Wednesday, January 11, 2012
8:30 – 12:30 p.m.
Followed by an optional planning meeting until 2:00 p.m.
Hilton Garden Inn, Freeport, Maine

Who should attend: wind turbine installers, engineers, architects, green building professionals, renewable energy consultants, town energy committee members, school facility operators, school science teachers and administrators, municipal leaders, farmers, small businesses, sustainability professional, and others who want to fully explore and understand the opportunities in Maine that support small- and medium-sized community wind projects.

Group rates for professional firms are available, as is professional engineering credit (if so, let us know your professional engineer number on your registration).

Reduced rates at the Hilton Garden Inn are available.

Registration is open now, and early bird registration closes on December 23.

For more information on the agenda, speaker biographies, and more, visit events.mainewindependence.org.

To register, visit windependence.eventbrite.com.

Dr. Claudette Reichel will present “Home Flood Recovery: Do More Than Restore.”

It’s human nature to want to restore your home and life as quickly as possible after a flood, but it pays to be cautious and strategic. This webinar will highlight flood recovery hazards and safety, mold removal and prevention guidelines, and ideas for turning the destructive ordeal of a flooded home into an opportunity to create a more resilient, healthy, and energy saving home.

Link to the session: https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/homeenergy

Presenters are Extension educators Donna Coffin and Kathy Hopkins, who will provide a demonstration on how to make a window shutter from cardboard, aluminum foils and duct tape, in addition to a door draft stopper from fabric and foam pipe insulation.

Discussion also will cover supplemental home heating methods, insulation materials and the importance of regular maintenance of home heating systems. An overview of alternative energy sources and tax incentives will round out each of three hour-long programs, being offered at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

The three webinars are:

9 a.m. – “Home Energy Use: Where Can I Save Money?”
Covers typical energy use in homes, specifics about measuring your own home energy use, energy audits, where to check for energy losses, compares heat content of fuels used to heat the home.

10:30 a.m. – “Easy Ways to Help Yourself to Reduce Energy Use in the Home”
Covers thermal comfort of individuals, low cost/no cost energy saving tips, air sealing, window treatments, lighting in the kitchen and upgrading heating systems.

1:30 p.m. – “Comparing Different Home Heating Fuels and Alternative Energy Systems”
Covers advantages and disadvantages of fossil fuels, renewable fuels, electricity from the grid, heat pumps, thermal solar, photovoltaic solar, wind and hydropower, and includes information on tax incentives for various energy practices.

Participants may choose to attend the live segments or view at a later time. Once viewers register, they will receive information on linking to either the live webinars or watching the recorded sessions anytime after the original programs airs.

For more information, visit http://umaine.edu/ext-energy/webinar. To sign up for the session, contact UMaine Extension at 207-564-3301 or in Maine 1-800-287-1491 (in Maine), or e-mail Amanda Miles at amanda.miles@maine.edu.

This is also a great project for youth since it teaches a number of sewing skills including:  using a sewing machine, stitching a tube of fabric & turning, finishing a raw edge by serging or turning & stitching, using a new product and learning about water absorption and evaporation.

Directions for making a polymer cool neck band

Presenters are Extension educators Donna Coffin and Kathy Hopkins, who will provide a demonstration on how to make a window shutter from cardboard, aluminum foils and duct tape, in addition to a door draft stopper from fabric and foam pipe insulation.

Discussion also will cover supplemental home heating methods, insulation materials and the importance of regular maintenance of home heating systems. An overview of alternative energy sources and tax incentives will round out each of three hour-long programs, being offered at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

The three webinars are:

9 am – “Home Energy Use: Where Can I Save Money?”
Covers typical energy use in homes, specifics about measuring your own home energy use, energy audits, where to check for energy losses, compares heat content of fuels used to heat the home.

10:30 am – “Easy Ways to Help Yourself to Reduce Energy Use in the Home”
Covers thermal comfort of individuals, low cost/no cost energy saving tips, air sealing, window treatments, lighting in the kitchen and upgrading heating systems.

1 pm – “Comparing Different Home Heating Fuels and Alternative Energy Systems” Covers advantages and disadvantages of fossil fuels, renewable fuels, electricity from the grid, heat pumps, thermal solar, photovoltaic solar, wind and hydropower, and includes information on tax incentives for various energy practices.

Participants may choose to attend the live segments or view at a later time. Once viewers register, they will receive information on linking to either the live webinars or watching the recorded sessions anytime after the original programs airs.

For more information, visit http://umaine.edu/ext-energy/webinar. To sign up for the session, contact UMaine Extension at 207-564-3301 or in Maine 1-800-287-1491, or email Amanda Miles at amanda.miles@maine.edu.

The “Grants Connector” program provides information support for businesses, non-profits, government entities, and other interested parties to pursue federal, state and private energy efficiency, conservation and renewable energy project grants and financial incentives. The purpose of this project is to track federal, state and local energy funding programs and incentives, their guidelines and all applicable deadlines.

The Governor’s Office of Energy Independence and Security (OEIS) seeks to provide a dynamic, updated list of state, federal and private funding programs for energy projects like:

• Increased energy efficiency or enhanced conservation of energy for electric, heating and cooling systems;
• Increased energy efficiency, enhanced conservation and weatherization in building or facility envelope, appliances, lighting, industrial equipment, systems and other components;
• Increased use of renewable, indigenous energy sources like biomass, biofuels, on-and off-shore wind, solar, tidal power and geothermal energy.
• Installation or expansion of combined cooling, heat and power systems and waste-heat recovery systems.
• Switch to natural gas from oil as a low-carbon, transitional fuel.

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Friday, June 24, 2011

Wells Conference Center, University of Maine, Orono, Maine

See the conference schedule.

Register. There is a small charge to attend the conference. Pre-registration is required.

The conference builds on the NEWEEP webinar series, an ongoing, free resource providing decision-makers, individuals, and communities with information on which to make informed decisions about proposed wind energy projects in New England.