Bright Light Designs specializes in architectural lighting, landscape lighting, historical buildings, commercial lighting, residential lighting, water features and energy efficient lighting.
 
Bright Light designs in a member of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) and the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

For more information including a portfolio of projects, please visit BrightLightDesigns.net.

Green Home and Living Show is the only carbon-neutral, and zero-waste event, showcasing the latest earth-friendly products, services and strategies for consumers and businesses.

From practical solutions for reducing energy bills, to the hottest green gifts and the latest green energy and building technologies, you’ll find it all at a Green Home and Living Show! Visitors can meet with hundreds of earth-friendly exhibits, while gathering information and inspiration from workshops, speakers, interactive demos and more!

For information about attending, exhibiting or discounts, please visit greenhomeandlivingshows.com.

The area has rolling hills and 17 lakes nearby that residents flock to year-round for swimming and ice skating. Town parks contain 125 miles of running, hiking, and biking trails.

Residents rank among the healthiest people in the nation.  Excellent schools and low crime make this an excellent place to live and the big city of  Minneapolis is an easy drive.

Minnesota has a strong interest in alternative energy. The Minnesota State Fair in late august and Early September has an alternative energy exhibit. See our post Eco Experience at the Minnesota State Fair for more details. On October 2, Minnesota Solar Tour will take place throughout the region. See our post Minnesota Solar Tour for details.

In 2008, an Eden Prairie home with innovative solar technology was featured.  The Eden Prairie solar home  has a solar starter kit installed in September 2008  for under $8,000. A single solar panel can added at a time. It has a new computer controlled micro-inverter system, where each panel has its own inverter and monitor. The system could pay for itself in 10-11 years, and can deliver 2,835 watts per day, providing more than 7 percent of the home’s energy needs according to information from the 2008 solar tour. Tax credits are available for such projects.

Ft.Lauderdale, FL-Business Opportunity & Go GREEN Wellness Presentation
Join us on Monday, July 12th at 7:30pm in the The Westin-Ft. Lauderdale
Presenters are Ed Bestoso and Kim Cherveny

Lake County to present Second Annual Green Symposium
July 22-23, 2010
Mission Inn Resort & Club
Lake County, FL
An agenda of presentations will cover a variety of topics including energy, green job creation, alternative transportation, water conservation, green tourism and sustainable communities. The intended audience for the symposium is business entrepreneurs, land-use planners, engineers, architects, civil engineers, solid-waste staff, transportation experts, energy block grant officials, organic health professionals, public health & government officials and several other disciplines.
For more information and to register, please visit http://www.lakecountyfl.gov/green_team/green_symposium/ .

Technology and Going “Green”: Business and Marketing Opportunities
Friday, July 16 9:30a to 1:30p
at Kovens Conference Center, Miami, FL
The Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce presents its latest Business Empowerment Networking Series installment, Technology & Going “Green”: Business & Marketing Opportunities. This networking series will feature thorough presentations by distinguished experts on going “Green”, business and marketing opportunities to successfully use technology and making change work for your business. read more

Price: The networking series is open to the public and is $10.00 for chamber members and $15.00 for non-members. Exhibition space for your business is also available.
Phone: (305) 751-8648
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SEBCSoutheast Building Conference and Green Building Show
July 22-24, 2010
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, FL
www.sebcshow.com

LEED Leaders and Liters: Community Initiatives
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
CTA Building, Chicago

River North Business Association and USGBC – Illinois Chapter’s July Green Business After Hours
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Citizen Bar

Chapter Business Meeting –  Demystifiying Measurement & Verification: The Plan and the Reality
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Location TBD

Going Green and Paying For It: Green Tools for Municipalities
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)

LEED EBOM Series: Getting Traction with Sustainable Sites Credits in Zero Lot Line Buildings
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Location TBD

Cruzin’ the Fox Lake – NNW Branch Networking Event
Friday, July 16, 2010
Fox Lake

LEED Green Associate Study Series
Wednesday, July 21, July 28 & August 4
Naperville

ASID Illinois and USGBC-Illinois Chapter Networking Event and Restoration Program
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Barrington

LEED for Homes 101: An Introduction to USGBC’s Residential Program
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Rockford

Wheaton College Green Building Tour & Case Study
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wheaton

Woodstock Biofuel Bus Tour for Municipal Leaders
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Woodstock

For more details about the organization U.S. Green Building Illinois Chapter  (USGBC),  please visit usgbc-chicago.org.

