SOLAR TODAY - March 2010

inside ases | american solar energy society news

Training, Networking at SOLAR 2010

Join us at SOLAR 2010 for the nation’s best educational opportunity for solar energy professionals! Learn about the emerging trends, technology and opportunities shaping the new energy society — and how your career can benefit from them! Meet business, education and technology leaders from across the broad spectrum of solar energy professions. Many sessions will offer continuing education credits for professionals.

You won’t want to miss the conference opening plenary, which features a panel of renewable energy strategic thinkers and visionaries discussing the industry’s current state as well as their visions for its future. The panel will be moderated by Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for PBS’s “The News-Hour” and will feature Denis Hayes, Amory Lovins, Cathy Zoi (invited) and others.

Gain new customers, develop existing markets, grow your business by attending SOLAR 2010! Leaders and experts from all aspects of the solar energy industry attend the National Solar Conference. Of our attendees and exhibitors, 95 percent say that attendance at the National Solar Conference pays for itself in terms of business and career development!

To register and find out more, visit solar2010.org.

Solar Pioneer Devoted Life
to Renewable Energy

Harold Hay was a vocal critic of the solar industry — and also one of its loud-est proponents.

Hay, who passed away Dec. 22 at 100, was a solar pioneer, best known for his invention of the Skytherm system in the 1970s. Using roof-mounted plastic bladders full of water, the system helped heat and cool buildings using the power of the sun alone. While the system never fully took off, it was considered a

HAROLD HAy

getinvolved: locate an ASES chapter in your community

Alabama alabama Solar assoc. P: 256.658.5189 arch42@gmail.com al-solar.org Contact: A. Morton Archibald Jr. Arizona arizona Solar Energy assoc. P: 602.952.8192 j2envarch@aol.com arizonasolarenergy.org Contact: Daniel Aiello Arkansas New Chapter! arkansas renewable Energy assoc. P: 877.575.0379 info@arkansasrenewableenergyassoc.org arkansasrenewableenergyassoc.org Contact: Frank Kelly California norcal Solar Energy assoc. P: 510.705.8813 solarinfo@norcalsolar.org norcalsolar.org Contact: Rachel Huang *redwood Empire Solar living assoc. P: 707.744.2017 sli@solarliving.org solarliving.org Contact: Coral Mills San Diego renewable Energy Society P: 619.778.7263 info@sdres.org sdres.org Contact: Bruce Rogow Colorado *colorado renewable Energy Society P: 303.806.5317 info@cres-energy.org cres-energy.org Exec. Dir.: Sheila Townsend Connecticut *northeast Sustainable Energy assoc. P: 413.774.6051 nesea@nesea.org nesea.org Exec. Dir.: Jennifer Marrapese Solar Energy assoc. of connecticut NESEA Local Chapter P: 860.233.5684 ramank0@yahoo.com solarenergyofct.org Contact: K. Raman

Delaware *northeast Sustainable Energy assoc. P: 413.774.6051 nesea@nesea.org nesea.org Exec. Dir.: Jennifer Marrapese Sustainable Delaware NESEA Local Chapter P: 302.645.2657 johnmateyko@verizon.net Contact: John Mateyko Florida Florida renewable Energy assoc. P: 352.241.4733 info@cleanenergyflorida.org cleanenergyflorida.org Contact: Craig Williams Georgia georgia Solar Energy assoc. info@gasolar.us gasolar.org Contact: Todd Patrick Idaho New Chapter! Idaho renewable Energy assoc. P: 208.639.0656 dustin@idahosolar.org idahosolar.org Contact: Dustin W. Baker Illinois Illinois Solar Energy assoc. P: 312.376.8245 illinoissolar.org Contact: Mark Burger *Midwest renewable Energy assoc. P: 715.592.6595 info@the-mrea.org the-mrea.org Contact: Amy Heart Indiana New Chapter! Indiana renewable Energy assoc. P: 574.536.9483 indianarenew@homeandmobileenergy.com indianarenew.org Contact: Leon Bontrager

KEY
= staffed office
green = a chapter of the Northeast Sustain-
able Energy Assoc.

Iowa *Midwest renewable Energy assoc. P: 715.592.6595 info@the-mrea.org the-mrea.org Contact: Amy Heart Kansas Heartland renewable Energy Society P: 816.224.5550 sharla@hathmore.com heartland-res.org Contact: Sharla Riead Kentucky Kentucky Solar Energy Society P: 502.227.4562 solar@kysolar.org kysolar.org Contact: Andy McDonald Louisiana louisiana Solar Energy Society P: 225.767.0715 info@lses.org lses.org Contact: Jeff Shaw Maine *northeast Sustainable Energy assoc. P: 413.774.6051 nesea@nesea.org nesea.org Exec. Dir.: Jennifer Marrapese Maine Solar Energy assoc. NESEA Local Chapter P: 207.497.2204 sunwatt@juno.com mainesolar.org Contact: Richard Komp Maryland Potomac region Solar Energy assoc. info@prsea.org prsea.org Contact: Nelson Buck Massachusetts *northeast Sustainable Energy assoc. P: 413.774.6051 nesea@nesea.org nesea.org Exec. Dir.: Jennifer Marrapese Boston area Solar Energy assoc. NESEA Local Chapter P: 617.242.2150 hkv@solarwave.com basea.org Contact: Henry K. Vandermark

cape and Islands
renewable Energy collaborative
NESEA Local Chapter
P: 774.487.4614
chrisp@weeinfo.com
cirenew.org
Contact: Chris Powicki
Springfield area Sustainable Energy assoc.
NESEA Local Chapter
P: 413.734.1456
sasea@gmail.com
nesea.org/sasea
Contact: Mike Kocsmiersky
Michigan
*great lakes renewable Energy assoc.
P: 517.646.6269 or 800.434.9788
info@glrea.org
glrea.org
Contact: Samantha Keeney
*Midwest renewable Energy assoc.
P: 715.592.6595
info@the-mrea.org
the-mrea.org
Contact: Amy Heart
Minnesota
Minnesota renewable Energy Society
P: 612.308.4757
info@mnrenewables.org
mnrenewables.org
Contact: David Boyce
Mississippi
Mississippi Solar Energy Society
sdlewis@megagate.com
Contact: Steve Lewis
Missouri
Heartland renewable Energy Society
P: 816.224.5550
hresadmin@heartland-res.org
heartland-res.org
Contact: Sharla Riead
Nevada
Sunrise Sustainable resources group
P: 775.224.1877
philip_moore@charter.net.
sunrisenevada.org
Contact: Philip Moore
Solar nV
P: 702.507.0093
contact@solarnv.org
solarnv.org
Contact: Deidre Radford