Southeast Community Clean Energy Workshop

Paw Paw Festival, Lake Snowden, Albany, Ohio

Agenda & Presentations (below)
Photos of Workshop

September 18, 2004

Over 100 participants learned about renewable energy and energy efficiency in Southeast Ohio, and the State of Ohio Incentives available for efficiency and installing renewable energy systems.  Torrential rains and flooding from hurricane Ivan did not dampen the enthusiasm for this sunny, crisp day at GEO's first ever event in the Athens area. GEO members are working to organize and on-going monthly meeting to organize more educational efforts on clean energy in Southeast Ohio. Contact GEO for more information. The workshop was held at the annual Ohio Paw Paw festival, where GEO joined pawpaw fanatics from around the country at the peak of the season for a day filled with pawpaws, pawpaw foods, pawpaw beer, pawpaw music, pawpaw art, pawpaw history, pawpaw trees, pawpaw people and much more.

Sponsored by: 

Green Energy Ohio

Ohio Department of Development Office of Energy Efficiency

Paw Paw Festival
Dovetail Solar

Third Sun Wind & Solar Power

Ohio Council of Churches

9:30 AM           Registration, Coffee and Pastries, Exhibits on
                        Display

10:00 AM         Welcome

                        Christina Panoska, Program Manager,
                        Green Energy Ohio, Columbus, Ohio

10:05 AM         Growing Green Energy from the Grassroots Up

                        Bill Spratley, Executive Director, Green Energy Ohio,

                        Columbus, Ohio

10:35 AM         Ohio University?s Energy Efficiency and Renewables
Initiative

                        Andy Sinozich, OU Site Project Manager &
                        VESTAR Energy Performance Contractor

                        Hocking College ? Renewable Energy/Alternative Fuels Technology

                        Jerry Hutton, Director, Fuel Cells & Alternative Fuels Training Center download .pdf of Andros Island, Bahamas Study Abroad Program Winter 2005 - Interdisciplinary courses in Solar Energy, Wind Turbines, Hydro Electrics & Cross Cultural Studies
 

11:30 PM        LUNCH ? Exhibits on Display

12:30 PM         Solar and Wind Power Basics: An Overview

                        Matthew Bennett, NABEP certified Installer, 
                        Dovetail Wind & Solar

Geoff Greenfield, NABCEP certified Installer,
Third Sun Wind & Solar Power

1:00 PM           Emerging Technologies in Renewables

                        William Beale, Founder, Sunpower

                        Green Buildings

                        David Panich, Partner, Panich, Noel + Architects