Monthly Archives: August 2009

Solar Electric Systems for Homes

Sustainable Living Show on WMNF 88.5 FM, August 24, 2009

Our first guest was Jamie Trahan, a researcher at USF’s Clean Energy Research Center, CERC. She’s organizing Tampa Bay’s first ‘Solar Tour’ of homes and businesses. This will take place October 3, and you can contact Jamie at jmetrahan@yahoo.com

Next we talked to a Hillsborough County resident who’s starting a solar installation project on his home using the southern, eastern and western portions of his roof to glue on his Thin-film Solar Modules. Pat’s using two power inverters to handle the different loads.

John Gambil, with HotWire Enterprises, and Chip and Delores Kelly, with CD Solar, joined the rest of the program talking about their solar homes and the work they do. They can be reached at hotwiregam@aol.com  cdkell65719@embarqmail.com

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Tampa’s Green Certification for Businesses

Sustainable Living Show on WMNF 88.5FM
Topic: Green Business Certification
Guest: Jack Bevelaqua

This week on the Sustainable Living Show on WMNF Jon Butts interviews Jack Bevelaqua of the the Sustany Foundation who has been working with the City of  Tampa to create a Green Business Certification Program.  Jack answers questions from listeners about the program, which will launch September 1.

Also on this show, Dewey Davis-Thompson interviews Kaisa Bednarz from Environmental Compliance Services and also on the Sustany Board.

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Photos of Solar Installation

Here are some photos from a solar installation on our barn.