Program

Practical Energy Track Sessions and Talks

Location: Session 1, 2: 1B50

Session 3, 4 and 5: Glenn Miller Ballroom West

Detailed Bios and Talk Descriptions

(Not all the people on the bio and talk list will be presenting, only the ones listed below.) You can register for as many sessions as you'd like: just click  register, fill in the contact information and add the number of sessions you'd like to attend. You don't have to match this with the specific session and can change your mind and go to a different one.

Register for any of these individual sessions, $25 each

Session 1: "Using Energy Wisely: Efficiency and Low-cost Solutions"

Thursday, Sept 30, 1:30 - 3:30

Paul Anderson, Gasifer Stoves, “Gasifer Stoves”         

Kenneth Bryden, Iowa State University, “Developing Safety Guidelines for Household Cookstoves in Developing Nations”        

Beverly Blum, Solar Cookers International, “Solar Cooking for Millions”        

Allart Ligtenberg, Friendly Appropriate Solar Technologies, “Practical Solutions with Solar Cookers, Water Pasteurizers, Sustainable Devices, and INTEGRATED Approaches with Efficient Fuelwood Stoves” Richard Stanley, Legacy Foundation, “Ending Desertification, Regenerating Land with a Renewable Cooking Source”

Chair: Johnny Weiss

Session 2: "Solar: Past, Present & Future"

Thursday, Sept 30, 4:00 - 5:30 pm

John Perlin, “From Space to Earth”

Peter Lilienthal, National Renewable Energy Lab, “HOMER: The Micropower Optimization Model”

Laurie Guevara-Stone, Solar Energy International, “Revolutionary Health Care and Education: Renewable Energy in Cuba”

Chair: Alison Mason

Session 3: "Energy Impacts: The Social Benefits of New Energy"

Friday, Oct 1, 1:30 - 3:30

Evan Belser, CU Biodiesel, "Synergy of the Americas: A Palm Biodiesel Project in Colombia"

Walter Bradley & John Pumwa, Baylor University and Unitech, “The Use of Coconut Oil as a Fuel Substitute for Diesel Engines”

Anil Rajvanshi, Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), “Lighting Up the Lives of Rural Population”

Dan Ihara, Center for Environmental Economic Development, “Stoves, CFLS and Biodiesel Energy/Climate Project Examples”

Chair: Kitty Wang

Session 4: "Clean Power Enterprises and Entrepreneurs"

Friday, Oct 1, 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Lara Elieneth, Richard Komp & Eric Fedus, Maine Solar Energy Association, president, “Solar Energy as a Cottage Industry”       

Andy Kruse, Southwest Wind, “Answers in the Wind”    

Santosh Dhakal, Pathivara Engineering Consultancy, Ltd., "Setting up an Alternate Energy School"  

Douglas Arent, Energy House (E+Co), “Energy Though Enterprise: Lessons Learned from 60 Projects in   30 Countries”      

Chair: Laurie Guevara-Stone

Session 5: "Creating New Energy Communities: Community Mobilization"

Bob Gough, Intertribal COUP, “Tribes and Cities Teaming for more Renewable Energy”

Seth Kassels and Susan Williams, Fundacion Natural/Green Empowerment, “Renewable Energy on the Galapagos Islands”

Erica Mackie and Tim Sears, GRID Alternatives, “Bringing Sustainable Development Home:   Making the Benefits of Solar Power Accessible to Low-Income Homeowners in the U.S.”       

Alex Zahnd, Kathmandu University, “Handling Resources Sustainably and Responsibly - Case Study of a Holistic Community Development Project with a Remote and Poor Mountain Village in Nepal”

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