Geothermal Installation
Instruction provided by Dr. Remund of Geo Connections
March 20-22
This intensive and practical three-day course will prepare you to design and install geothermal heat pump systems for residential and light commercial projects. Download brochure and register online.
Check out our 2012 course listing. [PDF]
Justifying Energy Efficiency as a Business Investment
March 29
Partnership for Industrial Energy Efficiency (PIE2) presents this seminar to demonstrate the rich connections between energy choices and business performance. The seminar describes the analytical tools for creating a strong business case for smart industrial energy choices. The emphasis is on economic and financial analysis-principles are reviewed in the seminar from the ground up and in an energy-smart context. Learn more and register online>>
Iowa Association for Energy Efficiency
Webinar - Turning Energy Waste Into Operating Income
March 1
Register now contact Jeff Beneke at 319.273.3850 for more information.
Iowa State University Upcoming Lectures:
http://www.lectures.iastate.edu/
Hydraulic Fracturing: Potential Impacts on Drinking Water -
Stephen Osborn
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 7 PM
Sun Room, Memorial Union -
Stephen Osborn is a hydrogeologist with an expertise in natural gas geochemistry and waterquality issues specific to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. He was the lead author on a recent study at Duke University that shows methane contamination of drinking water associated with shale-gas extraction in northeastern Pennsylvania andupstate New York. Osborn is currently an assistant professor in the Geology Department at California State Polytechnic University Pomona. He has also worked as a consultant, conducting hydrogeologic and environmentalinvestigations in the northeastern and southwestern United States. Osborn holds a Master's degree in soil science from the University of California at Riverside and in geology from Georgia State University. He earned his PhD from the University of Arizona.
Energy Sustainability in a Changing World -
Ellen D. Williams
Monday, February 27, 2012, 8 PM
Great Hall, Memorial Union
Ellen Williams to serves as Chief Scientist at British/Beyond Petroleum. BP is the third largest oil company and the fifth largest corporation on the planet, and as BPπs Chief Scientist Ellen plays a role in determining how developments in science and technology can contribute to sustainable, secure and environmentally responsible energy. She will discuss specific examples of carbon capture and storage, as well as biofuels. She is on leave from the University of Maryland where she is Distinguished UniversityProfessor of Physics and director of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.
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