Healthy Home Event #2 - Solar Electric Systems
for Residents
Saturday May 21, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
The
second installment in The Healthy Home Event Series at Green
Fusion Design Center centered on the
topic of Solar Electric Systems. Solar power provides a reliable
and safe way to lower utility bills, reduce dependence on dirty
or foreign forms of energy, and become more self-sufficient. This
workshop equipped homeowners to make informed decisions about how
best to take advantage of this great opportunity. This training
introduced concepts of solar electricity and addressed
the more practical considerations of installing a solar electric
(photovoltaic) system.
Another packed house!
Guest Speakers included Gwen
Johnson from
the Marin
Solar Program and Elie Rothschild of Sustainable
Spaces, who discussed:
- Basic components of solar electric (photovoltaic)
systems
- How to know if your site is appropriate for a solar application
- Approaching a solar contractor
- Economics of going solar
- The Marin County Solar Program
The Marin
County Community Development Agency's Green Building Program co-hosted
this event.
About the Healthy Home Event Series
One of the goals of Green Fusion Design
Center is to help educate the public on healthier choices
for materials, products and furnishings. To further that goal,
Green Fusion has created the Healthy Home
Event Series as a service to the community. The Healthy
Home Event Series is free and open to the public and features
experts in the field of Green building, products and materials.
The Healthy Home Event Series is
a unique opportunity for people who are interested in healthier
choices in home design and building to talk to the experts in
the field of Green Building. For more information about these
events, send email to: sophia@greenfusiondesigncenter.com or
call us at (415) 454-0174.
