Connecting Communities Colloquium - Implementing Solar Gardens
RSVP to joy@solargardens.org so we can get an accurate head count. This event will be available live over the web - stay tuned for details!
RSVP to joy@solargardens.org so we can get an accurate head count. This event will be available live over the web - stay tuned for details!
Solar Gardener Training
Friday October 28, 2011 – 1 - 4 PM
Habitat for Humanity Building, 3245 Eliot Street, Denver, Colorado
A solar gardener is a combination community organizer and project manager who brings together all the pieces needed to create a community solar garden. Stand on the shoulders of giants and learn from the people who've been there before.
1:00 Rachel Emmer, Moderator - Solar Gardens Institute
- Greetings and introductions
– How Solar Gardening was Born
In 2006, the municipal utility of Ellensburg, Washington installed the first community solar project open to the public. The project has grown year to year to over 100 kilowatts, and is now entering its fourth phase which includes small wind turbines. Gary is the original gardner - he tells the story of how a small city came together to make shared solar available to everyone in the community.
2:00 David Brosch - University Park Solar (University Park, Maryland)
– Community Supported Energy
In 2010, the University Park Church of the Bretheren installed a 22.7 kilowatt solar array funded by a group of 35 investors under a private membership exemption to Maryland securities law. Similar to a solar garden, this community supported array is owned by the investor group, which sells power to the church building and receives net metering benefits from the utility PEPCO. David is working to develop a solar gardens law in Maryland.
2:30 Joy Hughes - Founder, Solar Gardens Institute (Moffat, Colorado)
- Solar Gardener Training
A solar gardener is a combination community organizer and project manager who brings together all the pieces needed to create a community solar garden. The Solar Gardens Institute is inaugurating a training program to help tomorrow's solar gardeners to learn from those active today, avoiding the reinvention of the wheel. Joy will explain the trainings, the homework, and the requirements for solar gardner certification.
Suggested donation $10
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