A Founding member of Solar Washington (ASES Chapter affiliate),a Life Member of ASES. Currently Treasurer of Solar Washington Southwest. (sub-Chapter of Solar Washington).

 

       Have installed Solar Hot Water Systems Since 1991, installed PV since 2003!

 

4/07   Clark County Home and Garden Idea Fair -                 Vancouver, WA

       Displayed Solar Hot Water and Photovoltaics on “Home of the Future”

 

4/07   NEBC- Making Renewable Energy Projects Happen               Portland, OR

 

3/07   Hydrogen Conference – Drove Duel Engine BMW                  San Antonio, TX

 

1/07   Clean Energy Harvest – Bio-fuels and Wind                   Boise, ID

 

12/06  Bright Way to Heat your Home Workshop                           Woodland, WA

 

10/06  Solar Home Tour – Solar Washington Southwest                   Vancouver, WA

 

7/06       American Solar Energy Society (ASES) Conference             Denver, CO

 

6/06   1st Year-3rd Term Limited Renewable Technician at Lane Community  Eugene, OR

 

4/06   Clark County Home and Garden Idea Fair – Booth on Solar     Vancouver, WA

 

3/06  National Hydrogen Association Conference           Long Beach, CA

       Drove 3 Fuel Cell Cars and went through exhibt hall

 

02/06  Trip to Fiji and Carnes Australia – Suba dived Great Barrier Reef

 

8/05   International/National Solar Energy Society Conference       Orlando, FL

 

4/05   Clark County Home and Garden Idea Fair – Booth on Solar       Vancouver, WA

 

3/05   PV Workshop(Code Updates for 2005/Inspecting PV systems)    Tangent, OR

 

3/05  1st Year-2nd Term Limited Renewable Technician at Lane Community       Eugene, OR

 

12/04 1st Year-1st Term Limited Renewable Technician at Lane Community       Eugene, OR

 

11/04 NECA Electrical Safety Course                             Portland, OR

 

11/04 Solar Installer Workshop – Mr. Sun                            Portland, OR

 

10/04  Xantrex GT3 Inverters and SineWave Plus Inverter updates       San Francisco, CA

 

10/04  Unirac Racking Systems Workshop for Photovoltaics        San Francisco, CA

 

7/04  American Solar Energy Society (ASES) Conference                  Portland, OR

 

6/04   NECA PV Generation Systems Course        `                    Portland, OR

 

4/04   Solar Workers Contractors Workshop                           Tangent, OR

 

3/04   Beacon Power Inverter Installer Workshop                    Oakland, CA

 

11/03  Became an Apprentice of Renewable Energy Technician OSEIA       Portland, OR

 

10/03   ASES Solar Home Tour                                      Camas, WA

-       Participated with a National Solar Building Tour

-       Spoke on Hot Water Systems

-       Demonstrated Hot water system and small Hydrogen electrolyzer

8/03       Iceland – Hydrogen Trip                                      Reykjavik, IC      

-          Visited Shell’s first Hydrogen Fuel Station for Cars & Buses

-          Visited Blue Lagoon and saw Geothermal Steam Generator

4/03       Hydrogen Gas Station in California                         Richland, CA

Visited Hydrogen Fuel Station for City Buses

12/02  Clark County and BPA Bright Way Hot Water Program              Vancouver, WA      

-          Utility workshop on BPA’s Bright Way Hot Water systems.

 

10/02       Northwest Solar Summit 5                                         Winthrop, WA

-          Networked with Utility and public entities

-          Discuss projects and alternative energy wind locations

-          Utility workshop on BPA’s Bright Way Hot Water systems.

 

10/02   ASES Solar Home Tour                                      Camas, WA

-       Participated with a National Solar Building Tour

 

6/02       Northwest American Hydrogen Association                        Portland, OR

-       Joined membership with Roy McAllister presentation

-       Saw Oregon’s first Hydrogen Van

 

6/02   American Solar Energy Society Conference                  Reno, NV

-       Networked with National Activist

-       Soared over Lake Tahoe in glider

 

4/02   Dankoff Solar Products 4th Annual Dealer Training             Sante Fe, NM

-       Intro to SMA SunnyBoy grid-tie inverters

-       Intro to ETA Solar water Pump

 

5/01   World Tour

-       Took trip around the world to visit solar passive and active systems

-       NY, Paris, Venice, Athens, Frankfurt, Hamburg, New Delhi, Hong Kong,

-       Beijing, Sydney.

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4/01   American Solar Energy Society Conference                  Washington DC

-       Workshop on Inter-connection Standards

 

11/00  Trip to Lithuania

-       Took tour around country, visited distant relatives

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10/00  NW Solar Summit III                                              Winthrop, WA

-       Instructed attendees on Site Selection aides

 

9/00   Forum on Converting to Hydrogen Economy                         Ft. Collins, CO

-        Met and Interacted with Hydrogen Experts including Roy McAllister about the Future of Hydrogen power.

-        Discussed methods to produce and create an economy for Hydrogen power.

