The New Mexico Solar Energy Association

National Drive Electric Week Event - Albuquerque
2018-09-12 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Denver) | Albuquerque Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
National Drive Electric Week, September 8-16, 2018, is a nationwide celebration to heighten awareness of today’s widespread availability of plug-in vehicles and highlight the benefits of all-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric cars, trucks, motorcycles, and more. They are fun to drive, are less expensive and more convenient to fuel than gasoline vehicles, are better for the environment, promote local jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Are you considering going electric? Come talk to owners who have successfully done so.

2018 Taos Electric Vehicle Expo
2018-09-08 12:00 - 18:00 | UNM Taos Bataan Hall, 121 Civic Plaza Drive, Taos, NM, 87571, United States
Join us for the inaugural Taos Electric Vehicle Expo in downtown Taos, NM! Our inaugural event will feature electric cars, electric motorcycles, electric bicycles, speakers and exhibitors of other solar and renewable energy technology.

National Drive Electric Week Event - Santa Fe
2018-09-08 10:00 - 15:00 | Santa Fe Place Mall, 4250 Cerrillos Rd., Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States

Rise at the Rio for Climate, Water, Jobs and Justice
2018-09-08 09:00 - 12:00 | Bridge Blvd SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102, Bridge Blvd SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Join communities throughout New Mexico and the Nation to Rise for the Climate, Water, Jobs & Justice. We will gather at the Rio Grande at Bridge on the Southeast corner (at 8th St) to honor and remember the waters that sustain us as they and we feel the impacts of Global Climate Disruption. We’ll hear prayers and march to Dolores Huerta Park for a Climate Action Fair where you can register to vote, hear speakers, take action on Chaco and other urgent climate issues, and learn more about the issues and what you can do. Join us as we hold our local leaders to account and demand that they walk the talk on climate action.
For more information or to RSVP, please visit the official event website shown below.

New Mexico Electric Co-Op/NMPRC Electric Vehicle Event
2018-08-30 13:00 - 16:00 | New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, 1120 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
There will be a variety of electric vehicles at the NMPRC parking lot for the electric car ride and drive event. Check it out!

Board Meeting
2018-08-21 18:00 - 19:30, 2018-05-15 18:00 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
Our monthly board meeting. All members welcome. Please send agenda items to president@nmsolar.org at least 72 hours before the meeting.

American Solar Energy Society (ASES) Conference
2018-08-05 - 2018-08-08 | NM
August 5 – 8, Boulder, CO

Energy Efficiency is Se_ _! Energy in the Home
2018-07-24 18:00 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
Learn about ways to be energy efficient in the home while still staying comfortable. Being sustainable is super important, but doesn’t have to be hard or expensive. Find out about the PNM rebates and energy audits for homeowners and/or commercial properties. What does it take to be comfy AND save your future? You must be present to win a door prize.
For more information, visit our main website.
This is a free event!

Solar Electric (Photovoltaics, PV) for Consumers and Installers
2018-07-17 18:00 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
Join us as we address Solar Electric (Photovoltaics, PV) for consumers and installers as we explore the new Distributed Generation Disclosure Statement (link) and the whole lease/buy issue. Tell your realtor friends, they’re lost too. It’s your second chance to get the scoop!

Solar Electric (PV) For Homeowners
2018-06-19 18:00 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
Join us as we address Solar Electric (Photovoltaics, PV) for homeowners. We will explore the whole lease/buy/PPA issue and the new Distributed Generation Disclosure Statement (link). Tell your realtor friends, they’re lost too. Installers are welcome also.

Cooling: Strategies and Systems For Longer Summers
2018-05-22 18:00 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
Get some ideas and advice and bring your ideas and advice. Bring your interested neighbors, friends, and family. We entertain age-old traditional to new technology. Our goal: sustainable, yet comfortable. Even rental and apartment dwellers will leave with some strategies.
Our first workshop/panel for our Thermablitz workgroup. Free and open to the public.
If interested in being more involved, please sign up here.

Solar Fiesta Planning Meeting
2018-05-19 14:30 - 16:00 | NM
Contact Athena at president@nmsolar.org for more details.

Heavy Equipment Rodeo
2018-05-04 | NM
ACE Leadership High School. We need ways to show off solar in a BIG way.

Sprint! to a Smaller Carbon Footprint
2018-04-17 17:00 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
Electric Vehicles: Sprint! to a lower carbon footprint. Or should we say ZOOM!!!
We’re all interested in seeing action on climate change at the local, state, and national level, but we also know there are ways we each can lessen our individual impacts. Want to make a huge impact to reduce your own personal carbon footprint? Join us in a conversation about how to make it happen in the transportation sector. Full collection of electric vehicles in eastern dirt parking lot beginning at 5pm (depending on weather),

Tom Solomon (350NM.org co-chair, NMSEA board) – (main presentation: 6pm) – Tesla owner

special guest Daren Zigich (Energy, Minerals, Natural Resources Department) and special presentation – Energy Roadmap Project – Bolt driver
Athena Christodoulou (NMSEA board) – Nissan Leaf owner.

Peter Heald – Volt owner

Full collection in eastern dirt parking lot beginning at 5pm (depending on weather)

After these presentations, the audience will be encouraged to 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.

Moved to April 17: Sprint to a Smaller Carbon Footprint
2018-03-27 17:00 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
See April 17th event.

Central New Mexico Science & Engineering Research Challenge
2018-03-23 12:00 - 15:00 | Johnson Gym, UNM, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Send judging interest to info@nmsolar.org

KUNM Spring 2018 Fundraiser
2018-03-23 | NM
The KUNM spring 2018 fundraiser is early this year, Saturday March 17 to Friday, March 23, and our president, Athena, is answering phones in the morning of the 23rd – 5:45-9am.

If we had brought four or more members to answer phones, NMSEA would have received a $50 certificate towards announcements on KUNM. As well as networked.

A Community Response to Fracking: An On-The-Ground Perspective
2018-03-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Congregation Albert, 3800 Louisiana NE, Albuquerque, United States
CongregationALBERT Green Team Speakers present this series on the community response to fracking.
Asha Canalos will discuss her several-year battle against fracking infrastructure and identify some of the lessons learned. She will compare regional legal battles and local issues of climate justice in the Northeast and Southwest. Canalos will provide advice for those interested in defending their communities from the risk and harms of fracking and fracking infrastructure projects. She will discuss what is happening in New Mexico. Could this happen in Bernalillo and Sandoval Counties?

Kick-off Solar Fiesta Meeting
2018-03-20 18:00 - 19:30 | North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113
Time and place are set for the 2018 Solar Fiesta. October 20, 2018 in the Sawmill District.
We only need one more thing …YOU!
Athena C., volunteer manager. Please email her at president@nmsolar.org to be part of the organizing team. Step up to make change happen.

What is Holtec? Why does it Matter?
2018-03-19 18:30 - 20:00 | First Congregational Church, UCC, 2801 Lomas Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM, United States
An evening exploring ethics, justice, and overview. of a proposal for a high-level nuclear storage facility in South East New Mexico for spent fuel rods from nuclear power plants from 35 states.

Presentation: Why people of faith/conscience need to be concerned–Joan Brown, Executive Director, NM Interfaith Power & Light
Project overview: Don Hancock, Southwest Information Research Center, ABQ
Questions and what next: New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light – info@nm-ipl.org

Board Meeting
2018-03-11 14:00 - 16:00 | NM
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 | 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
