Presented by The Catskill Forest Association

March 8, 2013 @ Margaretville Firehouse, 77 Church Street Margaretville, NY 12455

$10 fee includes lunch  Register by March 7th: 845-586-3054 or email: cfa@catskill.net
The Catskill Mountains are full of energy. However, there are many resources to gather energy from – solar; wind; wood; grass; garbage; and more. (Particularly for larger users such as schools, municipal buildings,and hospitals! – save money, create new permanent jobs and develop a business environment favorable to the land-owners that pay property taxes!) At the Alternative Energy Workshop, we’ll discuss some of the most practical methods of energy production available to us here in the Catskills. Each has their costs and benefits that must be weighed, but will first require
discussion.

Agenda:
9:00am – 9:30am — Registration & Intro.
9:30am – 10:45am – Wind and Solar
10:45am – 11:30am – Solid Wood (Sean Kennedy – Lead Technician & Installation Manager Cracker Mill Hearth & Emporium)
11:30am – 12Noon – Lunch
12 Noon – 1pm – Getting off oil and on biomass (Rocko – New England Wood Pellets)
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Appliances available for large applications (David Dungate – ACT Bioenergy)
2:00pm – 3:00pm – Active project — from solid wood to pellets and chips and sustainable harvesting at the North Country School in Lake Placid (John Culpepper)