Showing posts with label events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label events. Show all posts

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Upcoming Renewable Events Around Orange County

Upcoming events of note...


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Thursday, September 22, 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
AEE SoCal Annual Conferernce "Energy Risk: Keeping the Power On"
Association of Electrical Engineers (AEE) - So Cal Chapter
SoCalGas Energy Resource Center
9240 Firestone Boulevard, Downey, CA 90241


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Monday, September 26, 6:30 PM
American Vacuum Society, Inc. Presents “Fuels from Sunlight”
dinner & presentation with CalTech professor Nathan Lewis
Il Fornaio Restaurant, Sorrento Room
24 West Union Street, Pasadena, CA 91103
Registration deadline is September 16th!
For more details, visit:
www.sccavs.org 

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Wednesday and Thursday, September 28-29
South Coast AQMD Air Quality Technology Symposium
SCAQMD Auditorium

21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California 91765
Attendance and exhibit space are free of charge.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

December 9 Holiday Mixer


OC Renewables and the Young Professionals in Energy Holiday Mixer

Thursday, December 9th, 2010 at 6:30pm
Kimera Restaurant and Lounge located at
19530 Jamboree Road, Irvine CA.

*Complimentary Valet Parking

 

The Orange County Renewables Society (OC Renewables) and the Young Professionals in Energy (YPE) have teamed up for a Holiday Mixer! Join us for a casual networking cocktail party in a stylish setting at Kimera Restaurant and Lounge in Irvine.

For more information on Kimera, please visit their website at
www.kimerarestaurant.com

Contact
info@ocrenewables.org or visit www.ocrenewables.org for more information.

 

Thanks to our partner!
 

Thursday, October 28, 2010

November OC Renewables Meeting - Tesla Motors

We have just announced details of our November monthly meeting. Kyrstin Munson of Tesla Motors will join us. Palo Alto, CA based Tesla Motors designs and manufactures Electric Vehicles (EVs) and EV powertrain components.  Tesla Motors' goal is to produce increasingly affordable electric cars to mainstream buyers – relentlessly driving down the cost of EVs.   It is currently the only U.S. automaker that builds and sells highway-capable EVs in serial production. 

If you love beautiful cars of the future, you do NOT want to miss this event!

Thursday, October 14, 2010

October OC Renewables Meeting Review

Thursday, October 14, 2010
Speaker: James Matarese, Principal, Canopy Energy Consulting
Topic: Residential Energy Efficiency

James Matarese, President, Orange County Renewable Energy Society
James Matarese is an Energy Consultant and Principal of Canopy Energy Consulting, specializing in commercial, industrial and utility grade energy management solutions. He has over ten years experience working with utility, municipal, commercial and residential clients. Areas of expertise include building performance, sustainable design and renewable energy. His technical specialties include Energy Audits, Solar Thermal, Solar Electric (PV), Lighting Retrofits, Water Management, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Sales and Marketing.


James has worked with SCE, SDG&E and ten Southern California municipalities to implement the Community Energy Partnership (CEP), where he provided energy tune-ups for low income and small business customers. He has also worked with PG&E to perform energy audits on large commercial facilities in downtown San Francisco as part of the Business Energy Coalition (BEC) demand response program. By partnering with large facilities such as Bank of America Plaza, Transamerica Tower and Union Bank of California the BEC was capable of shedding up to 50 MW during times of peak demand.



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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

September OC Renewables meeting - 09.09.10 7pm

Thursday, September 9, 2010
Speaker: Virginia Nicols, Corporate and Community Relations, EcoMotion
Topic: Making Sense of the Solar Deal: Top 10 Questions to Ask

Virginia Nicols, Certified Green Building Professional, is responsible for marketing and communications at EcoMotion. She has 20 years of business marketing experience, and ten years of promoting energy and water efficiency and solar power in Southern California cities. These projects have included city-utility partnerships funded by public goods funds. Virginia has managed communications efforts for partnerships involving Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Gas, and San Diego Gas & Electric.


Solar sales people, trainers and trainees, and potential purchasers of solar may pick up some pointers on September 9 that will keep a deal from going off the tracks.  Over the past four years, as independent “owner’s representative,”  Irvine-based EcoMotion has counseled hundreds of homeowners and dozens of businesses about the  solar potential of their roofs and parking lots.  EcoMotion helps compare bids and even draft RFPs so that all parties can make sense of the deal.   Virginia Nicols, head of Corporate and Community Relations for EcoMotion, will identify  TOP TEN MISTAKES to avoid when presenting – or comparing – a solar deal.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

August 11 Meeting Review

We had a
James Matarese and Jack Sahl
very good meeting on Thursday, August 11 with Jack Sahl, Ph.D. Director, Environment and Resource Sustainability at Southern California Edison. Here are some of the highlights.

  • Per capita use of power has stayed relatively the same since the 1970s.
  • Technology is so much better with vehicles than even five years ago
  • End to end life cycle assessments help SCE prioritize. Conducting these assessments will be one of the most fun professions of the future.
  • As citizens and interested persons in renewables and power, we must get involved in the PUC proceedings.
  • SCE is focusing on the following areas in the near future: Renewables and Storage Integration, Grid Control and Asset Optimization, Workforce Effectiveness, Smart Metering, and Energy Smart Customer Solutions

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

OC Renewables Meeting: July 8th, 6:30pm

We'll be having a BBQ and hearing from Phil Hodgets, City of Westminster.

Irvine Ranch Water District's "Duck Club."
5 Riparian View, Irvine CA. (Look for the OC Renewables Signs!!)

Please join us!


Thursday, May 13, 2010

May OC Renewables Meeting - Economics of Solar Thermal

Thursday, May 13, 2010


Speaker: Dr. Burkhard von Spreckelsen, President of Valliant Solar Systems, Inc.
Topic: Economics of solar thermal under the new California incentive CSI Thermal and Solar-Thermal PPA

Vaillant presentation by Dr. Burkhard von Spreckelsen
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Friday, February 12, 2010

February OC Renewables Meeting - Overview of Solar Technologies

Thursday February 11, 2010


Speaker: Dr. Lori Greene, Director of Research Development and Outreach
UC Irvine Center for Solar Energy


Dr. Lori E. Greene received her Ph.D. in Materials Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation research focused on nanotechnology and solar energy conversion. Her Nanowire Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells paper is now one of the most cited articles in Nature Materials, a premier peer-reviewed journal. At UCI, Dr. Greene is the Research Development Officer and Outreach Coordinator for the Center for Solar Energy in the School of Physical Sciences and leads the development of grant proposals, the graduate student lunch forum on solar energy, and university activities and community outreach programs relating to solar energy and other green technologies.



Overview of Solar Technologies OC Renewables UCI center for solar energy
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