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New EOC Grand Opening: October 25 & 26

by Paul Horton

Special to the Green Pages

The Energy Outreach Center invites everyone to the grand opening of its new educational visitors' center.

The result of much planning and over 80 contributions from individuals, local governments, and supportive businesses, the new public facility will demonstrate a variety of state-of-the-art energy-efficiency, renewable, and conservation technologies such as water-conserving fixtures, solar photovoltaics, solar water and space heating, efficient heating, ventilation, and lighting, passive daylighting, and recycled-content building materials. As always, the new EOC will also:

• be a resource center for students, home and business owners, and building professionals to take tours, enjoy classes, and utilize the extensive educational resources compiled and published by the Energy Outreach Center;
• offer "one-stop shopping" for information and hands-on displays of products and technologies, as well as
• house the EOC's extensive educational programs (classes, hands-on workshops, etc.). -}

  Short Presentations

  Energy experts and product vendors will be giving short presentations on a variety of topics the public has shown particular interest in over the years. The schedule at press time is as follows:

  Saturday, October 25

  • 11:00 - 11:30 - Composting Toilets - with Pat Holm and Phil Vanderman of the Green Frog Co-op
  • 1:00 - 1:30 - Sustainably Harvested Woods - with Matt Freeman of the Environmental Home Center
  • 3:00 - 3:30 - Ground-Source Heat Pumps - with Girard Belmonte of Water Furnace -} Sunday, October 26
    • 11:00 - 11:30 - Energy Recovery Ventilators - with Bill Schmidtke of Capital Sheet Metal
    • 1:00 - 1:30 - Radiant Hydronic Heating - with Hayward Giraud of Northwest Energy -} Other possible workshops: solar water heating, passive solar in Western Washington, straw bale construction.

      Contact the EOC for more information at 943-4595 or by e-mail at eoc@olywa.net.

      Paul Horton is the Executive Director of the Energy Outreach Center.

      
      

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