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Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator

News Management and Media Intern

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Solar Ambassadors Richard and Pauline Mather have a new companion for their residential solar system: A luminescent, pearl-colored 2011 Nissan Leaf all-electric powered car.

The Mathers hosted a Solar Party July 16 at their Salem, OR, home to celebrate the integration of their rooftop photovoltaic (PV) system, an in-house electric vehicle (EV) charging station, and their Nissan Leaf, delivered in May after a year's wait. They were lucky: Because of the recent tsunami in Japan where the Leafs were manufactured, the anticipated delivery date of fall 2010 was delayed by several more months, and only a handful of buyers got cars in the first Oregon shipment.  

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  Support Solar Through Workplace Giving! 

By Ron "Mac" McDowell, Solar Oregon Board Member

In 1989 Solar Oregon along with 13 other conservation organizations  officially launched a small nonprofit called the Environmental Federation of Oregon. The idea was to offer Oregonians an easy way to care for the environment - by giving at their workplaces. In 2000, with 32 local conservation member groups, the Environmental Federation of Oregon decided to take another step forward in supporting the quality of life in Oregon by joining EarthShare and becoming EarthShare of Oregon. With this change, supporters now had the benefit of choosing to fund national and global conservation causes as well as local efforts.

Today, they're simply called EarthShare Oregon (ESOR) and they're still Oregon's only nonprofit environmental federation for workplace fundraising.

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Solar Bonus Incentives

from the Energy Trust of Oregon

Energy Trust of Oregon has launched two bonus incentives to increase coordination and cooperation between trade ally contractors in the Existing Homes and Solar programs.  Contractors working within Energy Trust Service territories (Portland General Electric, Pacific Power, Northwest Natural Gas and Cascade Natural Gas) now have the opportunity to gain additional financial incentives for solar and energy conservation projects. The purpose of the bonus incentives is to encourage homeowners to pursue solar measures in concert with conservation measures and vice-versa. 

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Net Zero Open House
August 13th - Lake Oswego

Matt Briggs is generously opening his home once again to show us the results of his deep green retrofit, featuring energy-saving and renewable energy solutions from his award-winning documentary, "Deep Green."

Get the scoop on how to do it all yourself, what it will cost, and how to pay for it with the help of incentives and tax credits.

 Can You Believe it has been a Year?!

Join us on August 9th as we return to the solar PV + greenroof installation at SolTerra Systems. Last year the installation had just been completed and we listened to speakers from Portland State University who planned to monitor the system to see if the PV productivity increased when combined with a green roof. Now that it has been a year lets take a look at the data!

Thanks to this month's sponsor and New Solar Oregon Professional Member!

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Goal Net Zero Interest Group

August 22nd

Due to demand for more information, this month's Goal Net Zero Interest Group meeting will cover solar electric system leasing. Sean Larkin of Solar City will discuss how solar leasing differs from the traditional incentive route. This workshop will give homeowners the opportunity to ask questions and gather information on Solar City's leasing option in order to help you make an informed decision.

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