Colorado Green Building Post

February 23, 2010

Colorado Efficiency First Invites Contractors to Meet Feb. 25

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From Efficiency First Colorado:
Do you provide energy upgrades for homes? Tired of waiting for work to come in?

 Want to learn more about a program that “is designed to stimulate private investment in home energy improvements and channel millions of dollars in new business to local contractors? ”

 Then join us!

 What:
Efficiency First Colorado’s Monthly Member Meeting - you do not have to be a member to attend!

 When:
Thursday, February 25th
5pm - Meet&Greet @ SRE
6pm - EF CO Meeting @ SRE
7pm - Beer’o'clock @ Avery Brewery

 Where:
Standard Renewable Energy’s Boulder Office, Unit C2, 5757 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO 80303
Phone 303.562.2752

 Meeting Topics
 National
 HomeStar
 EF (Efficiency First) Best Practices Working Groups
RePower the Home (Al Gore’s Project)
State
GEO’s (Governor’s Energy Office) Residential Retrofit Working Groups - Jim Meyers
 EEBC (Energy Efficient Business Council) - Shane Flansburg
SWEEP (Southwest Energy Efficiency Project) - Jim Meyers
EF CO Best Practices Working Groups
Local
BGBG (Boulder Green Building Guild)
How do all of these groups fit together?

 More Info:
Efficiency First - http://www.efficiencyfirst.org
Efficiency First CO - http://sites.google.com/a/efficiencyfirst.org/colorado/home

 

Even if you are unable to attend, please let us know if you would like to be added to the EF CO distribution list. We will be scheduling a phone conference for those of you that are unable to attend meetings in the Front Range - let us know if you are interested in participating.

February 11, 2010

Efficiency First Home Star Rally in DC March 2-3

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From Jared Asch at Efficiency First:

Join us in Washington, DC:
Efficiency First members we are organizing a member wide trip, in Washington, DC to advocate for the HOME STAR jobs legislation. Please join us on Tuesday, March 2nd and Wednesday, March 3rd.
If you plan to join us please register Online https://salsa.wiredforchange. com/o/6062/p/salsa/event/ common/public/?event_KEY=15684

We will begin at 12 p.m. on March 2nd with a briefing near Union Station and will conclude on Wednesday, March 3rd at 5 p.m. There maybe a small cost associated with registration to cover the cost of your meals. If you would like to sponsor the advocacy day please contact us. Matt Golden has offered to donate airline miles for anyone who can recruit five (5) members by Feb. 20.
I look forward to seeing you in Washington, DC.

Jared

 URGENT ACTION REQUIRED.

The future of the home performance industry hangs in the balance. The time has come to let Washington, D.C. know that there are thousands of companies with tens of thousands of American workers ready to grow the Home Performance industry and help this country meet our economic challenges.

Our focus for today outreach is on the U.S. Senate. We need you to call the offices of both Senators from your state and urge them to support the HOME STAR proposal as part of the upcoming Jobs bill. 

We know that everyone is busy, but it is essential that we take the time to speak up now and make a difference. Please follow the directions below and make sure your representatives in D.C. hear you loud and clear. Every voice counts and can make the difference.

What we need from you today:

1. JOIN THE HOME STAR COALITION:

Click here to fill out a simple Web form and register your support.
2. EMAIL YOUR SENATORS AND CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Click here, then enter your zip code to select your senators. Modify a standard template by adding details about your business. Hit submit!

3. CALL YOUR SENATORS: Start by downloading the HOME STAR Talking Points. Look up your Senators’ phone numbers on the Senate Web site. Take a moment to review the talking points to stay on message. When the attendant answers, tell them that you are a constituent and would like to discuss how the HOME STAR program is going to help you create jobs in their district. This will likely only take a few minutes per call (but if they want to discuss, talk about your business and happy clients in their home districts!).

4. SPREAD THE WORD: We need to show a ground swell of support. Call your friends, family, and co-workers. Forward this email, or send people a link to http://www.efficiencyfirst.org/home-star and ask them to voice their support.

February 1, 2010

Home Star Presentation Thursday by Efficiency First Colorado

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HOME STAR Presentation
We will be discussing the proposed Home Star legislation and how Colorado energy auditors, builders, homeowners, building trades and home performance contractors may be effected.
Thursday, February 4th  5:30-7:30 pm
at the office of Populus
1727 15th Street
Boulder, CO 80302
303.325.7650
Colorado has an opportunity to design the structure of our industry and play a ‘whole-systems’ role in an effort for a sustainable future.
See you Thursday,
Stephen Michael Self

Sustainable Interiors
Post Office Box 20896
Boulder, CO 80308

720.771.1708

SustainableInteriors@yahoo.com
www.SustainableInteriorsBoulder.com

January 26, 2010

Efficiency First Colorado

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From Efficiency First Colorado:

 Have you been asking yourself how to get involved with “The New Green Economy”?  Are you interested in finding out more about what “Green” even means?  If you or someone you know is interested in anything to do with either of these or have other questions please join us.

 Efficiency First Colorado Chapter will hold our monthly meeting at RMEC:

When:          Thursday January 28th 2010

Meet & Greet’ starts at 5:00 pm and the meeting starts at 6:00 pm

 Where:  Red Rocks Community College
13300 West Sixth Avenue
Lakewood , CO 80228
RMEC Room 2696

http://www.rrcc.edu/rmec/

 FYI it is a big campus so make sure you park and enter at the west entrance.
We will be discussing energy audits, renewable energy, home performance contracting and the recent Home Star $9.6 Billion legislation going to home energy efficiency upgrades over the next 12-36 months.  We will also be discussing the recent formation of student chapters throughout Colorado and the involvement of student chapters in the ‘Living Communities’ project.
For additional information my contact info is below.
Stephen

 Stephen Michael Self

Sustainable Interiors
Post Office Box 20896
Boulder, CO 80308

 720.771.1708
SustainableInteriors@yahoo.com
www.SustainableInteriorsBoulder.com

January 25, 2010

Home Star: Overview and Call to Action

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Exclusive Webinar for Energy Efficiency Companies
Friday, January 29, 2009
12:00 to ~ 1:00 PM, EST

Please register by COB Jan 28th to receive call- and log-in info
For more information contact Patrick.Roche@csgrp.com

The Home Star program would create the first ever nation-wide rebate program for energy efficiency work and is included as a proposal in the larger jobs bill under development in the Senate. Home Star would direct billions of dollars to be spent in its first year alone on efficiency work. Home Star is not yet law, but with the help of energy efficiency business like yours, we can ensure that this game-changing legislation becomes reality. Join us for our webinar to discuss the details of the Home Star proposal, its effect on your business, and how you can help impact its passage. Industry experts will present our webinar and answer your questions.

Webinar agenda

  • Home Star goals, timing, and impact on efficiency industry
  • Overview of Silver Star and Gold Star incentives
  • Considerations for builders and raters
  • How your business can help pass Home Star
  • Q&A

 

List of speakers

  • Facilitator: Jared Asch, Director of Efficiency First
  • Larry Zarker, President of the Building Performance Institute
  • Matt Golden, President of ReCurve and Chairman of Efficiency First
  • Steve Cowell, Chairman and CEO of Conservation Services Group and Founder of the National SAVE Energy Coalition.

Steve Baden, Executive Director of RESNET
HOSTED BY
Efficiency First, BPI,
RESNET, National Save Energy Coalition

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