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June 23rd, 2009

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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
- 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:

- 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:

  • 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;

  • Speakers Bureau Coordinator – Connect requests from other organizations’ looking for a speaker on energy with our existing Speakers Bureau;

  • 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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