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Written by Bert McMahon
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- Look at a solar PV project design
- How to Do It Yourself project
- Westinghouse Solar panels suitable for a home
Bert will describe a design of a PV system to be placed on a patio cover using Westinghouse Solar AC PV panels.
Bert McMahon is a Sr Test Engineer for Electronic Products. He has 10 years experience as Lead Test Engineer / Technical Program Manager developing manufacturing test specs and test station HW for consumer electronic products (Palm PDA, Palm Cell phone, HP TouchPad). He has experience working with Engineering for DFT Design-for-Test and experience working with Contract Manufacturers in training, technical support, and test station validation. Bert is NABCEP certified.
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My Green Life Starts with a Straw Bale Home |
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Written by Waidy Lee
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- Living Green: straw bale passive living approach
- Zero fossil fuel home, is it possible?
- Residential Nano PV solar farm in the heart of Silicon Valley
- The EV story: when buying EV, other than range, Is there anything else I should know?
Thursday Morning Meeting, May 23
8:00am - 9:30am
Free, No reservations required.
Saratoga Federated Church, Richards Hall
20390 Park Place, Saratoga, CA 95070
Enter on west side, corner of Oak Place and Saratoga-Los Gatos Rd (hiway 9).
 Waidy Lee has been closely paying attention to the environment. She built a passive solar, 'fossil free' house made out of straw bale, with a 25KW photovoltaic solar with power backup system, using *almost No* gas. She only has a cook top and a couple of gas burning stoves for use in emergency of long power outage. Recently, Waidy added a living roof to offset the fossil fuel the oil companies put into the environment. Her electric cars include 2 Rav4EV and a Tesla Model S and is part of the fossil-free effort.
Waidy is an energetic and motivated individual. Much of her experience has been within engineering organizations, today she desires the opportunity to be on the front lines, interacting with customers. Successful at many transitions in her career, she is confident her energy and passion is an asset. Waidy also has the advantage of the Chinese language (speaking several dialects). This is another reason for her move from engineering to a customer contact role.
Waidy Lee is on the Advisory Board Member for Science and Technology at Foothill College, Sustainable Silicon Valley, and she is Pacific Rim Advisor for Coulomb Technologies.
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An Overview and Status Update on California AB2514: Energy Storage Bill |
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Written by Gregory Chu
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California AB2514, co-sponsored by Nancy Skinner & Jerry Brown was signed into law by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 9/2010 and requires California electric utilities to procure energy storage systems with a minimum capacity by 2014. Learn how this transformative legislation has and will:
- Lower Electricity Costs & Reduce Air Pollution
- Enable Renewable Energy and the Smart Grid here in California
- Create Bay Area Jobs
 Gregory Chu writes about the clean tech arena for the EcoGreen Group. He is an energy storage enthusiast who firmly believes that grid scale energy storage will enable the widespread adoption of renewable energy and Smart Grid here in California. His wide ranging research interests include Six Sigma and Lean Methodologies, Value Chain Analysis and climate change. Gregory received a BS Chemical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara and an MBA from Santa Clara University.
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Go Solar & Drive Electric |
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Written by Dr. Nick Carter
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- How can PV + EV power my house and my car?
- What does it take (costs and benefits)?
- How to size the PV system to cover driving?
- Where are the opportunities?
 Dr. Nick Carter is a visionary and thought leader in the renewable energy and sustainable transportation space. He is an entrepreneur and innovator founding two companies, npc Solar and npc Imaging. He developed and taught a 5-day PV curriculum to 1,000+ trainees, then trained trainers to run the program. He has worked on 50+ PV installations in the SF Bay Area in all capacities and has served on the national board of the Electric Auto Association and as President of the North Bay Electric Auto Association. Nick and is wife have been driving EVs since 2001 and currently share a Nissan LEAF and Prius PHEV.
NABCEP-certified PV Installer
NYSERDA Provisional Eligible Installer
Member of SMA SunnyPro Club, ASES, NorCal Solar
NPC Solar
http://www.npcsolar.com
http://www.pvev.net
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Life Cycle Assessment of LED Products: what I have learned |
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Written by Mei-Ling Shek
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- What is life cycle analysis?
- Life-cycle energy consumption of LED lamps
- LED manufacturing and performance
- LED environmental testing
This will be a beginner’s talk on life cycle assessment, based on reading recent DOE reports on the energy & environmental impacts of LED lighting products.
Mei-Ling Shek has worked as consultant and as scientist in both academic and industrial startup settings (telecom optoelectronics & low-power solar concentrator). Her background is surface science, materials & optics. While she is looking for ways to make technical contributions to solar energy or LED lighting, Mei-Ling tries to learn about the many facets of sustainability and do what she can to preserve our environment.
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