DeKalb County’s “Go Green Environmental Initiative” continued with the
Energy Conservation Workshop on September 20, 2008 at the
Kishwaukee Community Conference Center located at 21193 Malta Road, Malta,
IL 60150-9699. Area
Map is
available (jpg)
The conference covered several aspects of energy conservation and a variety
of renewable energy choices for DeKalb County.
Check out the Itinerary.
(pdf) Sessions covered
Cogeneration, State of Energy Today, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Energy
Efficient Farming, Energy Efficient Homes, Biofuels, and a History of
Energy. Speakers included:
Rick
Gungel, EcoEnergy Engineering, Cogeneration
Richard Breckenridge, Illinois Agricultural and Rural Affairs Advisor
Drs
Robert and Sonia Vogl, Energy Efficient Farming
Dr.
Lesley Rigg, Northern Illinois University, Energy Efficient Housing
Ted Funk,
University of Illinois, Biofuels
Nicholas
Rigas, Wind Energy
Solar
Speaker-TBA
Eric Mogren,,
Northern Illinois University, History of Energy
Presentation
Materials for:
1.
Renewable Fuels
- Richard Breckenridge, IL EAP
2.
Building a STS
Geo-Thermal House - Leslie Rigg & Sean Kelly
3.
CoGeneration
- Richard Gungel, PE