BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Meetup Inc//RemoteApi//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://alternativeenergy.meetup.com/147/calendar/9984322/ica l/The+Charleston+Alternative+Energy+April+Meetup/ X-WR-CALNAME:Events - The Charleston Alternative Energy April Meetup BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Charleston Alternative Energy April Meetup DESCRIPTION:The Charleston Alternative Energy Meetup Group\n\nThe next Alte rnative Energy Forum will be Wednsday\, March 18th @ 7pm EST. We are happy to have Erika Hartwig Meyer on our conference call as our featured speaker from the South Carolina Energy Office. She will be speaking about the Eco nomic Stimulus package and what it means for renewable energy related busin esses and opportunities. Don't miss it!\nThis Alternative Energy Forum: W ednesday\, March 18\, 2009 @ 7pm\, be sure to call in (218) 339-4600 and pu t in the Access code766886# \n\n\nLast month we had a great call with Matt Charles from gridfeeders.com and our local group from eco-built.com.\nA lot of good information was shared about Solar Energy.\n\nThe February Altern ative Energy Forum is Wednesday\, Feb\, 18th 2009 @ 7pm. This months topic is Solar Energy. Be sure to call in (218) 339-4600 put in the access code 7 66886# \n See you then. \n Ian \n\nThis Alternative Energy Forum: We dnesday\, February 18\, 2009 @ 7pm\, be sure to call in (218) 339-4600 and put in the Access code766886# \n\nOur speaker will be Matt Charles\n Matt C harles is with Grid Feeders out of Vail Valley\, CO. He serves as EcoBilt's www.eco-bilt.com solar designer and engineer. Matt has designed hundreds o f solar pv\, solar thermal and wind related energy systems for clients all over the US. In his relationship with EcoBilt\, he looks forward to utiliza ing his experience and expertise to help make alternative energy more of a reality in lowcountry. \n \nEcoBilt is a Charleston based sustainable devel opment company offering sustainable constuction/energy retrofitting service s\, alternative energy solutions and LEED consulting. \n\n \n \n\n \n \ nDecember Alternative Energy Forum\n \nElizabeth Kress from Santee Cooper will give a presentation on the companies renewable energy programs. \n \ nTitle: Alternative Energy Forum \n \nDate: Wednesday\, December 17\, 2008 \n \nTime: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EST \n \n \nAfter registering you w ill receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the W ebinar. \n \nSystem Requirements \nPC-based attendees \nRequired: Windows ® 2000\, XP Home\, XP Pro\, 2003 Server\, Vista \n \nMacintosh®-based att endees \nRequired: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer \n \n \n \n\n\n \n Liz Kress - Biography \n\n \nPrincipal Engineer with the South Carolina P ublic Service Authority (Santee Cooper)\, working in the Conservation and R enewable Energy Group as a developer of Biomass\, Solar and Wind projects\ , and other renewable energy resource assessment activities for Santee Coop er. \n \nGraduated from Lehigh University in Bethlehem\, PA with a BS in M etallurgy and Materials Engineering\, and also has an MBA from the Universi ty of South Carolina. Originally from Hagerstown\, MD. she has lived in Sou th Carolina for 20+ years\, and has an amazing 13-year-old daughter\, Clara Ruth. \n\n\n\nGeothermal Alternative Energy Forum Wednesday\, November 19\ , 2008: \nWe had another successful Aternative Energy forum conference Call . with Michael Burns from Edge Solutions and Tom and Kim Madden from Custom Climate. Michael spoke in depth about the process of drilling and the sci ence of geothermal while Kim gave an overview on the benefits of geothermal HVAC and proper installation in the home. Tom joined the guests and helpe d to answer several questions about what it takes to install the equipment in the home. Thanks to our guests and our callers for some great questions. We will visit geothermal energy solutions in future conferences. You may contact our guests for further discussion at the following addresses \n\nMi chael Burns \nmburns@edgesolutions.us \nwww.edgesolutions.us \n\nTom and Ki m Madden \ninfo@customclimatehvac.com \nwww.customclimatehvac.com \n\nPleas e direct any questions or comments about the forum to me at ian@scleep.org and visit us at \nwww.charlestonenergy.ning.com and join the discussion. \n \n\nI am pleased to announce that the next Alternative Energy Forum will be held on December 17th at 7pm via conference call. Our featured speaker wi ll be Elizabeth Kress who will share with us some insight on Santee Cooper' s renewable energy program. You do not want to miss the event! Please em ail any questions you may have so we can forward them to Elizabeth right aw ay. \n\nThanks for staying involved. \n\nSincerely \n\nIan Sanchez\n\nCharl eston\, SC 29401 - USA\n\nWednesday\, April 15 at 7:00 PM\n\nAttending: 13 \n\nDetails: http://alternativeenergy.meetup.com/147/calendar/9984322/ LAST-MODIFIED:20090520T234121Z UID:event_9984322@meetup.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20090319T001210Z DTSTAMP:20091209T042914Z DTSTART:20090415T230000Z DTEND:20090416T010000Z GEO:32.72;-79.95 URL:http://alternativeenergy.meetup.com/147/calendar/9984322/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR