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Solar Lecture Series

Presentations by architects, builders, solar and energy resource specialists, planners, landscapers, inventors and experimenters who have implemented appropriate, sustainable and solar application for this desert context.

Each of the following lectures will take place on the 3rd Thursday of the month from 7 to 9 PM at the City of Scottsdale, Granite Reef Senior Center located at 1700 N. Granite Reef Rd. (NW corner of McDowell and Granite Reef, behind the convenience store).

Lecture Series available in Adobe Acrobat Solar Lecture Series.

2008 Season Schedule

Date Description

March 20, 2008

Series Overview
What You should Know about Solar, Appropriate Technology & Sustainability
Presenters:  AZ Solar Center

April 17, 2008

Energy, Resources & Realities
From Fossil Fuels to Renewables and Beyond
Presenters:  AZ solar Center

May 15, 2008

Adaptation in the Desert
Landscaping and Passive Solar Design as a strategy
Presenters:  AZ Solar Center

June 19, 2008     Power of the Sun
Solar Electric (Photovoltaics)
Presenters:  AZ Solar Center
July 17, 2008     Water--The Deserts Most Useful Commodity
Presenters: AZ solar Energy Industries Association / AZ Solar Center
Aug. 21, 2008        Building & Energy --It Matters
Presenters:  AZ Dept of Commerce Energy Office / AZ solar Center
Sept. 18, 2008 The Urban Desert Community
Presenters:  Arizona State University -- Global Institute on Sustainability (GIOS)
Oct. 16, 2008     Everyday Experience from the Field -- New & Adaptive
Case Study:  DeFrancesco / Priebi Residence (The Solar Farm)
Presenters:  AZ Solar Center
Nov. 20, 2008     Experiments & Futures
Includes discussions of Hydrogen Power & Building with Waste
Presenters:  AZ Solar Center

For more information on these lectures, please call 480-312-3111.


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