So much Green…

Posted on September 24, 2007
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Friend, former classmate Greg Bird sent me an email listing some of the Green events in the Bay Area. There are many…! I would have loved to have gone to the Green Building Conference last week, but had a bunch of UCSF and other medical appointments that conflicted. CNET has some pictures from the show floor.

This year’s Solar Conference starts today in Long Beach. It’s sold out, and is expected to draw some 10,000 people this year, a big increase from last year’s event in San Jose. Friend Peter Bostock (who also happens to be the VP of Solaicx - a well-funded startup that produces high volume, continuous production, superior-performance, single crystal silicon ingots that dramatically reduce manufacturing costs) is flying down tomorrow early, and I was really tempted to join him - he’s a great guy and his company is #4 on AlwaysOn’s list of Top 100 Green companies.

But this week is full, too, including starting a new, more frequent workout regime at UCSF in San Francisco. So I think I’ll settle for the webcast of the Solar Conference keynote speeches. I can’t believe how full my ‘new life’ has become: it’s hard to get in the things I want to do…

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3 Responses to “So much Green…”

  1. AmyB on September 24th, 2007 3:50 pm

    If you’re in Washington, DC, you should check out the Building Museum. They have a wonderful exhibit on green building. Lots of variety of materials and wondeful installations. Also, if you’re looking for a project “closer to home,” the Eco Design Resources is an incredible resource. Check out http://www.ecodesignresources.com/ or their brick and mortar location at the Green Building Exchange! 305 Main Street, Redwood City, CA 94063, phone: (650) 369-5001. And no, i’m not affiliated with them in any way, but they were a wealth of knowledge as I was looking to do a major remodel last year.

  2. cg on October 5th, 2007 12:38 pm

    Thanks for that tip… I’ll keep it in mind when I’m back East…

  3. www.gulker.com » Blog Archive » An interesting sky, and an even more interesting morning on October 5th, 2007 3:27 pm

    […] Friend, fellow Trinity parishioner Peter Bostock was kind enough to take me to work with him this morning. As mentioned previously, Peter is V.P. at Solaicx, a startup that is perfecting a process for making better, cheaper single-crystal PV cells. Having my own personal physics PhD for a couple of hours was a lot of fun… now I have lots of homework to do. On the way home via VTA and CalTrain, I snapped the ‘weather’ pic above at the Mt. View VTA/CalTrain station… […]

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