The New York City Alternative Energy May 27 Meetup

Hello Everybody,

Date: WEDNESDAY, May 27, 2009
Time: 6:30 PM
Place: The Thomson-Reuters Building, 3 Times Square (42nd St & 7th Ave);
Room: Millenium Conference Room, 22nd Floor

Meeting Agenda:
The theme for the next meeting will be electricity.
(1) John Howell will start with an overview of the electric transmission and distribution grid;

(2) Bill Chapman, an engineering grad of CalTech, will show maps of the best terrain for solar, wind, and geothermal around the country as compared to maps showing what people pay for power. Bill will show costs per kWh of various sources of energy. Finally, there will be some calculations on high voltage versus low voltage transmission.

(3) Norman Rosner will then speak on a Con Edison program that helps businesses save money and use less energy on lighting, HVAC, chillers, elevator motors, etc. and show the payout is faster, easier, and larger than equivalent NYSERDA programs. Norman's company administers the Con Ed program in lower Manhattan.

RSVP:
Building security has asked us to provide an attendee list. So, please RSVP - with both FIRST and LAST names. Please email me at [masked].

Breakout Session:
There will be a focused session on energy modeling. We'll work through some examples. We hope to make it substantive. Time and place to be announced. This will be free.

Suggestions/Comments are always welcome. Just email me.

See you at the next meeting,

Sincerely,

John Howell
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