Elmhurst Green Fest 07/31/2010
Join us for great day at Wilder Park for the third annual Elmhurst Green Fest! Learn how to reduce your impact on the environment and contribute to a more sustainable community.   Fest Highlights • Fun & Educational Activities for Adults…

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The project will consist of 130 wind turbines that will produce 420 megawatts of electricity by 2012.

Siemens AG of Germany will provide the turbines.

“With this new project, E.ON and Siemens continue their great partnership in the wind power business,” said René Umlauft, CEO of the Siemens Renewable Energy Division.  “The long-term outlook for the wind industry is still strong.  Siemens intends to significantly outpace the global market growth of 12% to become one of the top 3 providers,” added Umlauft.  Siemens is already one of the top 3 wind turbine suppliers in the U.S.

“We are delighted to partner with Siemens in the next phase of our Papalote Creek II wind farm in south Texas,” said Steve Trenholm, CEO, E.ON Climate & Renewables North America.  ”This project will create more than 300 temporary jobs and provide an investment of more than $300 million to the local tax base. E.ON is pleased to make this investment and help further the growth of the U.S. renewables market.”

E.ON and Siemens have partnered on several U.S. wind farm projects in the past.  Siemens supplied 54 2.3-MW units for E.ON’s Forest Creek wind farm near Big Spring, Texas, in 2006 and 55 2.3-MW wind turbines for the Champion wind farm in Nolan County, Texas, in 2007.

The Siemens scope of supply for the Papalote Creek II wind power plant includes delivery and transportation of the 87 SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines with a rated capacity of 2.3 MW each.  With a diameter of 101 meters, the rotor of the new SWT-2.3-101 has a swept area of 8,000 square meters, which equals one-and-a-half football fields. Delivery is expected to begin in May 2010 and the wind farm is expected to be commissioned in the fall of 2010.  Siemens also will provide service and maintenance for 2 years.

To better meet the increasing demand for clean energy in the Americas, Siemens is currently constructing its wind turbine assembly facility in Hutchinson, Kansas, which is scheduled to become operational in December 2010. The 300,000-square-foot wind turbine nacelle facility is expected to employ up to approximately 400 “green-collar” employees. Siemens also recently expanded its 600,000-square-foot blade manufacturing facilities in Fort Madison, Iowa, which it opened in 2007. The blades for the Papalote Creek II wind power plant will be manufactured in Fort Madison, Iowa.

Wind power is part of Siemens’ Environmental Portfolio. In fiscal 2009, revenue from the Portfolio totaled approximately EUR23 billion, making Siemens the world’s largest supplier of environmentally friendly technologies. In the same period, the company’s products and solutions enabled customers to reduce their CO2 emissions by 210 million tons. This amount equals the combined annual CO2 emissions of New York, Tokyo, London and Berlin.

The Siemens Energy Sector is the world’s leading supplier of a complete spectrum of products, services and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of power and for the extraction, conversion and transport of oil and gas. In fiscal 2009 (ended September 30), the Energy Sector had revenues of approximately EUR25.8 billion and received new orders totaling approximately EUR30 billion and posted a profit of EUR3.3 billion. On September 30, 2009, the Energy Sector had a work force of more than 85,100. Further information is available at: www.siemens.com/energy.

E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) is responsible for the E.ON group’s renewable energy and environmental protection activities around the world. Tapping renewable energy sources offers enormous alternatives, both from a business perspective and for the environment. E.ON Climate & Renewables will be investing €8 billion in renewable energy and environmental protection projects from 2007 – 2011 to expand the share of renewable energy in E.ON’s portfolio for the long term. E.ON has thus taken a leading role in developing renewable energy sources worldwide. For more information, please visit www.eon.com/renewables.