Sept. 22, 2010
Robin Carnahan, secretary of state for Missouri, and Roy Blunt, U.S. 7th District representative, are campaigning for the U.S. Senate seat of retiring Kit Bond. You can hear their views on energy plans for Missouri and the U.S. in two sessions at ONE 3. Robin Carnahan will speak at 9 a.m. Thursday, and Roy Blunt at 3 p.m. Friday. To hear them, you must be registered to attend the conference--see registration details below. Learn more about them at www.carnahan.com and www.royblunt.com. Learn Results of Green Jobs Survey The Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce and Ozarks Regional Economic Partnership facilitated a green jobs survey in sourthwest Missouri this summer. Enjoy your Thursday lunch while Mark Ellickson of Opinion Research Specialists presents the survey results. Jeff Seifried of the Chamber will moderate a discussion of those results by a panel of Doug Neidigh, Cindy Stephens, Michael Garner, Kristen Westerman and Kathy Shatto. Registrations Still Available You may still register for ONE 3. The full two-day conference is $100, including two breakfasts, lunch on Thursday and the reception Thursday evening, and one day is $75 with meals for that day. Discounts for students, ONE Friend members and sponsors with members also are available. If you decide at the last minute to attend, here are the prices for walk-ins with no advance registration, cash or check only. Note: no meals for walk-ins.
Russel Jay Gehrke to Sign Books  Local author and eco-engineer Russel Jay Gehrke will be availble to sign copies of his books during breaks Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. He has written Green Home Energy Solutions and Recycling Projects for the Evil Genius. You can read more about Russel's engineering, combustion science and alternative fuels expertise and accomplishments at www.russeljay.com.  The MSU Bookstore on the 2nd floor of Plaster Student Union will offer a variety of books for purchase on energy issues, sustainability, green building and sustainable agriculture. Don't forget to check them out!Parking, Meals and Logistics Unless you want a ticket or towed vehicle, you'll need to park in Bear Park North west of the Juanita K. Hammons Performing Arts Center and accessed from Cherry and Elm Streets. Lot 44 on Elm directly across the street from the garage also is available for free for larger vehicles.  For a map of the campus, go to http://missouristate.edu/map/othermaps/parking.asp.Your name badge is your "ticket" for access to all sessions, meals, demos and field trips so be sure to pick yours up at Registration on the 3rd floor of Plaster Student Union. You'll need to purchase your Friday lunch for the "Successful Sustainability Practices From Big Business to Homeowners" session at noon. Avoid the long student lines in the union food court by pre-ordering and paying for a turkey, ham or vegetarian sandwich with drink, chips and dessert for $8.50. Order and pay for your lunch at the table next to Registration Thursday morning or call 581-0745 with your order. Thanks to Our Sponsors and Exhibitors Thanks to our newest sponsor, Meek's. Without our sponsors, ONE 3 simply would not happen. Tell them thank you with your time and purchasing power. Associated Electric Cooperative BNIM Architects Carson-Mitchell College of Natural and Applied Science at Missouri State University Connelly Mechanical Southwest Missouri Chapter of Construction Specifications Institute Crowder College MARET Center Drury University Emerald Ops Great River Associates LilyPad EV Meek's Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Missouri Heartland Chapter of U.S. Green Building Council National Biomass Producers Association Oakridge Consulting Partnership for Sustainability SolSource Greenbuild Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce/Ozarks Regional Economic Partnership The Alternative Energy Company TradeWind Energy For information on sponsorships from $500 to $5,000, go to Sponsors at www.ozarksnewenergy.org. Our sponsors are exhibitors, but we also want to thank our non-sponsor exhibitors for their support: City of Springfield Missouri Department of Natural Resources Ozarks Technical Community College's Center for Workforce Development Ozarks Green Building Coalition Ozarks Transportation Organization Power Source Solar Renew Missouri Roof Top Sedums Urban Roots Farm Watershed Committee of the Ozarks  Jim Gardner's Energy Tech Talk Blog: We Believe in CrazyRead Jim's latest energy blog at http://jimgardner.ozarksnewenergy.org/ where he talks about a Popular Science article proposing high-rise urban "farms" for the future. Sounds crazy, but roof-top gardens are already a fact so why not a self-contained farm in a skyscraper? Walmart Installs Thin Film Solar  The world's largest retailer, Walmart, has announced it will install thin film solar technology systems in 20 to 30 stores in the U.S. The systems utilize semiconductors about one micron thick and are lighter and cheapter than traditional crystalline wafer panels. The thin film utilizes copper iridium gallium selenide and cadmium telluride.According to Walmart, it hopes to supply each location with 20% to 30'% of its total energy needs, producing up to 22.5 million kilowatt hours of clean energy per year and restricting carbon dioxide production to 11,650 metric tons per year. Walmart's ultimate goal is to use various technologies around the world to become a leading company supplied by 100% renewable energy. The retailer already purchases wind energy across Texas and Mexico and is in the process of testing geothermal energy, fuel cells, solar and wind power in Canada. Walmart currently has 31 stores equipped with solar installations in California and Hawaii. For More Information www.ozarksnewenergy.org |
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