[NMSEA-news] Events, Workshops, Announcements
News from New Mexico Solar Energy Association
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Thu Jan 31 16:34:35 MST 2008
Hi Solar Enthusiasts!
Here's the latest Chapter events, workshops, and announcments.
Please see the NMSEA Event Calendar for a more complete list of events
at http://www.nmsea.org/Events/Event_Calendar.php
Also, check out the Sustainable ABQ website for other events in and
around Albuquerque. Go to http://www.sustainableabq.com/news_events.htm
If you have questions or comments, please contact us! We value your input!
NEW MEXICO SOLAR ENERGY ASSOCIATION
1009 Bradbury St SE, Ste. 35
Albuquerque, NM 87106
505-246-0400, 888-886-6765
Fax: 505-246-2251
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February 9-17: Sustainability's Economic Dimension Workshop
February 23: Farmington - FREE Solar for Home and Business Seminar
February 26: NMSEA Albuquerque Chapter Meeting -- Duke Castle -- The
Natural Step
February and March: NMSEA Alamogordo Chapter-Community Education Program
March 10-11: Tribal energy solutions to climate change workshop
May 17-18 Green Built Tour
ANNOUNCMENTS (at the bottom)
***Rebuild New Mexico looking for a few good Board Members
*** New Mexico Solar Tax Credit application deadline extended
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FEBRUARY 9-17 SUSTAINABILITY'S ECONOMIC DIMENSION
Join us in Albuquerque, February 9-17 as we hold the vision of
co-creating a world that
works for everyone. In an exciting 9 day exploration in design process,
you will discover
the fundamental pattern shifts that are beginning to happen in our
economic and
monetary systems necessary to make that world a reality. You will apply
these design
patterns, principles and practices in your personal life and projects so
that you can begin
bringing forth that world in your life immediately.
What a treat for us to have great leaders of the new social and economic
paradigm joining
us for this exploration:
Rich Ruster:
Ph.D in holistic psychology and whole systems science; author of The
Homing Process:
A Unifying Theory of Evolving Systems & The Human Dream Blog at
richardruster.com; Executive Steward of Hummingbird Community in
Northern New
Mexico.
Maggie Seeley
Managing Partner of Green It! The Sustainability Team, City of
Albuquerque consultant;
International Business Consultant; UNM teacher in the Sustainability
Studies Department
and the Anderson Graduate School of Management.
Laird Schaub
Canbridge Consulting and Facilitation, teacher, trainer, and facilitator
in consensus
decision making and conflict resolution,; Co-Founder and Executive
Secretary for the
Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC); Co-Founder of Sandhill Farm, an
egalitarian community modeling alternative economics.
Come explore with us such subjects as Shifting the Global Economy to
Sustainability;
Local Currencies; Right Livelihood; Social Enterprises; Ecovillage
Principles; Natural
Capitalism; Ecology of Commerce; Triple Bottom Line; Nurturing Local
Economies; and
more.
This course is the Economic Dimension of Ecovillage Design Education, an
advanced
sustainability certification curriculum endorsed by the United Nations.
For more
information go to www.ecovillagedesignsouthwest.org and call Robert
Griffin at 505-366-4700.
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FEBRUARY 23 - SOLAR FOR HOME AND BUSINESS SEMINAR
Farmington Museum, 10-4:30
10:00-10:30 Paul Pavlik, a homeowners experience with solar
10:30-11:00 Dan Laribee, Contractor who builds with solar
11:00-11:45 Norm Larivee, heating with solar panels.
12:00-12:45 J.R. Sykes, Cost effective Solar Uses.- Thermal
12:45-1:15 Lunch break
1:15 -2:00 Daniel Peterson, solar electric grid tie systems, the net
metering agreement,
and federal and state tax rebates for systems such as these.
2:00- 2:45 Solar for electricity.
3:00- 4:30 Dave Porter, power point presentation on passive solar
Tables with info on solar will be out in the hallway
Snacks will be provided, for lunch break there are near by fast food
restaurants and
sitdown restaurants to grab a to go meal and you are welcomed to bring
it back to the
Museum and eat.
For more info Elisa Bird -- Sustainable San Juan
334-1840
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FEBRUARY 26, 2008 NMSEA ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER MEETING
Speaker: Duke Castle
Title: "The Natural Step Sustainability Framework"
The Natural Step is an international network of educational
organizations that use a
science-based systems framework to help companies, communities, and
organizations
understand and take the next steps towards sustainability. This
workshop is an
introduction to this framework that provides a guide to thinking and
acting in harmony
with the earth's cyclical processes.
