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July 2013
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Thanks to our new and renewing Professional Members and Solar Supporters!
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Morning Sun Home
 Happy Valley
"Morning Sun" is a 2800 ft2 home constructed in 2009 in the Portland suburb of Happy Valley. The home was designed for highest levels of efficiency and is rated Energy Star Home, Oregon High Performance Home, and LEED-H Platinum (pending)
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 Interested in volunteering for our in-school energy education program? Contact Emily Krafft at emily@solaroregon.org.
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Early Bird Registration now open for Solar Now! University
Coos Bay September 26th-29th
Solar Now! University 2013 is an opportunity to gather, learn, and share to advance solar energy in Oregon. The 2013 Solar Now! University conference will focus the objectives of the US Department of Energy Rooftop Solar Challenge II which is aimed at innovative, local-government-level solutions for eliminating market barriers and lowering the non-hardware balance of system costs of grid-tied photovoltaics. This conference is recommended for municipal and nonprofit leaders, city planners, utility and industry representatives, students, and renewable energy advocates.
Solar Now! University Topics:
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We need your help to build more solar in Portland.
- Kickstart a new fund for community-shared solar with your tax-deductible gift.
- Donations of $500 or more can receive full refund of the principal amount within six years.
- Solar Forward's first photovoltaic (PV) system will be installed at Southwest Community Center.
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 Solar South of the Border
By Alan Scott, FAIA The Cadmus Group Solar Oregon Board Member
The trend toward sustainable development is truly international, making inroads in sectors from agriculture to manufacturing, buildings and energy. This is certainly true of our neighbors to the south. On a recent trip to Guadalajara, I was able to witness this first hand and dig into some of the details. I was invited to Guadalajara to deliver an address at the Universidad Panamericana's XII Simposium Internacional de Ingeniería Civil, titled "LEED en Latinoamérica" and focused on the importance of using tools like Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and the Living Building Challenge to support the creation of high-performance building projects. While there, I also met with the Cámara Mexicana de la Industria de la Construcción (CMIC) Jalisco Energy and Environment Committee and conducted a videoconference on green building and sustainable forestry that was broadcast to Comisión Nacional Forestal (CONAFOR) staff in 18 Mexican states. |
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I am proud to report that Obsidian Renewables will be adding another large solar PV project to its Oregon portfolio this fall. We will be building a 500 kw project in Lakeview, Oregon, next to our existing 363 kw project and PacifiCorp's 2.5 megawatt Black Cap project that we developed last year. The project is called Lakeview 500 (no, it's not a NASCAR race).
Lakeview 500 will be the 23rd project Obsidian has developed or financed in Oregon, and it will be the fourth large project Obsidian has developed in Lake County. The project will be built under Oregon's feed-in tariff pilot program where we were the winning bid. Under the program, project owners and developers are allowed to bid for a power purchase agreement (PPA) price to Pacific Power and PGE for projects up to 500 kw in size.
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Solar Drinks - Portland
Tuesday August 13th
Solar + EcoRoofs
We return to one of our favorite venues for August Solar Drinks. Enjoy Solterra's solar eco rooftop, refreshments and a presentation by Ed McNamara of Turtle Island Development LLC.
This month's topic: The roof of the Ramona Apartments - installing an eco roof, solar hot waterpanels, and PV on a 5-story wood framed affordable housing apartment building. How we decided to do it, what we learned, and what else we would like to know.
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Successful SolWest Fair and Eastern Oregon Workshop Tour
We had a blast this month in Eastern Oregon with great turn outs for our workshops in Pendleton, Enterprise, Baker City, Ontario and at SolWest in John Day.
After 15 years this was the last SolWest Fair to be held at the Grant County Fairgrounds in John Day but don't despair! Oregon Rural Action, our friends friends and fellow solar advocates will be carrying the torch next year in La Grande and Solar Oregon will be there.
Solar Oregon would also like to thank Jennifer Barker, Executive Director of Eastern Oregon Renewable Energies for her tireless work and passion that have made SolWest such an important part of sustainable living in Oregon. Jennifer received awards from Oregon Department of Energy and Energy Trust of Oregon for her work and dedication to furthering renewable energy in Oregon. She is pictured above driving one of the EVs at the Fair.
Here are a couple items from the workshop tour and SolWest:
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Upcoming Events
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