October 6, 2010
Brown Bag Lunch
Finding Energy Savings in a Historic Property
Speaker: Rod Barker, Strater Hotel Owner
Topics covered will include:
HVAC
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Efficient Boilers
- Central AC
- Reclamation of waste heat
- Heat Storage and concentration of heat
- General Refrigeration
Lighting
- Fluorescent Lighting Systems
- Timers
- LED
12-1:15 PM
259 W. 9th Street
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Greetings!
The 11th Annual Energy Tour is this weekend, complete with a new roster of two commercial buildings and four stellar homes. Don't miss out on learning how your neighbors are making their homes and buildings more energy efficient and using solar in creative ways. Purchase your map here or at the Durango Farmer's Market on Saturday.
Also, don't miss out on tonight's Energy Forum: Creating a Clean Energy Economy in Southwest
Colorado.
This event is FREE!
Read on for Details...
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Energy Forum
Creating a Clean Energy Economy in Southwest
Colorado
Wednesday, Sept 29 from 7-9pm | Fort Lewis College,
Noble Hall 130
FREE!
Panelists will have five minutes to do an introduction followed by a question/answer period with questions
coming from the audience after some prepared questions are answered. Panelists: Mark Stetz of Stetz Consulting (energy
efficiency and auditing) Ian Frech of Insight Energy
(microhydro) Britt Bassett renewable energy
contractor (DOE project and FIT) Derek Wadsworth of SolarWorks (solar
installer)
There was a Roundtable discussion on August 19
sponsored primarily by the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado in which two energy groups started an action plan on this subject. Those plans
will be presented at the forum and expanded by groups of participants
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Energy Tour this Weekend!
Get your map at the Farmers Market this Saturday
Tour four great homes, a retrofitted historic hotel, and a new LEED certified college building!Click here for more informationThanks to our Energy Tour sponsors!
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 As part of the
CEAP process, the Climate Change
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think are the best opportunities to adapt to the potential effects, and
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Please participate in the Climate Change Impacts Survey
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Strater Hotel Reaches Historic First Energy Star Rating is topic of Brown Bag Lunch
 Our own Strater Hotel is setting the pace for energy conservation in the historic hotel industry. They are the first commercial building
in Southwest Colorado and the first member of the Historic Hotels of America to achieve ENERGY STAR status. Rod Barker, Owner of the Strater Hotel, is presenting information about how the building achieved a 35% reduction in energy use and a 35% reduction in green house gas emissions (no small feat for a 123 year old business).  The Brown Bag Lunch presentation will take place Wednesday, October 6th from 12-1:15 at the First National Bank of Durango,259 W. 9th Street Download the flyerPssst! The Strater Hotel will also be on this year's Energy Tour- Get your map today! |
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Regards,
4CORE Staff
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