SOLAR TODAY - September/October 2011

Join the National Solar Movement

JoDY Hor Ton

Have you found a solar tour in your area? On Oct. 1, more than 5,500 homes and businesses will open their doors to solar enthusiasts taking part in the world’s largest grassroots solar event: the ASES National Solar Tour. Visit nationalsolartour.org to find a tour of solar-powered, energy-efficient and environmentally conscious homes in your area.

One example is the Austin Cool House Tour that took place in June, when more than 2,000 people visited 16 innovative green homes. The loft pictured here, a former tour home in Austin, is a multi-purpose space — it functions as a home and a working art studio for the two owners. High-efficiency UV-rated windows allow the artists a full view and provide natural light.

Want to see more? Visit the ASES Facebook page to see photos of tours around the nation. To share your favorite sights, email tour photos to aabdallah@solartoday.org and we will include them in the Facebook album.

Pennsylvania *northeast Sustainable energy Assoc. P: 413.774.6051 nesea@nesea.org nesea.org Contact: Taryn Harriman Rhode island *northeast Sustainable energy Assoc. P: 413.774.6051 nesea@nesea.org nesea.org Contact: Taryn Harriman South carolina *South carolina Solar council emyers@energy.sc.gov scsolarcouncil.org Contact: Erika Myers tennessee tenneessee Solar energy Assoc. P: 865.974.9218 steve@tnsolarenergy.org tnsolarenergy.org Contact: Steven Levy texas *texas Solar energy Society P: 512.326.3391, 800.465.5049 info@txses.org txses.org Contact: natalie Marquis utah *utah Solar energy Assoc. P: 801.836.2420 lbelnap@aeesolar.com utsolar.org Contact: Levi Belnap Vermont *northeast Sustainable energy Assoc. P: 413.774.6051 nesea@nesea.org nesea.org Contact: Taryn Harriman Virginia Potomac Region Solar energy Assoc. P: 410.977.8440 bspirt@prsea.org prsea.org Contact: Brian Spirt Washington Solar Washington P: 206.973.7374 brian@solarwa.org solar wa.org Contact: Brian Allen

Washington, d.c.
Potomac Region Solar energy Assoc.
P: 410.977.8440
bspirt@prsea.org
prsea.org
Contact: Brian Spirt
Wisconsin
*Midwest Renewable energy Assoc.
P: 715.592.6595
info@the-mrea.org
the-mrea.org
Contact: Doug Stingle
Student chAPteRS
Appalachian State university Sustainable
energy Society
asuses@gmail.com
asuses.appstate.edu
Contact: Tess Scanlon
Austin community college Renewable energy
Student Assoc. New Chapter!
P: 512.223.6225
austincc.edu/resa
accrenewableenergystudentassoc@gmail.com
Contact: Electronic & Advanced Tech Dept.

ncSu Renewable energy Society
P: 919.515.9782
ccmaurer@unity.ncsu.edu
Contact: C.C. Maurer
Penn State Student chapter of ASeS
clubs.psu/up/ases
ases@psu.edu
Contact: Jeffrey Brownson
Solar education & Outreach,
the Ohio State university
P: 614.595.3847
searles.31@buckeyemail.osu.edu
seo.org.ohio-state.edu
Contact: Trace Searles
university of florida
P: 561.827.3608
ases.uf@gmail.com
ufases.org
Contact: Alex Palomino
Key
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Green = This chapter has sub-chapters. Visit
online to find the sub-chapter nearest you.

DIVISIONS Divisions Chair: David L. Comis dcomis@sentech.org

Clean Energy and Water
Chair: Nathan Mitten
mittenater@gmail.com
Concentrating Solar Power
Chair: Alison Mason
alison.mason@skyfuel.com
Sustainable Transportation
Chair: Scotte Elliott
selliott@greentechconsultants.com
Resource Applications
Chair: Justin Robinson
jrobinson@campbellsci.com
Small Wind
Co-chairs: Trudy Forsyth
trudy_forsyth@nrel.gov
Karin Sinclair
karin_sinclair@nrel.gov
Solar Buildings
Chair: Vikram Sami
vssami@yahoo.com
Solar Electric
Chair: Joseph McCabe
energyideas@gmail.com
Solar Thermal
Chair: Barry Butler
barry@butlersunsolutions.com
Sustainability
Chair: David Panich
dpanich@pnarch.com

ASES Trust Fund

The ASES Trust Fund was
established in November 1999
to receive contributions to
an endowment for ASES that
will provide income for ASES
educational programs
in perpetuity.
To make a donation,
visit ases.org/donate.

$450,000 and higher C.E. Bennett Foundation

$50,000 – $150,000 Otto and Phoebe Hass Fund at The Seattle Foundation $75,000

$25,000 – $50,000 Karl W. and Renate Böer $40,000 Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland $25,000

$10,000 – $25,000 Richard Collins $10,000 Molly O. Ross $10,000

BOARD COMMITTEES
Education
Chair: Nathalie Osborn
education@ases.org
International
Chair: John Reynolds
international@ases.org
Policy
Chair: David Hill
policy@ases.org