 

8/00   Humboldt State University              Arcata, CA

           - Visited Campus for info on Electrolyzer efficiencies

6/00   American Solar Energy Society Conference                     Madison, WI

-        Instigated petition and completed Solar Washington's filing

    (Brand new Chapter for ASES)

-        Networked with Solar and Mid-West Alternative Energy activist 

-        Workshop on Interconnection to the Utility Grid

5/00     Installed additional PV Panels for remote system       Astoria, OR

-        Dismantled and repaired Wind Generator

5/00   American Wind Energy Association Conference                  Palm Springs, CA           

-        Toured the SunBus Facility for producing Hydrogen

-        Toured Valley's Wind Farm of +4000 turbines

4/00   Visited Solar Designed Homes                                                        Cocoa Beach, FL           

4/00   Visited Residential Hydrogen Project                                    Richland, CA

3/00   Visited Humboldt State Marine Hydrogen Project          Eureka,  CA

9/99  SEA of O's 18th Annual Conference World Trade Ctr.            Portland, OR

-        Exhibit Coordinator for +10 exhibtors

9/98  SEA of O’s 17th Annual Conference                                                       PSU,  Portland, OR

-        Discussed Local Advancements and Projects

4-98  Soltec Conference                                                 Orlando, FL

      - Discussed the Political Arena for Solar Energy and Improvements to Solar            Manufacturing

11-97 Photovoltaic Workshop                                                     Eugene, OR

        - Certified as an installer in State of Oregon

10-97 Installed a Remote Residential PV system                                       Hilo, HI

        - Assembled a complete 24Volt system to supply AC Power

9-97 SEA of O’s 16th Annual Conference                                                       PSU,  Portland, OR

         - Speaker on Current and Future outlook for PV Market

8-97 Pacific NW Radiometer Workshop -                                              U of O - Eugene

         - Frank Vignola & NREL Presented a 3 day Workshop for setting up and calibrating             Solar Radiation Equipment.

6-97 Canada’s Solar Energy Conference                                              Vancouver, BC

-        Spoke on Freiburg’s Self Sufficient Solar House

6-97 Washington State Solar Energy Industries Assoc.                         Seattle, WA

         - The first meeting of those interested in Forming a Chapter of the National SEIA             for the State of Washington

         - Bylaws and Executive Committees being formed

5-97 Solar Energy Assoc & Mr Sun Hot Water Workshop                      Portland, OR

             

10-96 SEA of O’s 15th Annual Conference                                PSU, Portland, OR

           - Spoke on a Passive Solar Testing station of TI Material

-        Conference concentrated on sustainable decision making

4-96        American Solar Energy Conference                                Asheville, NC

           -Presented TIM paper for NW applications

           -Toured Blue Ridge Mountain Area

11-95    ASES Media Workshop                                                Cocoa Beach, FL

9-95    Solar Energy Assoc. 14th Annual Conference                    Portland, OR

3-95    PVUSA Utility Workshop                                         Davis, CA

                     - Integrating PV systems with Utilities

                     - Toured Kerman and Davis PV Sites with Utilities

8-94   Oregon SunWorks Solar Energy Assoc. 13th Annual Conference        Portland, OR

 

6-94      American Solar Energy Conference                               San Jose, CA

              -Workshop on Simulated Design Software (WI & Sweden)

              -Utility Programs and Projects status reports

              -Economics of Photovoltaic systems

10-93     Solar Energy Assoc. 12th Annual Conference                  Portland, OR

8-93      International Solar Conference                         Budapest, Hungry

          -Discussed European business advances

          -obtained up-dated information on advances in Hydrogen 

          -Visited Germany's self-sufficient Solar House in Freiburg

10‑92     American Wind Energy Assoc. Conference                        Seattle, WA

          ‑Workshop on the Fundamentals of Wind Energy

          ‑NREL information & networked with Business Leaders

10‑92     Solar Energy Assoc. of Oregon Conference                 Eugene, OR

          ‑Discussed Energy for a sustainable society 

 

6‑92      American Solar Energy Conference                         Cocoa Beach, Fl

          ‑Met with National Solar Companies representatives

          ‑Workshop on residential appliances‑self sufficient homes

          ‑Discussed advances in electric cars, PVs and Hydrogen

 

10‑91     Siemens Solar Photovoltaic Workshop                           Camarillo, CA

          ‑ Obtained PV installation Certificate 

 

9‑91      Solar Energy Assoc. of Oregon Conference                  Corvallis, OR

          ‑ Networked with Local Government and national Leaders.

8‑91      International Solar Conference                         Denver, CO

          ‑ Workshops taken:

               1. Builder Guidelines ‑ Design Approach Developed by the Passive Solar                       Industries Council.

               2. Train the Trainers for Building Guidelines ‑

                    Prepared to teach a Passive Solar Industries Council workshop.

               3. PC Programs for designing Solar Energy Systems

                    Hands on experience with state‑of‑the‑art active and passive solar                        energy system design tools.

          ‑ Met with German engineers discussing software and monitoring techniques.

          ‑ Met with third world representatives to discuss energy evaluation.

8‑91      Solar Energy Exhibition and Rally‑(SEER 91)                  Willits, CA

          ‑ Exhibited German Fluko* Solar Clocks to public.

10‑90     Solar Energy of Oregon Conference                         Portland, OR

          ‑ Discussed most recent advances in Solar fields and transportation

9‑89      European Community 9th PV Conference                             Freiburg, Germany

          ‑ Discussed advances in PV Cell efficiencies.

          ‑ Toured 340KW Konbern‑Gondorf PV Plant.    

          ‑ Networked with European Specialists.

6‑88      American Solar Energy Conference                         Boston, MA

          ‑ Met with National Solar Companies.

          ‑ workshop on PV Installation and Application.

11‑87     European Energy Lifestyles                                Southern Germany  

8‑87      Willamette Valley Solar Energy Conference                  Eugene, OR

          ‑ Assembled a PV Cell

4‑86   Visited International Solar Energy Companies                   Phoenix AZ & CA

          ‑ ARCO Solar    ‑ Motorola      ‑ Photocomm