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Upcoming Green Events & Workshops

Cellulosic Ethanol Summit: Building Bridges in the Cellulosic Value Chain (Oct 15-17) Washington DC

Again, this year, leaders from the agricultural, industrial biotech, biorefinery developer and financial communities will gather to their communities’ perspectives on what is needed to form an efficient effective value chain to commercialize cellulosic ethanol production. Contact (818) 888-4444.

LEED Week (Oct 15-18) Portland, Oregon

To provide regularly scheduled LEED training for the burgeoning green building community, Cascadia is consolidating LEED workshops into a quarterly event: LEED WEEK. Monday, October 15: LEED for New Construction Technical Review Workshop; Wednesday, October 17: Build it LEED! for Contractors; Thursday, October 18: Succeed at LEED. Presented by Cascadia Region Green Building Council. Contact Jenny Seifert (503) 228-5533 or jenny@cascadiagbc.org

Making Wood Work: Local Energy Solutions–A National Workshop on Implementing Biomass Boiler Systems (Oct 16-18) Missoula, Montana

Biomass energy for facility heating, cooling, and power generation. The workshop will focus on small- to medium-sized biomass combustion systems (i.e. .5 to 30 million btu/hr systems) and is focused on the nuts and bolts of how to make things happen. Topics covered include project feasibility and design, combustion technologies, fuel sources and processing, environmental considerations and financing. Presented by Bitter Root RC&D. Contact (406) 363-1444 x. 5 or bitterrootrcd@cybernet1.com

Investors’ Summit on Climate Change Investment Opportunities (Oct 16-17) NYC, New York

Explore new investment opportunities and risk strategies related to climate-related business trends, and identify and evaluate the impact of climate risk on their portfolios. Presented by Financial Research Associates, LLC. Contact Kathie Eberhard (704) 889-1860 or keberhard@frallc.com

Inaugural Investor Meeting for Nutrition Industry (Oct 17) San Francisco, CA

Companies from a range of nutrition industry segments present to potential investors: functional food; healthy beverages; nutraceutical ingredients; natural/organic food; natural/organic personal care; sports nutrition; dietary supplements; green products. Presented by Nutrition Capital Network. Contact Jill Piotrowski (619) 295-7685x 18 or jill@nutritioncapital.com

Renewable Energy Teleconference Series (Oct 17) Teleconference

Leading representatives from the Senate, the House of Representatives and the Executive branch will provide their perspectives on current developments concerning renewable energy and climate change legislation and where the U.S. is headed later this year. 1.5 hours.

The Great Turning: Education, leadership and Activism for a Life Sustaining Civilization (Oct 17) Moultonborough, New Hampshire

The conference will focus on the strategies of environmental activism and environmental education. Participants will engage in collaborative dialogue and explore our personal and professional commitments to act on behalf of a just and sustainable future. Presented by Audubon Expedition Institute at Lesley University. Contact Louisa Carl, Conference Coordinator, (207) 338-5859 ex. 25 or GreatTurning@lesley.edu

5th Annual Energy Technology Conference (Oct 18) New York, NY

Company presentations include American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC), Capstone Turbine (CPST), Catalytica Energy (CESI), Evergreen Solar (ESLR), FuelCell Energy, Inc. (FCEL), Heliocentris (H2F.GR), Open Energy (OEGY), Nova Biosource Fuels (NBF), SatCon Technologies (SATC), Suntech (STP), SolarEnertech (SOEN), Zenergy Power (ZEN.L). Presente by Ardour Capital Investments. Contact bgreenstein@ardourcapital.com

Collaborative Approaches to Achieving Zero Waste (Oct 19) Portland, OR

A one-day workshop in the principles and practical methods of moving towards zero waste both as an individual organization and in collaborations with others. Presented by University of Oregon Continuing Education. Contact Ruta Stabina (800) 824-2714 or rstabina@uoregon.edu.

Small Scale Wind Energy Workshop (Oct 20-21) Beech Mountain, NC

This workshop will be held at our Wind Energy Research & Demonstration facility in Beech Mountain, NC where we feature the full line of Southwest Windpower (SWWP) products as well as other residential wind turbines on the market. Participants will learn the basics of residential wind systems from the world’s leading manufacturer of small wind turbines. The hands-on portion of the workshop will involve a tour of the Beech Mountain wind turbines and installation of SWWP’s newest product, the Skystream 3.7, described as “the first affordable energy producing appliance for homes and businesses”. Presented by Western North Carolina Renewable Energy Initiative. Contact Brent Summerville (828) 262-7333 or wind@appstate.edu.

Introduction to Green Home Renovations (Oct 20) Jessup, Maryland

This workshop establishes a basic understanding of conducting green home renovations. Presented by the Green Building Institute. Contact Hannah Wood (443) 733-1234 or info@greenbuildinginstitute.org.