Fall Albuquerque Solar Fiesta Workshop Schedule

Saturday September 27, 2014

CNM Workforce Training Center

The BIG Picture
Conference Room 103
Science & Technology
Classroom 104
Earth, Sun, Sky
Classroom 106
RNM Video
Classrm 111
OUTSIDE
10:00
to
11:00
ABQ Congregations
Going Solar
St Theresa Catholic
Church
The First Unitarian
Church

Energy Storage 101:
A Basic Overview
Gary Vaughn, PE
NMSEA President
Rolf Nitsche, NMSEA
Board Member & former
Site Mgr for Schott Solar
The Future of Earth-
Building in NM
The NM Earth
Builders Guild
NMSEAs
Renewable
New Mexico
Video Series

(2 episodes
each hour)
CNMs PNM
Sustainable
Technology Lab
Training Facility
Tours (11:00,
12:00, 1:00,
2:00, 3:00, 4:00)

11:00
to
12:00
Creating Cairns:
Climate Change &
Sustainability - Stories
of Hope
Sister Joan Brown
Executive Director
NM Interfaith Power &
Light
State of the Art:
Batteries & Micro-Grids
Akhil Abbas
Renewable Energy
Ventures, LLC
Principle Author 2013
DOE Energy Storage
Handbook

Mega-Solar Power in
Vertical Farms
Michael Lipkan
Futurist
Linear City Concepts
Model Solar Car
Races
CNM &
Dona Ana
Community
College Students

(all day)

12:00
to
1:00
The (Global) War
On Solar
Mark Johnson, CEO
Solluna Solar
Solar Fiesta Title
Sponsor
A Video Interview:
Doug Balcomb
(with Mark Chalom 2012)
Past Director of NREL
Past President of NMSEA
ASES Solar Pioneer
Rainwater
Harvesting Basics
for Arid Urban
Places
Joanne McEntire
Querencia Green

Cooking with
Sunshine
NMSEAs Big
Sun Oven

(all day)
1:00
to
2:00
Solar Leasing
Made Simple
Patrick Griebel, GM
Affordable Solar
Solar Fiesta Sponsor

An IR Cameras View of
Energy & Energy
Efficiency
Gary Vaughn, PE
NMSEA President

Leading the
Revolution:
Women in Solar
Marlene Brown, Past
NMSEA Pres, Tech
Staff Member, SNL

Alternative
Fueled Vehicles
EVs, Teslas,
Hybrids, Bio-
Diesels. Talk to
owners. Peek
under hoodies!
2:00
to
3:00
Renewable Energy &
the NMPRC
Past Public Reg Comm
Members Jason Marks
& Sandy Jones

Solar Thermal Systems:
A New Approach to
Space & Water Heating
Fred Milder, CEO
Solar Logic LLC
Off the Grid
In the City
Odes Armijo-Caster
Managing Partner
Sacred Power Corp

3:00
to
4:00
Alternative
Transportation
Hybrid, Electric & Bio-
Diesel Vehicles - A lively
& informative talk &
panel discussion.

How I Transformed My
Energy Nightmare into a
Net-Zero Energy Home
On a Budget!
Seth Downs

Opportunity for NM -
Were Blowing It!
Mariel Nanasi
Executive Director
New Energy Economy

4:00
to
5:00
Alternative
Transportation II
Dealer Presentations
followed by Hands-on
Demos & Test Drives
Renewable Energy
Myths Schemes Scams
Dave Thomas, Founder
New Mexicans for Science
& Reason
A Realtors View of
Renewable Energy
Systems
Jim DesJardins
Qualifying Broker
Hydepark Reality