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From the Director's Desk
San Diego has come a long way in adopting renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation, but there is still a long way to go. We’ve raised the levels of awareness about energy issues and implemented much of the low-hanging fruit. But what got us here – passion about the saving the environment, becoming oil independent and reducing greenhouse gas emissions – won’t get us where we want to go. Click here to continue reading.
Energy All-Star Award Nominations
Help CCSE find the most-deserving Energy All-Stars for 2010 by nominating your business, clients or colleagues for awards recognizing innovative and significant accomplishments in energy efficiency, energy conservation, renewable energy measures and greenhouse gas reduction. Nominations are due by Friday, Feb. 11. Click here to continue reading.
Clean Vehicles Funded for 2011
Career Fair
Russell Clapton, an admissions advisor for the Solar Training Institute, speaks with one of the more than 400 participants at the Green Industries Career Fair held at CCSE in December. The event, cosponsored by CCSE’s Green Career Network and San Diego’s Able-Disabled Advocacy, connected job seekers with employers and provided information about green jobs and training with local companies.
Green Learning
Union Bank presented a check for $20,000 to CCSE in December to support the Green Leaning Adventure during the 2010-2011 school year. Pictured are (right to left) Susan Miller, senior VP of Union Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility Division; J.R. Raines, an officer of the Union Bank Foundation; Andrea Cook, Green Learning Adventure program director; and Irene Stillings, CCSE executive director.
New Federal Light Bulb Standards
A new federal law will start saving consumers money by improving the energy efficiency standard for incandescent light bulbs sold in California this month. Click here to continue reading.
Installed Cost of PV Declining
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released a new study on the installed costs of solar photovoltaic ( PV) power systems in the U.S., showing that the average cost of these systems remained largely unchanged from 2008 to 2009, before beginning a steep decline in 2010. Click here to continue reading.
Policy and Planning
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Focusing On Greening Our World Energy All-Star Award Nominations Clean Vehicles Funded for 2011
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. Solar Technology Series – More PV Power to You Enhancing Facility Performance | Maximizing Investments | Reducing Utility Solar Water Heating Contractor and Self-Installer Training Reduce then Produce: The Energy Efficiency & Solar Series Solar for Homeowners 1: Getting Started Green IT - Cloud Computing CSI Application Process Home Energy Efficient Design - HEED Solar for Nonresidential Customers Solar for Homeowners 2: Be a Smart Solar Customer Understanding California Green Building Codes Introduction to Biomimicry: Biomimicry, Living Buildings, and Successful Thinking
Robin Rivet Robin Rivet has returned to CCSE to head up an urban forestry program in San Diego with funding from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Through the program, she will promote the many benefits of trees and sustainable landscaping, especially targeting mandates for water and energy conservation, as well as greenhouse gas reduction. Prior to joining CCSE, Rivet worked as a self-employed arborist, horticultural consultant, garden writer and landscape designer. She previously worked for CCSE as program manager for the Cool Communities Shade Tree Program in 2008-2009. Rivet has a B.A. degree in interdisciplinary Earth science/art from Prescott College. She is an International Society of Arboriculture-certified arborist and a University of California master gardener and serves on the Community Forests Advisory Board for the City of San Diego.
Blowing in the Wind For the winter, change the direction of airflow on your ceiling fans. During these colder months, the blades should operate in a clockwise direction, helping to push warmer air from the ceiling down into the room. In the summer, the blades should be switched back to move counterclockwise as a way of creating a nice, gentle wind.
“Energy efficiency is the cheapest, fastest and most reliable way to create jobs, save consumers money and cut pollution from the power sector. It is by far cheaper than the cheapest source of energy and has no negative impact on the environment.” - Jerry Brown, governor of California
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.
Energy Connection is a monthly e-newsletter of the California Center for Sustainable Energy. We value your feedback. To submit comments, questions or suggestions, please click here.
Current green job openings: •Program Assistant (California Solar Initiative) •Associate Program Manager - Transportation Programs |
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