GREEN BUILDING BASICS WORKSHOPS
and PROGRAM ORIENTATIONS
by the N.C. Solar Center's High Performance Buildings Team

July 20-23, 2010 – Catawba College Center for the Environment, Salisbury, NC

July workshop topics:
7/20 AM - Integrated Design & Building Science Concepts
7/20 PM - Building Envelope & ENERGY STAR
7/21 AM – Passive Solar
7/21 PM - HVAC & Indoor Air Quality
7/22 AM - Renewables
7/22 PM – Site & Water
7/23 AM – NC HealthyBuilt Homes Program Orientation
7/23 PM – LEED for Homes Program Orientation

FOR MORE INFORMATION and to REGISTER, VISIT THE NC SOLAR CENTER'S CALENDAR
http://www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/ncsc_calendar.php
Direct link to register & pay for this session:
http://store.ncsolarcenter.org/gbb7lh201007.html

Questions?  Please contact jlstutzm@ncsu.edu

Sale prices end one week before the day of the workshop. 

Individual workshops may be cancelled if registration is low - cancellation notifications will typically be issued the Friday before the first workshop.

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Movie Screening:

Our screening of "Kilowatt Ours - A plan to re-energize America" was very well-attended, so thanks to everyone who stopped by! We plan to schedule another later this fall. A huge thanks to our sponsors, Redwood Creek Wines, Yes! Solar Solutions and Green Plus.

 

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Green events around the state:

7/16 Krazy Night Out (Salisbury) http://www.downtownsalisburync.com/
7/16-18 Seagrove Pottery Festival (Greensboro) http://www.seagrovepotteryheritage.com/se_events_002.html
7/16-17 Franklin Folk Festival (Franklin) http://www.renewingfranklin.org/folk.html
7/17 Toe River Story Telling Festival (Spruce Pine) http://www.sprucepinefestivals.com/storytelling.html
7/23-25 Bele Chere (Asheville) http://www.belecherefestival.com/
7/28-31 NC Watermelon Festival (Murfreesboro) http://www.murfreesboronc.org/watermelon.htm

 

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Featured NC GreenPower sponsor

A warm welcome to Green Energy Lawn Care, one of our newest 100% offset sponsors!

As members of environmental organizations, Mik and Jodi Beetham created Green Energy Lawn Care to find a way to make a difference in helping create a cleaner North Carolina! They offer emissions-free and pesticide-free lawn care services using electric and battery operated equipment recharged by solar power generators. By using only organic and natural products all of their services are safe for children and pets!

A unique, affordable, clean and quiet, residential and commercial lawn care service that is:

• Locally owned and operated
• Zero-emission mowing
• Organic lawn care
• 100% carbon offset

For more information about Green Energy Lawn Care, follow this link:

Contact Green Energy Lawn Care

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Featured NC GreenPower partner

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Green up!

Looking for some ideas on saving energy?

• Installing solar panels on your roof can dramatically decrease your energy bill. Find out more at www.findsolar.com
• Furnace and air conditioning: replacing filters monthly and receiving annual service calls will increase
  the life span of your equipment.
• Air vents. Improve your home's airflow by moving furniture and window treatments away from vents.
• Replace old furnaces or air-conditioning units (10 years or older) with ENERGY STAR (tm) rated systems installed by a certified HVAC contractor.
• According to the American Water Works Assoc, if all U.S. houses had water-saving features, we could
  save 5.4 billion gallons of water per day.
• Freshwater animals (about half of our 573 threatened & endangered species) are disappearing at a
  rate 4-6 times those of land or sea.

Look for these tips and MORE online - just click below to join one of our social networks!

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	We really depend on the help of volunteers to continue to spread the news about our program! Current volunteer opportunities include staffing the Green NC tent at the NC State Fair October 14th - 24th, 2010. If you are interested in being trained and becoming a member of the Speakers Bureau, please contact Katie Shepherd or Jon Seivers at 866-533-NCGP or speaker@ncgreenpower.org

 

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We are also very pleased to announce our newest website revision! You can now sort columns for each of our 300+ generators and search by utility, project size, etc.
Take a look by clicking the image below!

PROGRAM UPDATE: July 2010 Total subscribers* as of June 30: 12,481 Monthly Renewable Energy Blocks: 28,310 Total annual generation: 33,972,000 kWh Monthly Carbon Offset Blocks: 806 Total annual offset: 4,836,000 lbs. CO2 Annual equivalent trees planted: 5,809,845 *All numbers reflect current utility reporting to date.

Current generators: Wind – 6 Landfill methane – 2 Small hydroelectric – 1 Large Solar photovoltaic (PV) – 13 Small Solar photovoltaic (PV) –316 Total Solar photovoltaic (PV) – 329 Total Generators – 338 *Check out our more than 50 new project photos online!

 

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GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!

And if you download the GoodSearch NC GreenPower toolbar, our cause will earn money every time you shop and search online - even if you forget to go to GoodShop or GoodSearch first! Add the NC GreenPower toolbar at http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/nc-greenpower-green-power

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