NMSEA Albuquerque Chapter meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of each
month
(Except December), 6:30 PM, at REI (northwest of the intersection of
I-25 and Montano)
in Albuquerque.
We hope you will join us!
Ed Heller
NMSEA Albuquerque Chapter President
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FEBRUARY AND MARCH -- NMSEA ALAMOGORDO CHAPTER EVENTS
New Mexico Solar Energy Association. -- Alamogordo Chapter is scheduled
to do 3 community education programs at NMSU-A this spring.
The Wednesday evening classes are:
Feb 6 &13 Basics of Alterative Energy
Feb 27 & Mar 5 Passive Solar: Housewarming without mechanical systems
Mar 12 & 19 Active Solar Energy & Living off the Grid
More information at http://alamo.nmsu.edu/community/springcourses.cgi
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MAY 17-18 GREEN BUILT TOUR
Greetings, It is not too early to start planning for the 2008 GreenBuilt
Tour. The tentative dates are May 17 and 18, 2008. The application
forms are attached. Please let me know if you have questions.
For general information, see:
http://www.usgbcnm.org/events.shtml#greenbuilt
Best regards,
Larry Gorman
Building Energy Solutions, Inc.
505-269-2969 phone
505-867-7965 fax
lgorman3 at comcast.net <mailto:lgorman3 at comcast.net>
www.buildingenergysolutions.com <http://www.buildingenergysolutions.com>
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REBUILD NM: LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD BOARD MEMBERS
Rebuild New Mexico is seeking members to fill a few positions on our
Board of
Directors. This is a great opportunity to use your expertise in Energy
Efficiency to make
New Mexico a better place. These positions are volunteer and require
either a monthly
call in or physical attendance at the board meeting on the second
Wednesday of the
month at 8 am in our office in Albuquerque. The meetings are fun,
interesting and very
informative. The monthly meetings generally last for an hour to an hour
and a half. We
are calling for folks from all parts of the State to submit their resume
and be considered
as a Board Member committed to advancing Energy Efficiency through
Education and
Innovation. Members will vote for the new Board of Directors at the
Annual Partner
meeting on March 4th. For more information please check out our web
site at
www.Rebuildnewmexico.org <http://www.Rebuildnewmexico.org> or call
768-5346. Please, by the end of Feb, submit your
resume to Info at rebuildnewmexico.org <mailto:Info at rebuildnewmexico.org>
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NEW MEXICO SOLAR TAX CREDIT APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED
State Law Changes That Took Effect in 2007 Helping Citizens Go Solar
Contact: Jane Tabor, Public Outreach Administrator
(505) 476-3252, Jane.Tabor at state.nm.us <mailto:Jane.Tabor at state.nm.us>
Santa Fe -- New Mexico homeowners and businesses that installed solar
energy systems
during the year will have an additional month to submit applications for
2007 state tax
credits. The January 15, 2008, deadline will be changed to February 15,
2008. This
deadline change also applies to subsequent years.
"Filing for the New Mexico tax credit requires first that the solar
system be certified by
the state's Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department," said
Fernando
Martinez, director of the Department's Energy Conservation and
Management Division.
"Our staff stands ready to help anyone who has installed a solar energy
system with the
certification process."
The certification process supports quality assurance of solar systems
and includes
requirements for permitting, licensed contractors, and code-compliant
equipment. Many
solar system installers will assist with documenting the solar system's
operation and the
certification process.
The Energy Conservation and Management Division encourages those who
have not yet
applied for the state tax credits for their systems to get their
paperwork in order and
submitted. For assistance, call the Division at 505-476-3310.
New Mexico provides a tax credit of up to $9,000 for a solar energy
system installed
between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2015, in addition to the
federal tax credit of
up to $2,000. If two separate systems are installed, such as solar
photovoltaic electric and
solar thermal heating, state tax credits can be claimed for both
systems, up to a total of
$18,000.
Thanks to action last year by Governor Richardson and the New Mexico
Legislature, two
additional solar incentives are available to make it easier to utilize
solar energy. The
Solar Gross Receipts Tax Exemption is now in effect, which can help
reduce the upfront
cost at the time of purchase. New Mexico's long-standing Solar Rights
Act, which
established the right to use solar energy as a property right, has been
strengthened.
Retroactive to 1978, it is prohibited for cities and homeowners'
associations to establ
ish covenants, codes, or restrictions that forbid solar installations
(with the exception of
historic districts). More homeowners can now utilize their right to an
unobstructed line-of-sight path to the sun.
For more information about New Mexico's solar energy incentives, visit
www.CleanEnergyNM.org <http://www.cleanenergynm.org/>.
The Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department provides resource
protection and renewable energy resource development services to the
public and other state agencies.
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