The New Mexico Solar Energy Association

Board Meeting
2018-03-11 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver)
Monthly Board Meeting
All members are welcome!
RSVP to the location address at president@nmsolar.org

"Know Waste to No Waste."
2018-02-28 18:30 - 20:00 | First Unitarian Church, 3701 Carlisle Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87110, United States
“Know Waste to No Waste.” a Transition ABQ workshop

Nature doesn’t really have “waste” as we know it. One creature’s waste is another species’ food, such as fertilizer for plants. As humans, we’ve developed this concept of throwing things “away” but there is no “away”. We only have one planet!
So how can we reduce our personal and household waste as close to zero as possible? How can we encourage our communities and stores to reduce as well? Join us for this workshop to learn & exchange.
Before you come, here’s some homework:

Watch The Story of Stuff (22 minutes), if you haven’t already.
Try to weigh your garbage and recycling for a few weeks, and bring your data.

For the next 5 months, we’ll be going through the topics one-by-one from the Transition Streets workbook for personal & household impact. We’re starting with Waste. Next month is Transportation.
What to bring*: (*If you can. No one will be turned away)

A dish to share for the potluck
Your ABQ CO2 Pledge, or your New Years Resolution(s)
A few dollars to help keep Transition ABQ running

We hope to see you there!

Reducing Your Carbon Footprint a Step at a Time
2018-02-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, 202 Harvard SE, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Action on climate change is happening at the local and state level. But what are the best ways to reduce your home’s carbon footprint? Join us in a conversation about how to assess and prioritize practical ways to reduce greenhouse emissions within your own sphere of influence
✸ Athena Christodoulou (NM Solar Energy Association) will show you how to assess, plan, and then act, to go Fossil Fuel Free;
✸ Ken Bergeron will focus in on home heating: transitioning your propane or gas-heated Albuquerque home to an air-source heat pump system powered by solar electricity;
✸ Peter Heald will describe how he added solar thermal energy to supplement domestic hot water and heating at his home.
The audience will share personal experiences and questions, with the hope that new ideas and insights will lead to more and more steps towards a fossil-free future.

Board Meeting
2018-02-20 17:30 - 19:30, 2018-01-16 17:30 - 19:30, 2017-11-14 17:30 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
All NMSEA members are welcome. Please submit your agenda items at least 72 hours in advance to President@nmsolar.org at N. Domingo Multigenerational center

Seed Swap
2018-02-17 10:30 - 12:30 | Main Library, 501 Copper NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
Join us at the Main Library for our 4th annual gathering and swap!
Schedule of Events:
10:30 — 11:00 am: Closed swap for those who brought seeds
11:00 — 11:30 am: General seed share
11:30 —12:15 pm: Working with The Garden’s Edge by local Seed Steward Sarah Montgomery

Bring seeds and envelopes (re-purposed) if you can.
Free and open to the public.
At the Main Library in the lower-level community room.
Free parking validation for the first 2 hrs!

Environment Day in Santa Fe
2018-02-01 08:00 - 15:30 | The Roundhouse, 490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
Come support Renewable Energy at the NM State Capital. We have partnered with statewide groups to combine Renewable Day, Wildlife, Water and Environment Day, Witness for the People Day, and others during this short session. Environment Day showcases One Team for One Place. A people-packed day to meet your legislators, speak to like-minded people from all over the state, and show off the power of the sun.
Tabling Schedule:
8am set up, 9am-3:30pm attend members of the public, 3:30pm take down
Other events for the day:

8am – Training on participating in committee hearings;
8:30am – Attend Senate Environment Committee Hearing;
9 am & 1 pm – Lobbying Training in Room 326;
12-1 pm & 2-3 pm Speakers in the Rotunda
9-3 electric and alternative-fuel vehicle exhibit.Could be your chance for a free Tesla ride?

NM Environment Day is sponsored by a broad coalition of environmental and community groups including the Sierra Club, Environmental Alliance of NM, NM Interfaith Power and Light, Conservation Voters NM, Juntos, Environment NM, Santa Fe Sustainable Everything Advocates, NM Solar Energy Association, Global Warming Express, NM Environmental Law Center, Moms’ Clean Air Force NM, Food and Water Watch, 350.org NM, Multicultural Alliance for Safe Environments, Alliance for Environmental Strategies and others.

