Monday, September 10, 2012


TN Solar Energy Association Hosts D-I-Y Solar Workshop



Joyce Chao, programs director for the Tennessee Solar Energy Association, announces a conference to be held at the UT Conference Center, Thursday October 18th, 2012.



According to Chao, “The Tennessee Solar Energy Association (TSEA) in collaboration with the Tennessee Renewable Energy and Economic Development Council (TREEDC), is holding a workshop for those interested in installing solar for their homes, businesses and farms.”



The workshop will be held at the U.T. Conference Center in downtown Knoxville, also known as the former Miller‘s Building. The date for the workshop is the evening of October 18th beginning at 6 pm and ending at 9:30p.m. Details are available on TNSolarEnergy.org and a way to sign-up for the event is found under the Events heading of the website.



During this educational workshop, experts will give you all the information needed by parties that are interested in solar for their home or business and are looking to reduce the cost by doing some or all of the work themselves. You will receive a manual containing articles on each aspect of solar purchasing of equipment and how the equipment is assembled to produce electricity from sunlight. The manual will contain examples of home solar projects as published in Home Power magazine who has given permission to make copies of the most relevant material for you.



Stephen Levy, the organization’s technical director, said, “After all, if there is one source of power you can rely on, it is the sun. It has been doing its job for some millions of years so reliability is a non-issue. With all the current challenges and changes that have been happening in our country recently, we need to be active more than ever to make sure solar energy takes off in the near future.”



Registration may be completed using the convenience of PayPal or your credit card. The cost for the dinner buffet, the manual and the instruction is $30 for everyone except for TSEA and TREEDC members who will have a $5 discount. The cost is kept as low as possible; a confirmation will be sent by email. Space is limited to 40 persons, so sign-up today. Free parking will be available at the Locust Street garage across the street from the U.T. Conference Center.



The Tennessee Solar Energy Association is a non-profit charter- member of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES). TSEA is dedicated to educating Tennesseans about the many unique benefits of using solar energy. TSEA invites all solar energy professionals, educators, policy makers, business people, and environmentally conscious citizens to join in teaching others to view our sun’s energy output as the extremely valuable resource it is.

TSEA believes that widespread adoption of solar technology in the state of Tennessee will help create energy independence, lessen harmful environmental impacts, and result in cost savings for consumers.





For more information about the workshop on solar energy, Thursday, October 18th, 2012 at the UT Conference Center - 413C. Contact Steve Levy, the organization’s technical director, at: steve@tnsolarenergy.org (865) 974-1838 (office), 311Conference Center, Street. B3 Knoxville, TN 37996. Contact: Joyce Chao, programs director

Joyce@tnsolarenergy.org; (865) 974-1838 (office); (404) 543-2709 (cell)



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