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From the Director's Desk
October is Solar Energy Month here in California. I hope many of you were able to kick-start the solar celebrations with us during San Diego’s fifth annual Solar Energy Week. It was a great example of the mission driven work CCSE does best – bringing homeowners and business owners together with energy experts, industry representatives and policymakers to spur innovation and drive the adoption of solar technologies. The future is bright for solar in San Diego, California, the U.S. and around the world. Read more.
Solar Energy Week 2009
The fifth annual Solar Energy Week, Sept. 27 – Oct. 3, celebrated San Diego as California’s No. 1 Solar City and served as the kick-off event to California’s Solar Energy Month (October). Activities focused on the benefits of using sunlight for electricity and water heating and networking opportunities with solar professionals. Read more.
Green Learning Adventure
CCSE is launching the Green Learning Adventure, a new community education initiative to teach elementary and middle school students about global climate change and sustainable living, with initial funding and strong support from the Sempra Energy Foundation. According to CCSE Climate Change Program Manager Andrea Cook, the classroom sessions will provide youth with information that they can act on immediately to reduce their carbon footprint and save energy. Read more.
Growing Green Roofs
Amid a sea of asphalt and concrete in a commercial area of Kearny Mesa, Jim Mumford is cultivating an island of green. However, you won’t see his horticultural efforts as you drive past his company location – unless you’re looking up. When Mumford gardens, he climbs onto the roof. Read more.
Greening Your Halloween
Halloween is traditionally associated with orange and black, but if you are environmentally minded, the goblin holiday can also be green. Read more.
Community Energy Action Hero
Digital wireless technologies innovator Qualcomm, Inc. joined with CCSE as the co-presenter of Solar Energy Week 2009, their fourth year as a key sponsor of the event. Read more.
Policy and Planning
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Did you know CCSE offers free, ongoing workshops on energy efficiency, solar energy, green building, transportation and climate change? Register now! Click on the links below or call (866) SDENERGY. Intro to Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing Tax Incentives to Ease the Pain Solar Water Heating Pilot Program Contractor and Self-Installer Training Solar Shade Workshop Energy-Efficient Solutions for Your Home Going Beyond Residential Title-24
Did you know CCSE offers free, ongoing workshops on energy efficiency, solar energy, green building, transportation and climate change? Register now! Click on the links below or call (866) SDENERGY. “FUEL” Premieres in San Diego CCSE will host the San Diego premiere of the documentary “FUEL,” a movie by Joshua Tickell that explores America’s addiction to oil and extols the virtues of alternative fuels, at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, at the Ken Cinema. After the film showing, Tickell will join in a panel discussion of clean fuel technologies with Joel Pointon of the San Diego Regional Clean Fuels Coalition and others. For more information, click here. Vista Business Expo 2009 Visit the CCSE booth in the Sustainable Resources Pavilion at the sixth annual Vista Business Expo from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Vista Business Park, 2980 Scott Street, Vista. Admission is $10, but you can register for free online. Click here. Women in Water, Energy and Environment Conference The Association of Women in Water, Energy and Environment will hold its first annual conference Oct. 21 – 22 at the Sheraton Hotel, 1280 Harbor Island Drive. There will be plenary sessions and concurrent technical sessions on energy, water and the environment. Full conference registration is $450, or attend just day two, a half-day, for only $65. For information, click here.
Doug White As manager of public affairs, Doug White works closely with CCSE executive and senior staff to develop the center’s policy, legislative and regulatory agendas. He leads a three-person team that updates and implements CCSE’s public affairs strategic plan, which guides development of key relationships and initiatives for the organization in government, industrial and community sectors.
While taking out Halloween goodies, you may want to dig a little deeper into your decorations box to find strings of holiday lights. SDG&E is offering to exchange incandescent lights for LED lights that can save energy and money this holiday season – for free. Did you know that LED holiday lights can save 90 percent or more energy when compared to incandescent ones? They’re made in the same shapes and varieties as standard lights, operate cooler and last longer, roughly 20,000 hours. The Department of Energy estimates that if households and businesses switched to LED holiday lights, it would save close to the output of a large (1000 MW) electric power plant, or the annual electrical consumption of 500,000 households. SDG&E is holding the LED holiday light exchanges throughout the county beginning Nov. 14. You can get up to three multi-colored LED strands for an equal number of incandescent strands at no cost. To find an exchange near you, visit the SDG&E Holiday Lighting Exchange website.
“We face a turning point in our Nation's energy policy. We can either remain the world's leading importer of oil, or we can become the world's leading exporter of clean energy technology. We can allow climate change to wreak unnatural havoc, or we can create jobs deploying low-carbon technologies to prevent its worst effects.” -President Barack Obama
Listen to KPBS radio host Maureen Cavanaugh discuss high-tech and low-tech ways that homeowners can re-evaluate their energy use with CCSE's Director of Programs, Andrew McAllister, Ted Torre-Bueno of Empowered Energy Solutions and Rachel Laing, spokesperson for the City of San Diego. You can hear an audio webcast on the KPBS website or click the graphic below.
Help us STAND FOR LESS. So that everyone can enjoy life more. Please take a few minutes today and join us at www.standforless.com.
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