Solar Electric (PV) in Review & Help Planning Yours!
2018-01-23 18:00 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
No longer a niche market, Photovoltaics (PV) is here to stay and accessible to all.
-Join expert Jim DesJardins of Sol Luna Solar in a review of the industry and stay to learn how you can be part of this technology wave.
-As always, FREE and open to the public. Come meet the experts and join the energy revolution.

Indivisible Nob Hill - Fossil Fuel Free by 2023
2018-01-22 17:30 - 19:30 | O’Niell’s, 4310 Central Ave SE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, 87108, United States
Come join us to find out how personal choices can help YOU leave fossil fuel behind and still live a fine life!
The president of NM Solar Energy Association, Athena Christodoulou, was slowly and haphazardly working toward this goal.
The recent hurricanes and fires, national politics, and business as usual in New Mexico inspired her to step up her game.
Fossil Fuel Free by 2023: A Personal Challenge. More about Indivisible Nob Hill

Annual REIA Meeting
2018-01-19 16:00 | Rio Bravo Brewing CO, 1912 2nd St NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
Renewable Energy Industry Association

Transition ABQ - Fossil Fuel Free by 2023
2018-01-10 18:30 - 20:30 | First Unitarian Church, 3701 Carlisle Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87110, United States
Come join us to find out how personal choices can help YOU leave fossil fuel behind and still live a fine life!
The president of NM Solar Energy Association, Athena Christodoulou, was slowly working toward this goal.
The recent hurricanes and fires, national politics, and business as usual in New Mexico inspired her to step up her game.
Fossil Fuel Free by 2023: A Personal Challenge. More about Transition ABQ

Annual Member Meeting
2017-12-12 18:00 - 20:00 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
Come!
Hang out with the best community in this state for making 100% RE happen! Get the latest scoop on our efforts to lead the transformation by example, education, and advocacy.

Please bring a finger food to share.
Prepare to vote for your new board members
Be inspired!

Solar Lunch and Learn
2017-12-09 11:00 - 12:00
You’ve heard about solar. Maybe you’ve seen your friends or neighbors already make the switch to solar and you’re curious what it’s about? Over the past 10 years, solar technology has dropped in price by more than 80% making today, more than ever, a great time to invest.
Come join SunPower by Positive Energy Solar for an educational event at their Albuquerque Solar Design Center. Learn how to stop paying outrageous power bills, save money, improve your home, take advantage of thousands in government incentives, help the environment and become energy independent.
This is a FREE event, open to the public (but must RSVP due to limited space). Lunch provided!

505-908-9578 or www.PositiveEnergySolar.com
11am-12pm
SunPower by Positive Energy Solar (a NMSEA business member)

3651 Princeton Drive Northeast

Fossil Fuel Free by 2023: a personal challenge - Albuquerque Chapter mtg
2017-11-28 18:00 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
Come join us to find out how personal choices can help YOU leave fossil fuel behind and still live a fine life! Our president, Athena, was slowly working toward this goal and has recently set a SMART goal and stepped up the game.
Missed our workshop about navigating the solar marketplace? We’ll have an abbreviated version and several vendor members in attendance for your convenience and opportunity be a savvy consumer.
FREE and family friendly!

Solar Fiesta 2017
2017-10-21 09:00 - 16:00 | Sawmill Community Land Trust Park, 997 18th St NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, United States
In The 18th Street Park
At The
Sawmill Community Land Trust
more details

Board Meeting
2017-10-17 17:30 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
All NMSEA members are welcome. Please submit your agenda items at least 72 hours in advance to President@nmsolar.org

Albuquerque Chapter Meeting - New power with mPower, Solar Power International, and Suniva Trade Case
2017-09-26 18:00 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE , Albuquerque, NM, 87113, United States
New Power with mPower and More!
Join us as Murat Okandan, PhD, CEO of mPower Technology (link), updates us on a deployed Sandia Lab technology to reformat solar installation. Also, join the discussion on PV panel tariffs and Solar Power International. We’ll probably throw in some mayoral thoughts as well.
Jim DesJardins will give a short presentation on the recent Solar Power International Show and an update on the Suniva 201 trade case. Murat will give a presentation on a micro-singulated, highly resilient silicon PV technology that allows >5x faster solar deployment. The presentation will provide an overview of the technology, early markets and potential large scale applications.
Free and open to the general public.

