Green Film Series: Click here for details on three thought-provoking movies: Dirt: the Movie; The Garden Movie and Gimme Green. Viewing and discussion series at Linden Hills Park starting April 13th.
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LHP&L Speaker Series!
All workshops are FREE to members of LHP&L or $5 donation for non members*.
(Attend 5 classes and your membership has paid for itself!)Become a member NOW! All held at 7PM, 2720 W 43rd St unless otherwise noted.
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Tax incentives
The recently signed Economic Recovery and Stimulus bill offers Federal Tax Incentives to replace old & inefficient home products with new energy efficient products. Click here for a PDF of this presentation.
Deep Retrofitting of Old Houses
A Deep Energy Reduction Retrofit (DERR) project will cut 70% or more of the energy use of buildings. You'll also learn about the Passive House building energy standard. Passive House represents today's highest certified building energy standard, with the promise of reducing the total energy consumption of buildings by up to 90% while providing superior comfort and indoor environmental quality - all at little or no additional up front cost. When combined with renewable energy systems such as solar photovoltaic or solar thermal, Passive House puts true zero energy buildings and carbon neutrality within reach. Tim Eian, AIA TE studio.
Windows for your Soul
Considering new windows? Not all replacement window products qualify for the tax credit. Learn what a "u-value" is and what Solar Heat Gain Co-efficiency (SHGC) number you need to look for. Are new windows the right solution? Old windows can perform as good as or better than new windows and even a good new window will last only 25 years or so. Window restoration specialist Erin Hanafin Berg - from the Preservation Alliance can show you how to fix your own windows - and how to tell if they should be replaced. Click here for a pdf of this presentation.
Nov 10 7PM- Solar So Good Considering solar hot water or photo voltaics? Will the renewable energy credit make the ROI more attractive? Learn what sort of roof angle, tree cover and aspect would make your site most attractive for solar. Can't afford solar panels -what about joining a community co-op to lower the cost? Each participant gets a return based on what they put in. Guest speaker Ralph Jacobson is a NABCEP certified installer for both solar electric and solar thermal systems, one of only a few installers in Minnesota and Wisconsin that can make that claim. Ralph is a board member of the Minnesota Renewable Energy Society and the President of the Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association (MnSEIA). Click here to see a copy of this presentation.
Mar TBC - Getting Fresh (Movie: "Fresh" - 1 hour)
FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet. FRESH features urban farmer and activist, (and LHP&L hero) Will Allen, the recipient of MacArthur's 2008 Genius Award; and sustainable farmer and entrepreneur, Joel Salatin, made famous by Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma.
Apr TBC - The Power of Community -How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (Movie 1 hr)
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half - and food by 80 percent - people were desperate. This film tells of the community and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. The film opens with a short history of Peak Oil, a term for the time in our history when world oil production will reach its all-time peak and begin to decline forever. Cuba, the only country that has faced such a crisis - the massive reduction of fossil fuels - is an example of options and hope.
* The kick off Home Tour is free to members and non members alike.
Later dates Subject to change. Check back here occasionally.
About the Minnesota GreenStar Certification Program
The green certification program for home remodeling and building (officially called Minnesota GreenStar Certified Green Homes and Remodeling) created a rigorous set of standards. The program and its guidelines were created through a consortium of private and public groups, including The Green Institute, NARI (National Association of the Remodeling Industry of Minnesota), BATC (Builders Association of the Twin Cities) and many other organizations, including the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).
Minnesota GreenStar standards are based on guidelines that emphasize a whole-systems approach to new construction and provide details on how to achieve these goals by applying the five key concepts of Green Building to the eight components of the traditional building process.
The key concepts of Green Building are:
Energy Efficiency
Resource Efficiency (including Durability)
Indoor Environmental Quality
Water Conservation
Site Management and Use
The eight components of the traditional building process are:
