Show Me Solar to Host Jim Oakley of O2Geothermal Systems

27 September 2010 – ShowMeSolar.org Join Show Me Solar online once again for another live presentation from guest speaker Jim Oakley of O2Geothermal Systems, Tuesday evening October 5th from 7-8 pm CST.  This time Jim will be speaking on Ground Source Heat pump applications.  His talk comes in a timely fashion as Show Me Solar recently hosted a tour of Terra Nova urban commune in Columbia, Missouri where Jim’s company installed a geothermal system in 2009.  The webinar is free and open to the general public thanks to the generous support of members of Show Me Solar.  To register please submit your email to the registration widget below and in the meantime consider making a charitable donation in support of Show Me Solar’s mission to educate and advocate for increased solar living in the Midwest by clicking on www.ShowMeSolar.org/donate.htm.

About O2Geothermal
http://www.o2geo.com/

Our Mission is to develop an accurate understanding of your interests in alternative energy opportunities. Additionally, we will understand the building details of your commercial or residential application. We will help identify and quantify investment choices related to energy efficiencies, energy savings, and ground source energy.

O2Geothermal is dedicated to providing accurate information, innovative, and highly-efficient ground source heat pump recommendations that will meet client expectations. Our client customers should expect cost effective heating and cooling results for both residential and commercial applications that will save them utility costs immediately, and perform as a hedge against the upward spiral of energy costs tomorrow. Our mission is to apply developing ground source heat pump technology to improve performance and comfort levels while minimizing our fossil fuel footprint on our environment.

For further information on the services offered by O2Geothermal please contact Jim Oakley by phone at 573-442-7042 or email at jim@o2geo.com

About Show Me Solar

Grass roots organized in 2007, Show Me Solar is a non-profit public benefit organization incorporated and based in the state of Missouri. We are board operated and member supported. Our mission is to educate the general public about the benefits of solar living and to advocate for the increased use of solar energy in the United States. To that end we host free and low cost presentations, workshops, classes, and seminars and participate in fairs, festivals and events related to renewable energy throughout the nation and it’s territories. Show Me Solar organizes installations of solar systems for demonstration and training purposes – events referred to as Energy Raisers. Show Me Solar also partners with the American Solar Energy Society to sponsor annual tours of solar systems as part of the ASES national solar tour event.

Learn about the latest developments in the solar energy industry, find the information you need to go solar and make the contacts you need to be part of the solar energy revolution. Attend a meeting or workshop online or in person, join our email list, become a member and help support our mission through donations and by volunteering your time at an upcoming event. We provide for-profit entities with access to our membership through sponsorship channels and non-profits with overlapping missions are also welcome to contact us to establish partnerships.

Registration Now Open for the October 16th, Terra Bella Energy Raiser

September, 20th, ShowMeSolar.org – Once again, members of Show  Me Solar are banding together to help a fellow member go solar.  This time Show Me Solar will be installing a small off-grid solar electric array at Terra Bella farm near Hatton, Missouri and holding an Energy Raiser from 9am-5pm on Saturday, October 16th (IMPORTANT: Google directions are not correct; please see registration details below).  This is the second small system to be installed in support of this  pioneering farm project that is slowly but surely going green including using solar to take farm building completely off-grid one by one.  View the article we posted here at Show Me Solar SunBeams documenting the first building we took off-grid at Terra Bella Farm by clicking on the following link – Small Off-Grid Installation adds Appeal to the Latest Show Me Solar Workshop 

The system to be installed on Saturday, October 16th will power lights, fans and few outlets for charging appliances in an historic 100 year old carriage house (photo above).  Plans are to keep the carbon footprint small by matching the system size as close as possible to the actual power requirements of the farm hands who will be using the building to prep and store produce.  Although small (rated 540 Watts), the system will be complete from 3 solar modules mounted on the roof to a charge controlled battery bank outfitted in a special storage closet inside the barn.  Attendees will benefit from the knowledge and experience of Kevin Allemann, director of Show Me Solar and lead installer for this project. 

Registration is limited to 10, first come first serve.  Current membership in Show Me Solar is required (please visit www.ShowMeSolar.org/join.htm for details on registering your membership if you are not currently a member).  Previous experience installing solar is not an absolute must but some familiarity with solar energy systems will be of benefit.  Consider enrolling in a solar energy workshop sponsored by Show Me Solar’s training partner The Evergreen Institute (for details visit www.ShowMeSolar.org/training.htm).

To register contact Kevin at kallemann@showmesolar.org.  Provide your full name, membership status, phone number and email where you can be reached.  Details including directions will be forwarded upon registration.  Terra Bella Farm has generously offered to provide a picnic lunch to the Energy Raiser.  Those with special dietary concerns should plan on packing and bringing their own lunch.

Terra Bella Energy Raiser #2
Near Hatton, Missouri
9 am – 5 pm, Saturday October 16th, 2010
Registration Contact: Kevin Allemann,
kallemann@showmesolar.org

About Terra Bella Farm:

Located about twenty minutes from Columbia, Missouri and just under a hundred miles from St. Louis, Terra Bella Farm is 160 acres of mixed pasture, creek, and woods, with 12 acres of produce, herbs, and flowers. We strive to provide high quality food to fuel our local communities, our hard working apprentices, our extended families, and ourselves. We operate a thriving Communited Supported Agriculture program, and sell directly at area Farmers’ Markets, natural food stores, and restaurants. Community outreach such as leading educational farm tours, donating seedlings to community gardens, and finding homes for our surplus produce at local food pantries is vital to our long-term farming goals and our commitment to being a socially-responsible business.

“Solar and Wind Installations Across Missouri – How you can do it too!”

September 20th, 2010, ShowMeSolar.org – On Tuesday evening from 7-8 pm CST, Show Me Solar will host Susan Brown, VP for Sales and Marketing, The Energy Savings Store (TESS), online as she presents “Solar and Wind Installations Across Missouri – How you can do it too!” to a live audience .  This marks Susan’s second appearance as a guest speaker on a Show Me Solar webinar series.  In February of this year Susan shared photos and details regarding a wide variety of solar and wind systems installed by TESS in Missouri and Kansas over the last decade.  In fact, click here to go to the associated SMS SunBeams news blog release from her last appearance.

This fall we expect an updated version of her last presentation along with another opportunity to meet a representative of local Missouri solar company.  Two homes with solar systems installed by TESS will be showcased on this year’s St. Louis Show Me Solar Tour (for details and to register for the fall solar tour in St. Louis on October 9th please click here).

This webinar is free and open to the general public thanks to the generosity of members of Show Me Solar.  Registration is required.  Please use the form below. 

For more information on The Energy Savings Store please visit their website at http://www.ewindandsolar.com/

For more information on Show Me Solar please visit www.ShowMeSolar.org. 

To see the complete Fall webinar schedule, please visit www.ShowMeSolar.org/webinar.htm 

While there please consider making a charitable contribution and/or becoming a member of the Show Me Solar Cooperative by clicking on www.ShowMeSolar.org/join.htm.

Missouri Solar Tours make National News

September, 14th, St. Louis, Missouri – Once again, the Missouri Show Me Solar Tours have been selected from among hundreds of local events to be featured nationally.  With current events focused on troops returning home from Iraq, Show Me Solar and the Show Me Solar Tours in Columbia and St. Louis, Missouri have entered the national spotlight via the story of Show Me Solar founder and current executive director of Show Me Solar, Jeffrey Owens.  Chosen from over 600 local tour events registered with ASES for the 2010 National Solar Tour event, Missourians can take pride in the great strides they have taken in recent years to make the switch to solar living.  The 2010 National Solar Tour Event, which is in it’s 15th year this year, is shaping up to be the largest such event yet with local tours taking place across the nation this fall.  Last year over 150,000 attended a solar open house as part of the ASES National Solar Tour event and this year early estimates indicate triple that number will be participating.

Find a copy of Jeff’s story on the National Solar Tour website at http://nationalsolartour.org/articles/iraqi-war-veteran-leaves-war-for-oil-fight-renewable-energy-revolution

Learn more about the ASES National Solar Tour event visit the National Solar Tour website at http://nationalsolartour.org

If you are new to Show Me Solar consider attending one of the two local events. 

In St. Louis, registration is now available for a guided tour that will take place on Saturday, October 9th from 9:30 am to approximately 4:30 pm.  Each stop on the guided tour will feature a different aspect of the process of evaluating, designing and installing solar systems. Tour attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions of the owners and representatives of companies who installed the systems. A free preview of the tour will take place at the EarthWays Center during the Green Homes Festival on Saturday, September 25th.  For more information and to register for the St. Louis Show Me Solar Tour event please visit the Show Me Solar website at http://www.showmesolar.org/registration.htm

In Columbia, Show Me Solar has partnered with the Sustainable Living Fair to showcase three solar homes each featuring a different solar strategy including passive solar, solar thermal and solar electricity on Sunday, September 26th, beginning at 9:30 am.  The Columbia Sustainable Living fair will be held at Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri and is a free event open to the general public.  For more details on the Columbia Show Me Solar Tour please visit the schedule of events on the Sustainable Living Fair’s website at http://www.slfcolumbia.org/schedule.php

The 2010 Show Me Solar are proud to be part of the ASES National Solar Tour event.  For more info please visit www.NationalSolarTour.org

“Living Off Grid, Really!”

Join Show Me Solar online as we host Aur Beck, chief Tech for Advanced Energy Solutions for our first Fall Webinar presentation, Tuesday evening September 21st from 7-8 pm CST.

Aur Beck has lived off grid for 18 years and you can too.  In this special engagement, learn real, fun, interesting and low cost ways to start living off grid now. Start Simply, Start Now! Aur ‘Da Energy Mon’ Beck, chief Tech for Advanced Energy Solutions, educator and radio personality, empowers YOU to get energized with renewable energy, with smiles and a style that has made him – and this talk- a  favorite for years! Yes You Can!

Aur Beck is the president & chief technician for Advanced Energy Solutions, based in Pomona, Illinois.  For more details on AES please visit their website at http://aessolar.com/

Show Me Solar’s online webinar series are brought to you free of charge by the generous support of the Show Me Solar membership.  Fast internet service and a long distance calling plan are required to participate.  To register please use the form below: