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Colorado State University -
Pueblo,
Colorado 1.2 MW solar array dedicated
January 13, 2009 by Gov. Bill Ritter. Additional photos, news.
Association for the Advancement of
Sustainability in Higher Education, (AASHE.org) rankings of U.S.
universities' solar installations.
Photo courtesy Mark Ranalli
Fowler,
Colorado Smart Growth
Advocates are collaborating with the Town of Fowler to
help the town
achieve its lofty goal to become a sustainable community, powered by
renewable energy and committed to development of local
resources.
Combining the abundance of wind, solar and biomass resources to provide
clean sustainable energy, the project will include the community
involvement and contain outreach and educational aspects so that other
communities can replicate its success. Wayne
Snider, Fowler Town Administrator.
Colorado Muncipal League April 2008 "Powering a Community" by Jeanne Fenter, Vickie Massam and Wayne Snider.
United States
Census
Bureau,
the town
of Fowler... total area of 1.3 km²
(0.5 mi²),
all land. Demographics: As
of the censusGR2
of 2000,
there were 1,206 people, 521 households, and 330 families ... population
density
was
950.3/km² (2,468.5/mi²).
DIESEL
SCHOOL BUS RETROFIT The
retrofit of the eligible fleet of school buses with pollution/emissions
control
devices is complete. Pueblo school
children and all Pueblo residents will benefit from reduced toxic
emissions.
In the Fall of 2004 a group of
citizens and Xcel Energy engaged in discussions concerning the effects
of the
expansion of Comanche coal plant.
It was
agreed that reducing particulate emissions from school buses with
diesel
engines in
Diesel
school buses, like other diesel-powered vehicles and
heavy-duty engines built mainly for power, rather than efficiency, can
emit
large amounts of pollutants. Agencies like the Environmental Protection
Agency
(EPA) and the Air Pollution Control Division (APCD) of the Colorado
Department
of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) are concerned about children's
exposure
to air toxins on buses. CDPHE began some years ago to establish a
state-wide
program modeled on the (
Detailed information on the project can be
found in the materials below:
| Press Release | Fact Sheet, the Basic Story | Project by the Numbers |
| Pueblo Bus Ridership | Technical Information | FAQs |
Energy
Outreach Leveraging unallocated
funding from the Supplemental
Environmental Project, SGA contacted Energy Outreach (EO).
Through EOs local agency
partner, Catholic Charities, a
Pueblo family
was selected to receive a new natural
gas high-efficiency water heater, as well as new venting and a flex
connector which was not up to code. Aquila, Xcel and
EO provided the balance of the
funding needed. This project will make a positive long term
difference in the comfort and
energy bill of a Pueblo family in need of assistance. >>>
"A World
of Energy" Solar
Electric Education Module
(E-Mod) Smart
Growth Advocates received a $5,000
grant award in January 2007
from the CDPHE.
The E-Mod is a
portable experimental tool developed by Earthsense
that uses solar
electricity to actively engage students in learning about important
energy-related concepts and topics. The E-Mod now has its
own page.
Photo credit Vickie Massam E Module and CSU P Student Environmental Awareness Club
Colorado State
University-Pueblo SOLAR PV
PROJECT Smart Growth
Advocates, in
collaboration with TC
Associates, EcoSol/EcoStruct,
and Colorado
State
University-Pueblo (CSU-P) Department of
Engineering joined forces to put a
December 2006 award of a $80,000
Supplemental Environmental Program (SEP) grant* administered by the
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)
towards a working solar photovoltaic electric demonstration
installation and
interface adjacent to
the Colorado State University-Pueblo Engineering Building.
Total
project cost $89,000.
*The SEP was part of a settlement agreement in an enforcement action.
Photos of the project
in progress. April 2007 dedication made by
CSU-P President,
Joe Garcia, Phase II
is underway.
Xcel Settlement
Agreement A
coalition
of conservation groups and Pueblo civic organizations secured a major
commitment from Xcel Energy to significantly reduce pollution levels
from the proposed expanded Comanche Power Plant and to rely more
heavily on cost-effective cleaner energy alternatives in meeting
Colorado’s future electrical generation needs. The agreement,
filed
today with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, stems from
concerns the coalition has raised regarding a new coal-fired unit Xcel
has proposed to build in Pueblo, Colorado, to be added to the two
existing coal units at the Comanche Power Plant.