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MAREA held its fourth hands-on solar electric installation workshop, June 13-16, 2011 at the Karch home in Kutztown, PA. This 9.9 kW system is expected to generate about 11,700 kWh per year and earn 12 RECs per year. It qualified for a PA Sunshine Rebate and the Federal Renewable Energy Tax Credit. To learn more about residential solar electricity and see if it’s right for you, visit www.themarea.org/solar.shtml.
MAREA Workshop 2010: Higher Learning: Rooftop Solar Workshop installed a 6.75 kW PV rooftop array at Gene Mosca's Residence. Over a 25-year system life, this solar installation will avoid more than 150 tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
Pennsylvania Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Festival 2010 installs 9.9 kW Solar Array: Don Bucci Residence
What: Geography department coffee hour talk series. Miller Lecture - May Yuan from the University of Oklahoma - "Beyond Time Geography".
What: Geography department coffee hour talk series. Cynthia Brewer, Penn State Geography - "Multiscale Redesign of the Mational Map with U.S.G.S".
Where: TBD
What: Geography department coffee hour talk series. Collins Airhihenbuwa, Professor and Head of Penn State Department of Biobehavioral Health, "Health Interventions in Africa".
Where: TBD
What: Geography department coffee hour series. "Managing Marcellus" - A panel discussion.
Where: TBD
Panelists:
James R. Grace, Goddard Chair (Penn State Sch For Res) – Facilitator
Jim Richenderfer – Susquehanna River Basin Commission (water perspectives)
Bruce Snyder – Range Resources (industry perspectives)
Kathy Brasier – Penn State, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology (social perspectives)
What: Geography department coffee hour talk series. Geography graduate student panel of "TED" talks.
Where: TBD
What: Geography department coffee hour talk series. Brian Orland, Penn State Landscape Architecture – “Food and fuel security adjacent to Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania: Student learning and research outcomes”
Where: TBD
What: Geography department coffee hour talk series. Tim Palmer to present "Rivers of America".
Where: 26 Hosler Building. Reception following in the EMS Museum Lobby.
To be held as part of "Celebrating the 40-year career of Geographer C. Gregory Knight".
More information here: http://www.geog.psu.edu/news/tim-palmer-present-rivers-america-coffee-hour
