NYC Apollo Alliance Event
September 14, 2006
6 Harrison Street, NY, NY
5:00 to 7:00 PM
Please join NYC Apollo
Alliance supporters in
challenging our city’s
leaders to build a
sustainable, equitable
and clean energy
economy.
Speakers include:
Jerome Ringo
The Nation Magazine has called him “the most interesting environmental leader in the U.S. right now.” A veteran of both labor and environmental battles in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley and in Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth Yeampierre
A life long advocate, Elizabeth leads UPROSE, serves as the Chair of the New York City Environmental Justice
Alliance, and is a member of the NYC Apollo Alliance
Steering Committee. Elizabeth organized a
community wide coalition to defeat of a 520 megawatt
power plant in her community and served on the
Mayor’s Task Force on Energy successfully making
recommendations about alternative energy,
conservation, and re-powering.
Ed Ott
A leader in the New York City labor
movement, Ed links his advocacy efforts to broader
social, economic, and environmental issues facing
our City and is a strong proponent of renewable
energy and high performance building.
For more information or to RSVP click here.
Introductory PV Installation Workshop
The Center for Sustainable Energy ( http://www.csebcc.org) and BronxCommunity College ( http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/) will host a 20-hour solar electric (photovoltaic) installation training workshop open to the general public.
The training will be delivered by a NABCEP (http://www.nabcep.org/ )-certified installer, Jonathan Lane of QuadState Solar ( http://www.quad-state-solar.com/). The introductory class is open to anyone interested in either beginning the process of learning to be an installer, or in gaining a greater understanding of this technology and its possibilities.
The workshop includes:
- The latest photovoltaic technologies
- Cost analysis, sizing, building/zoning code issues
- Opportunities for financing PV purchases
- Hands-on lab with PV and inverter technology, and mounting methods
For a course outline and reading materials, please see: http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/InstitutionalDevelopment/CSE/Course%20Outline_2006_1.pdf
Schedule:
Tuesday, July 11, 6 PM to 9 PM
Thursday, July 13, 6 PM to 9 PM
Tuesday, July 18, 6 PM to 9 PM
Thursday, July 20, 6 PM to 9 PM
Saturday, July 22, 9 AM to 5 PM
For registration, Contact the Center for Sustainable Energy: 718-289-5334
Tuition: $300 for past students; $350 for first-time students
CLICK HERE TO SEE COURSE OUTLINE
CLICK HERE TO SEE NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT PV COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Thursday, June 1 through Thursday, June 29, Brooklyn, NY
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"Grease Car" Conversion Workshop. Tired of high prices at the pump? Want to use a free fuel while lowering emissions and dependency on imported oil? Come to the first Center for Sustainable Energy "Grease Car" conversion workshop held in cooperation with Automotive High School in Brooklyn. "Grease Car" is the phrase that typically refers to diesel-powered automobiles that have been converted to run on vegetable-based oils. When Rudolph Diesel invented the engine he named for himself in 1897, he intended its design as an internal combustion engine that could be fueled with vegetable-based oils. In the face of higher fuel prices, many people are taking another look at the increasingly widespread practice of using restaurant and fast food cooking oil, or so-called "yellow grease" (also referred to as "WVO" – waste vegetable oil, or "WCO" – waste cooking oil) as a fuel for diesel engines in cars, light trucks, buses and heavy duty diesel-powered vehicles and equipment.
The 10-hour workshop will be given by Tom Cassino, ASE (Automotive Service Excellence, National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation)-certified instructor at Automotive High School. He has been teaching automotive technology for 20 years and for the past three conducting sessions for AHS students on WCO conversions. The workshop is an introduction that should enable mechanically inclined persons to either perform their own conversions, or get enough knowledge about it to make smart choices on whether they will have someone perform a conversion for them, or purchase a vehicle that has already been converted. Fuel supply and filtering issues will also be addressed in the workshop.
Workshop sessions will be held at Automotive High School in Brooklyn 6 PM to 8 PM each Thursday in June (1, 8, 15, 22, 29). The fee for the 10-hour workshop is $150. Group rates negotiable. For registration and additional information, please call the Center for Sustainable Energy at 718-289-5332, or email mail@csebcc.org
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April 27-29, 2006 Energy Solutions Conference
NYC Apollo Executive Board member Jim Quigley and NYC Apollo Campaign Coordinator, Eddie Lopez Jr. will be speaking at the Energy Solutions Conference being held April 27th-29th. For more information click on the Energy Solutions Button below.
