De Moines Register
09-07-07
Energy event targets better environment
By JERRY PERKINS
REGISTER FARM EDITOR
The I-Renew Energy EXPO will give Iowans an opportunity to learn how to use
renewable energy to improve their impact on the environment.
The event will be held 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday
at Solon High School.
The event features two keynote speakers:
- Greg Pahl, author of Citizen Powered Energy Handbook and Biodiesel, will
speak Saturday about a new movement called community-supported energy.
Pahl's presentation will include examples of successful initiatives and obstacles
to achieving greater community control of energy resources.
- Kate Schwennsen, associate professor of architecture and associate dean
for academic programs in the College of Design at Iowa State University,
will talk Sunday about home designs that encourage a more sustainable Iowa.
Schwennsen will discuss how buildings are the world's single, biggest source of
emissions and energy consumption and how designs that are more
environmentally, economically and socially sustainable can lead to less energy
consumption and fewer carbon emissions.
The I-Renew Energy EXPO will also feature 70 exhibitors, a Clean Fuel Car
Show, demonstrations of wind and solar power, and a hydrogen fuel cell.
For more information, call (319) 643-3160 or go to www.irenew.org.
Farm Editor Jerry Perkins can be reached at (515) 284-8456 or
jperkins@dmreg.com