Metropolitan Energy Center Now Scheduling Save Energy Save Money Workshops for Neighborhood and Civic Organizations:  Need a program for your neighborhood or civic organization meeting about a currently hot topic?  Contact the Metropolitan Energy Center at 816-835-7593 to schedule a presentation by an expert in building science and efficient home performance. Get answers to your nagging questions about why your home is uncomfortable and your energy bills are high. Again, call the Home Energy Information Line at 816-835-7593 to schedule a presentation for your meeting. 

Community Services League to Conducting Energy Education Workshops:  Community Services League conducts energy education workshops for its clients throughout the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area. The workshops focus on low cost/no cost energy-saving measures. These workshops are available at no charge to civic organizations, church groups, senior citizen centers and others. Workshops can be scheduled by calling the Community Services League at 816-254-4100.

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Saturday, September 6; 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Green Fair
Location: New Longview Community, 3356 SW Arena Dr., Lee's Summit Mo 64081 (just southeast of the Longview Community College Campus)

Join KC’s 2 Premier Green Companies for an awareness raising and fund raising opportunity. We are celebrating a ‘Green Lifestyle” in Kansas City. Get a sneak preview of the very first NAHB “Green Homes” built in the region at New Longview community in Lee’s Summit and also visit other ‘green vendors’ selling green products. Help us build a better community and a better planet! All proceeds benefit Truman Heritage Habitat for Humanity.

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Thursday, September 18; 6:00 pm Networking, 6:30 pm Screening
Sustainable Film Series; International Episodes from Season Two of the PBS series: design e2
Location: Screenland Theatre, 1656 Washington, Kansas City MO

$3 cash/check suggested donation at the door includes movie and popcorn. Space is limited to 150, RSVP to: debra.sandoval@interfaceflor.com.

THE DRUK WHITE LOTUS SCHOOL – LADAKH
Can the designers of the Druk White Lotus School in remote Ladakh, India, help preserve the region’s cultural identity for future generations?

BOGOTÁ: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE CITY
Enrique Penalosa, the former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, transformed one of the world’s most chaotic cities into a model of sustainable and civic-minded urban planning.

ADAPTIVE REUSE IN THE NETHERLANDS
Dutch planners tap their innate design sensibility and the industrial landscape to create a uniquely sustainable development in Amsterdam’s abandoned dockyards.

SAVE THE DATE!  OCTOBER 23RD WILL BE THE LAST FILM IN THE 2008 SUSTAINABLE FILM SERIES.

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Saturday, October 4; 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
ASES 2008 Sustainable Homes Tour and Energy Fair, Presented by the Heartland Renewable Energy Society
Location: Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center, 4750 Troost Avenue, KCMO 64110

Learn the latest in reducing your energy costs, reducing your carbon footprint, and what you can begin to do... TODAY!

Take the Bus Tour in the Morning and attend the Afternoon Presentations or Vice Versa!

• Sustainable Homes Bus Tour repeated: morning and afternoon. (No individual car tour this year.) ORDER YOUR TICKETS ON-LINE NOW at www.heartland-res.org. Seating is limited. Cost is $15 per seat.
• Energy Fair with Exhibitors available all Day. Meet businesses in Renewables and Energy Conservation
• Presentations on Solar, Wind Energy, Energy Conservation, New Construction and Energy Improvements on Existing Homes. Presentations are repeated morning and afternoon.
• Fifteen Plus (15+) Alternative Energy Vehicles on Display.

As of 8-18-08, the following is our line up (subject to change).

• 8:00 am Tickets sales for Sustainable Homes Tour (if not sold out) We strongly recommend advance tickets at www.heartland-res.org.
• 8:30 am : Former Mayor Kay Barnes - Welcoming remarks by the candidate for U.S. Congress (subject to her calendar)
• 8:45 – 11:30 am : Morning Sustainable Homes Tour
• 9:00 am – 4:30 pm : Exhibitors - Businesses in renewable energy and energy conservation
• 9:00 am : Dan Eberle - Director of the Missouri Alternative and Renewable Energy Technology Center at Crowder College, to speak on solar photovoltaics and passive solar. Dan is excellent in explaining solar and making it practically understood so that his audience can put his information to use.
• 10:30 am : Case Studies on Residential Energy Efficiency - Concurrent sessions by homeowners on new construction and on existing construction
• 12:00 noon: Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver - Guest speaker
• 12:00 – 1:30 pm : Lunch ($5 estimate)
• 1:15 – 4:30 pm : Sustainable Homes Tour and Presentations from morning are repeated

Visit www.heartland-res.org for the latest updates.

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Sunday, October 19; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Lawrence Energy Conservation Fair and Sustainable Homes Tour 2008: Understanding the POWER you have.
Location: Free State High School, 4700 Overland Drive, Lawrence KS

Mark your calendar now!  Make plans to attend the 8th Annual Lawrence Energy Conservation Fair and Sustainable Homes Tour.  For more information, log on to www.LawrenceRecycles.org. 

If you are interested in being an exhibitor or sponsor of the Energy Fair, please visit http://www.lawrencerecycles.org/energyconservation.shtml to complete the new online Registration Form. 

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