Idaho Environmental Summit 2008 » Session

Evening Social – Ballroom – 5:30pm

Kellie — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:30:04 +0000

Hors D’oeuvres and a Special Showing of the Documentary, Red Gold
http://www.redgoldfilm.com/
Film will be followed by a talk from Ms. Lydia Olympic, featured in the documentary.

Energy – Delamar – 10:30

Kellie — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:30:26 +0000

Solar for the Home or Business
As solar energy becomes increasingly affordable for homes and businesses, more consumers are giving this energy-saving technology a hard look. This session will explore what’s involved in selecting a solar system, how much it costs, what kinds of incentives exist to reduce the cost, and how your new solar system will fit into your utility and the grid. Attendees will come away with a better understanding of what’s doable from a technology and pocketbook perspective – and how the technology works.

John Weber, Boise businessman and solar net-metered utility customer.
Dave Brueggemann, Solar Cascade
Scott Gates, Idaho Power

Air – Cinnabar – 10:30

Kellie — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:30:19 +0000

Air, Nonattainment & Air quality
Tuesday 10:30am Cinnabar Room

Melissa Gibbs,
and Martin Bauer, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
Matt Stoll, COMPASS

The panel will discuss the basics of nonattainment from the National Ambient Air Quality Standards to the financial impact companies and federal grant dollar recipients may face; the city-level regulatory approach and timeline for going from nonattainment status to maintenance of the national standard; and the community-level detail of the impacts of nonattainment status on the planning organization’s workload and budget from increased travel demand modeling, transportation budgeting, and conformity and impact analyses.