Solar Forum TONIGHT

STAYING PROGRESSIVE IN THE 21st CENTURY ● A COMMUNITY FORUM ON SOLAR BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES ●
co-sponsored by Neighborhoods for Responsible Growth (NRG) and the Town of Chapel Hill

This forum will be held TONIGHT at the CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 405 MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD at 7:00 PM.

The goal of the forum is to investigate ways to protect our neighborhoods and quality of life by promoting clean, renewable, and affordable building technologies. These technologies, if applied in future developments like town buildings, schools, development on UNC's Horace Williams property, other UNC buildings, etc., can cut the greenhouse gases being produced by coal- and gas-generated electricity, and reduce our dependence on these and on costly nuclear power. Our region should continue to lead in this direction toward a better future.

WITH SHORT PRESENTATIONS ON SOLAR HVAC, DAYLIGHTING, PHOTOVOLTAICS BY:

LARRY SHIRLEY: Director of the State Energy Office in the NC Department of Administration, past chair of NC and American Solar Energy Associations
DR. THOMAS HENKEL: Strategic Specialist for SOLARGENIX ENERGY and Professor Emeritus of Physics at Wagner College in New York City
MIKE NICKLAS: Principal in Innovative Design and past chair of NC, American and International Solar Energy Associations
RICHARD HARKRADER: Solar Architect and past chair (3 times) of NC Solar Energy Association (now NC Sustainable Energy Association), Co-Founder of Carolina Green Energy

There will be time after the presentations for interested audience members to participate with questions and discussion.

This timely forum comes as developments large and small in and near our neighborhoods have an increasing impact on our community – including increased burning of fossil fuels to heat, cool, and power them. Today's leaders, designers, and developers can reduce the size of that impact. Will they look forward to the 21st century - or backward to the 20th?