Southeast Ohio Green Energy & Green Jobs Workshop

Ohio Interfaith Power & Light 's Cool Congregations Workshop held its last of five sessions at GEO Regional Workshopos during the morning for energy efficiency education and audits for congregations - seating limited.

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9:00 Cool Congregations Workshop - Room 103

               Dr. Greg Hitzhusen, Executive Director, Ohio Interfaith Power & Light, Columbus, Ohio
               Julie Codispoti, Assistant Curator, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University
               R.W. Davis, Principle, ECS Group, Athens, Ohio

Energy education and audits for congregations and households. Starting in 2009, OhIPL is offering energy audits for Ohio congregations. Ohio EPA grant supports an audit to 50 congregations with no up-front cost. Participating congregations will also calculate their carbon footprint, and member households can contribute their energy savings to help reduce the congregation's impact.

9:00 Opening Workshop Session on Hocking College's New Energy Center on the Logan Campus
              Room 105
              Dr. Jerry Hutton, Dean, Hocking College Energy Institute at the Logan Campus - Welcome
              Jack Hedge, Principal, Design Group, Columbus, Ohio - Going for LEED Platinum
              Bill Spratley, GEO Executive Director, Columbus, Ohio - Workshop & GEO Overview

10:00 to 11:30 Solar Systems Across Southeast Ohio - Room 105
      Panel Discussion - Bill Spratley, Moderator
      Athan Barkoukis, GEO Program Manager, Cleveland, Ohio - GEO Solar Thermal Training & Rebates
      Mark Gundelfinger, Manager, Alternative Energy Resources, AEP Ohio, Columbus, Ohio
               - Athens & Newark AEP solar arrays and Wyandotte County 10 MW solar farm
      Geoff Greenfield, President & Founder, Third Sun Solar & Wind, Athens, Ohio
      Matt Bennett, President & Operations Manager, Dovetail Solar & Wind, Athens, Ohio

11:30 - Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ron Erickson, President, Hocking College
           Room 105

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch - Solar Tour Roundtables - Solar Tour Site Owners Network at Tables
                        Room 105

1:00 - 1:40 Wind Power in Southeast Ohio - Room 105
           Emily Sautter, GEO Wind Program Coordinator - State & Federal Incentives for Wind Power
           Dr. Carole Womeldorf, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering & Technology, Ohio University
                  - Appalachian Ohio's Tall Tower Wind Assessment

1:40 - 2:45 Ohio Renewable Energy Showcase  -- Room 103
Certified Ohio Solar Electric (Photovoltaic) Installers/Integrators - Learn about services, products and process for installing solar and wind technologies from the renewable energy installers eligible for state grants.
           1:40 David Cohen, Account Executive, Dovetail Solar & Wind
           2:10 Geoff Greenfield, President, Third Sun Solar & Wind Power

1:40 - 2:00 Biomass in Southeast Ohio - Room 105
          John Kiertscher, Chief Executive Officer, Envirotech Consultants, Inc., Somerset, Ohio

2:00 - 2:45 Ohio Green Energy Policy Issues & Incentives - Room 105
          Amy Gomberg, Program Director, Environment Ohio, Columbus, Ohio
          Christina Panoska, Ohio Energy Office, Ohio Dept. of Development, Columbus, Ohio

2:45 - 3:00 Break

3:00 - 4:00 Green Jobs in SE Ohio Panel - Room 105
          Moderator, Sarah Straley, GEO Program Manager, Columbus, Ohio
         Corey Hawkey, Sustainability Coordinator, Ohio Board of Regents
         Danny Young, former Hocking College student and present Dovetail Solar & Wind Systems Designer
       Tina Tombley, IT Resource Project Manager, Washington State Community College, Marietta, Ohio
         Scott Miller, Director, Ohio University's Consortium for Energy, Economics & Environment, Athens, Ohio