SOLAR TODAY - Get Started, Fall 2010

SOLAr TodAy®
LEADING ThE RENEWAbLE ENERGY REVOLUTION
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Brad Collins: executive Director/Publisher
publisher@solartoday.org

Editorial Gina R. Johnson: editor/associate Publisher editor@solartoday.org Seth Masia: Deputy editor Corey Dahl: managing editor Mike Koshmrl: editorial Intern

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Allison J. Gray: art Director
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Dan Bihn: Photojournalist
Contributors
richard Crume, rona fried, Chuck Kutscher, Joseph mc Cabe,
liz merry, mick Sagrillo, robert Ukeiley

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Welcome to the ASeS national Solar tour
The american Solar energy Society’s (aSeS) national Solar tour, now in its 15th year, is an opportunity to see how your neighbors use solar energy and live in climate- sensitive, efficient buildings. Year after year, the tour brings neighbors together to
learn about local smart building practices, solar installations and solar installers. We see real

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people in real buildings in our own neighborhoods.
The aSeS national Solar tour is possible through the volun-
teer efforts of more than 5,000 building owners across the country. By BRAD COLLINS

They generously open their doors to show the community what
they have done to become more sustainable. These building own-

Magazine Advisory Council Gabriela Martin, Chair Dan Bihn Paul Notari Richard Crume Alejandro Palomino Frank Kreith Mick Sagrillo Chuck Kutscher Ken Sheinkopf Joseph McCabe Robert Ukeiley Dona McClain Jane M. Weissman

ers are recruited by hundreds of volunteers who want to share their knowledge. more than 10,000 volunteer hours are spent to organize each year’s tour. We owe special thanks to all who give of their free time to make this experience happen. also, we offer special thanks to the tour’s sponsors, whose financial support makes this national effort possible: Conergy, trina Solar, Sanyo and Sun Crystals.

This magazine, Get Started, is produced as an annual bonus
Brad Collins is the
issue of SOLAR TODAY magazine. It’s an educational resource
executive director of
combined with a list of local installers, meant to help newcom-

ASES Operations Irene Pérez Law: Chief Operating Officer Becky Campbell-Howe: Director of Professional education Neshama Abraham: Director of marketing and Communications Christy Honigman: Director of Development Chris Stimpson: executive Campaigner Solar nation, a program of aSeS Carolyn Beach: membership manager Richard Burns: national Solar tour manager/ Chapters liaison Kristin Conrad: Web Development manager Kate Hotchkiss: Program manager/Chapters liaison Dona Mc Clain: Program Coordinator Elena Hoffrichter: bookkeeper Christine Howard: executive assistant Ann Huggins: member Services

the American Solar
ers to solar technologies shop intelligently. Get Started offers
Energy Society (ases.
basic information on solar technology and efficient buildings, as
org).
a supplement to what tour-goers learn from neighbors who have
opened their solar-powered homes. Our goal with this magazine
is to provide a ready resource to encourage more solar deployment. Keep the magazine as
a reference you can use today, tomorrow or next summer.

The aSeS national Solar tour empowers and educates. The most common response
is: Why aren’t we all doing solar? Why isn’t every building this efficient and sensible?

ASES Board of Directors Margot McDonald, Chair Jeff Lyng, Chair-elect Bill Poulin, treasurer Paulette Middleton, Secretary John Reynolds, Immediate Past Chair Toni Bouchard Jason Keyes Richard Caputo Nathan Mitten David Comis Victor Olgyay Gregory Edwards Nathalie Osborn Trudy Forsyth Tehri Parker Allison Gray Jeff Peterson David Hill Mark Thornbloom

Our research shows that the two biggest barriers to broader deployment of solar energy
technologies are government and utilities. This november, you can help change one of
those barriers. Please consider renewable energy issues when candidates seek your support
and votes. Our future can be brighter if leaders follow what most americans want: a swift

SOLAR TODAy (ISSn: 1042-0630) is published nine times per year by the american Solar energy Society, 4760 Walnut Street, Suite 106, boulder, Colorado 80301, 303.443.3130, faX 303.443.3212, ases@ases.org, ases.org. Copyright © 2010 by the american Solar energy Society Inc. all rights reserved.