.org/joinorder.html
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Financing
Renewable Energy Projects
in Today’s Capital Markets
with Lee White (George K. Baum & Co.)
Thursday, June 25, in Golden, and Online Via Live Webcast!
The next public meeting of the Colorado Renewable Energy Society
will feature investment banker Lee White of George K. Baum &
Company, who will discuss “Financing Renewable Energy in Today’s
Capital Markets.”
Finding the right financing for renewable energy projects has always
been a challenge. Today's combination of tight financial markets and
the need for more utility-scale RE projects, however, makes this
challenge even more significant. Join us for a discussion by one of
the leading experts in this field to see how projects like these get
financed.
Lee White is an Executive Vice President and Manager for George K.
Baum & Company at its Denver Public Finance Headquarters. He has
been in the investment banking business for more than 20 years and
is responsible for underwriting over $6 billion of municipal bonds.
Mr. White has assisted numerous state and local governments and
private corporations finance their infrastructure needs. The
complete list of Mr. White's experience, accomplishments, and
credentials is far too long to include here. But highlights of this
experience include serving as lead banker for several hundred
million dollars' worth of renewable energy and other utility
projects, Co-Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic
Committee’s Study on Infrastructure in the United States, member of
the Colorado Clean Energy Development Authority, and numerous other
airport, stadium, higher education, and non-profit projects. Mr.
White received a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard
Business School, a Masters of City Planning from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical
Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
This meeting will take place on Thursday, June 25, 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 “CARPOOLING … “ thread on LinkedIn
(Click
HERE)
Thanks to our friends at Mountain Muse Communications … who made us
aware of the need to not only tell people to carpool, but also
provide a carpool information service … !
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.
Our regional groups in Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo
will host viewings of this webcast, our friends at Namaste Solar
will host a webcast viewing in Boulder, and as many as twelve more
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 on Thursday night, you can view
the recorded webcast that will be on the CRES Event Archives by the
end of the week:
www.cres-energy.org/events/archives/2009 >June 25
Nomination
Deadlines for CRES Awards
CRES has extended the deadline to submit nominations to CRES for the
following awards to Friday, June 26:
The Renewable Energy in Buildings Awards
recognize building owners, builders, and construction
companies for innovative use of renewable energy in
buildings. Awards are presented for the following
categories:
- Commercial
- Institutional
- General Residential
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Off-Grid Residential
The Larson-Notari Award is CRES's highest award, named after CRES
Co-Founders Ron Larson and Paul Notari. It recognizes individuals
for distinguished service and exemplary contributions to the field
of renewable energy. The 2008 winner of this award was Governor Bill
Ritter.
Complete Information and Applications for these awards are available
on the CRES website:
www.cres-energy.org/about_awards.html
Get
LinkedIn with CRES!
CRES has finally entered the realm of social media by establishing
its own group on LinkedIn:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=1833110&goback=%2Egdr_1245176539041_1
We urge all members and friends of CRES to join this group at their
earliest convenience. We will also post a carpooling thread before
each monthly meeting, so Get LinkedIn with CRES!
CRES will have additional social media efforts underway, especially
as our Conference and Tour draw closer.
CRES
Annual Conference Update
The keynote speaker, presentations, presenters and panelist have all
been set. Sponsors and exhibitors are getting ready (although we
definitely need more). Are you ready to attend, exhibit or
participate in some fashion at the 2009 Colorado Renewable Energy
Conference 2009?
This year’s conference will be held Aug. 28-30 at the Colorado
School of Mines in Golden. The theme is “Clean Energy: Pathways to a
Low-Carbon Footprint.”
The main day of the Conference - Saturday, August 29 – will kick off
with a great keynote address by Dr. Eric Barron, Director of the
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, on the
subject of “Climate – State of the Science”. That will be followed
by two exciting plenary sessions: one on how Colorado communities
are using technology and people for carbon mitigation, and an
informative panel discussion on the Smart Grid – what is it, how
will your utility deal with it, how will it affect me, are their
alternatives?
The afternoon will feature three parallel presentation tracks:
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Community Efforts,
- Utility Efforts in Low-Carbon Energy, and
- Carbon Solutions & Issues.
