Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Boulder County Solar Week 2009 a Great Success


Boulder County Solar Week 2009 was a great success in educating over 650 people through the Tour of Solar and Green Homes, 7 educational seminars, and the premiere of the Ask-An-Expert event.


Our generous sponsors enabled the CRC to plan, organize, and promote this week of events. Special thanks to our major sponsors Xcel Energy and Lighthousesolar, plus our education sponsors
Automatic Solar, Bestway Insulation, BP, Longmont Power and Communications, Namaste Solar, Simple Solar, Bella Energy, Blue Valley Energy, Bryan Bowen Architects, City of Boulder, Ecoscape Environmental Design, Elevations Credit Union, Governor's Energy Office, REC Solar, SolSource, Standard Renewable Energy, SEI, and Point380.

Solar Week’s message was spread in the media by the Camera, Louisville Times, Boulder County Business Report, Boulder Weekly, Longmont Times-Call, Yellow Scene Magazine, KGNU, KBCO, and The Mountain.

These achievements have a measurable impact on our community. Together we have furthered local sustainability education in just one week – just imagine what we can achieve in the coming year!






Click here for a complete list of 2009 Boulder County Solar Week Sponsors.

ReSource October News



ReSource October Sale:

ReSource in Boulder and Fort Collins will be having sales every weekend in October, including special last-chance pre-move sale items at the Boulder location.
Click here for more information on the sale.


30% Off:
Oct. 2-4: all lighting
Oct. 9-11: all windows
Oct. 16-18: all doors
Oct. 23-25: all cabinets
Oct. 30- Nov. 1: everything



ReSource Boulder Move:

ReSource is moving! Look for ReSource at its new location at Recycle Row:


6400 Arapahoe

ReSource at Recycle Row

Coming this fall!

For more information contact

Shaun LaBarre

ReSource Director

303-419-5427

slabarre@resourceyard.org

CRC Partners with Symbiotic Engineering to Evaluate Energy Reductions

Energy efficiency programs are evaluated by how much energy the participants save as a result of the program. In the Residential Energy Action Program (REAP), energy data is requested at the time of the energy audit, and then compared to household energy usage after the audit. If one year is cooler or warmer than the next, the data could show an unintended increase or decrease in energy usage. Therefore, it is necessary to weather-normalize the data to take into account heating and cooling degree days. Symbiotic Engineering, a local software development company, will be analyzing energy reductions as a result of REAP.


Contact J.C. Martel with any questions:(303) 999-3820 x224 or reap@conservationcenter.org