Come hang out with other concerned citizens to learn how you can do your part as we all transition toward a more sustainable lifestyle. The Albuquerque Chapter meets on the 4th Tuesday of Jan, March, May, July, Sept & Nov. Contact Jim DesJardins at j.desjardins@hotmail.com – Like our ABQ Facebook page

Board Meeting
2017-09-19 17:30 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
Open to all members. Send any agenda items to president@nmsolar.org at least 72 hours prior.

Albuquerque Chapter Meeting - Energy Storage
2017-07-25 18:00 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
Energy Storage Update: What do we do when the sun isn’t shining AND the wind isn’t blowing. Free and open to the public!
Jim DesJardins will give a brief update on the status of small commercial and residential energy storage. Followed by:
Teresa Johansen, COO of Road Runner Food Bank, on their recent battery system installed to reduce their PNM demand charges. FYI, the City of Albuquerque is heading this direction most wholeheartedly!

Board Meeting
2017-07-18 17:30 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
Open to all members. Please send any agenda items to president@nmsolar.org

Board Meeting
2017-06-20 17:30 - 19:30, 2017-05-16 17:30 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
Open to all members. Come get involved with Sun for All and All for Sun.

Solar RFP - City of Albuqueruque
2017-06-13 08:00 - 2017-07-05 16:00
The City of Albuquerque Purchasing Division is seeking sealed electronic bids for the following goods and/or services by the designated times and dates:
Description: New Clean Renewable Energy Bond (NCREB) funded Solar Energy Projects
RFB#: P2017000030
Due by Date and Time: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 @ 4:00 PM
BID FORMS AND INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED at http://www.cabq.gov/vendor/solicitations.html
For additional information or questions, contact the City Purchasing Office at (505) 768-3320. For TTY call (505)768-2983.

Going Greener - Roadrunner Food Bank
2017-06-06 17:30 - 19:00 | Roadrunner Food Bank, 5840 Office Blvd NE, Albuquerque, United States
Join us at Roadrunner Food Bank for a special community forum on how we are finding ways to make a
positive impact on our environment while solving hunger for children and families in need across our state.
RSVP to Brian Brown at 505•349•8829 or brian.brown@rrfb.org

Santa Fe Green Expo
2017-06-04 09:00 - 16:00 | Santa Fe Convention Center, 201 W Marcy St, Santa Fe, NM, 87501
For poster with more information. Sponsored by the Santa Fe Green Chamber of Commerce.

What To Expect From Your Solar Installer
2017-05-23 18:00 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
Jim DesJardins, a 7 year veteran of the solar industry will speak about the process of a typical solar installation. Topics covered will be the sales contract including the new Consumer Protection legislation, permitting, PNM application, the actual installation, inspections, REC meter and system commissioning. Free and Open to the general public.

Solar Energy and You
2017-05-20 10:00 - 11:30 | Cherry Hills Library, 6901 Barstow NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87111
On average, Albuquerque sees 278 days of sun yearly. Have you considered harnessing those sunny days to power your home? Unsure where to begin? Mark Gaiser joins us from the Energy Conservation & Management Division of New Mexico’s Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to demystify solar energy, explaining the technology, ways to finance solar power, and your options. Attendance is open for this free event.
Look familiar? This event is a reprise of one held in March. It is back based on popular demand.

March for Science ABQ
2017-04-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Albuquerque Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
The city management company, SMG, is coming together with the March for Science Albuquerque to create a unique day of science advocacy in conjunction with an Earth Day celebration. NMSEA will have a table and be speaking.

Alamogordo Chapter Meeting
2017-04-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Alamogordo Public Library, 920 Oregon Ave, Alamagordo, NM, 88310, United States
The Alamogordo Chapter meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month, except during June, July & August when they’re ON VACATION. Here’s the Alamogordo Chapter webpage.
For other details, please contact Ron Offley: ronoffley@gmail.com.