There will be an NREL tour, a home tour and a number of Smart Energy
Living Consumer workshops on Friday and Sunday. You can finish off a
wonderful Saturday of informative presentations and discussions,
with a dinner with your current and new colleagues, and listen to
Mike Nelson, Chief Meteorologist KMGH-TV 7 News, give an exciting
and relevant discussion on “Wild Weather in the West”.
Ready to register? Look for more details on the CRES Conference web
page (coming soon), and look for the detailed insert & registration
form in the July/August CRES NEWS.
Keep an eye on the CRES website for further details about the CREC
program.
www.cres-energy.org/conference
See you in Golden!
Sponsorship
Opportunities for Annual Conference and Denver Tour of Solar
Homes
Both the Colorado Renewable Energy Conference (August 28 - 30) and
Denver Tour of Solar Homes (Saturday, October 3, throughout the
Denver Metro Area) are approaching quickly. You can support CRES and
promote your own organization by sponsoring one or both of these
events!
Complete information for sponsorship opportunities are available on
the CRES website:
www.cres-energy.org/events/misc/2009_CRES_Event_Sponsorship_Levels.pdf
And check the CRES website regularly throughout the summer for
updated information on both the Conference and Tour:
www.cres-energy.org/conference
www.cres-energy.org/tour
CRES Needs Volunteers!
CRES is a volunteer-run organization, with a small paid staff that
already has more than enough on its plate. You can greatly help CRES
with the following volunteering needs:
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Volunteer Coordinator – Work with CRES volunteer list to see which
volunteers are needed for which events. This is usually for staffing
the CRES booth at other organizations’ events throughout the year;
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Speakers Bureau Coordinator – Connect requests from other
organizations’ looking for a speaker on energy with our existing
Speakers Bureau;
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Specific Committee Needs – Various CRES committees have specific
needs …
If you would like to help with any of these needs, please contact
Executive Director Sheila Townsend at either 303-806-5317 or
info@cres-energy.org
Maurice
Albertson Scholarship Fund for CRES Conference Volunteers
CRES has established the Maurice Albertson Scholarship Fund to help
offset costs for those who volunteer to assist with the annual
Colorado Renewable Energy Conference (CREC). Maurice “Maury”
Albertson, professor emeritus at CSU, one of the architects of the
U.S. Peace Corps, and an early supporter of the Colorado Renewable
Energy Society, died at the age of 90 on January 11. As recently as
two years ago, he was working on a collaboration called Village
Earth to end global poverty. His exemplary life of volunteerism was
the inspiration for establishing this scholarship fund.
Scholarships will be based on an individual's contribution to the
successful operation of the CRES Conference, which will be held at
the Colorado School of Mines in Golden on the weekend of August
28-30.
Volunteers are needed in the following areas:
- Conference
Set-up and Logistics;
- Registration;
- Workshop/Session
Monitors;
- Audio-visual;
- Conference Clean-up;
- and
other duties (as required)
Please support this worthy cause and help maintain the CRES
Conference’s status as one of the premier events of its kind in
Colorado!
www.cres-energy.org/joinorder.html#Donate_MASF
Education
Committee Update
The first meeting of the CRES Education Committee (CEC) took place
on May 28, just prior to the public meeting featuring Jeff Lyng. The
committee thanks the board of CRES for supporting the
re-introduction of an Education Committee. 28 people attended at the
JUC in Golden, with several more joining online via live webcast. We
included all geographic regions of Colorado in this effort. The
committee itself has 24 initial members, most of whom have
educational experience either in public schools, community colleges,
universities, or in research areas.
Mary Carhartt presented the objectives of this committee, which are
to support accountable professional development opportunities in
clean energy education for Colorado teachers, including pathways
from pre-school throughout the entire educational circuit (P-20,
including college and technical school studies). The committee will
work in partnership with other state and federal entities that have
similar objectives.
The first effort of this committee was to review the current science
standards being revised for Colorado public schools for its clean
energy content. Thanks to Joel Leventhal and Ron Larson for their
authorship of this document, which we sent to the Colorado
Department of Education.
The CRES Education Committee plans to meet some time around the CRES
Conference (August 28-30 in Golden) for its first planning session,
and will welcome any and all suggestions from the broader CRES
membership.
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