Wisconsin Renewable Quarterly
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ISSUE CONTENTS |
 Martin Palacios (left), Ulises Palacios (center) Jim Walsh (right), owner of Insty-Prints on the Capitol Square , Madison, found the right thermostat setting to save money and maintain productivity. |
2011 |
 The staff of Seventh Gen (left to right): Jim Yockey, executive director; Alicia Leinberger, marketing; Dave Drapac, resource division manager; Andrew Herr, lead technician; Barb Schwarz, office manager; Nick Kiedrowski, technician; Mike Kieraldo, met tower manager; Myron Tanner, site assessor.
The incoming solar energy is sufficient to maintain temperatures at 80°F in the 4,200 square foot Fort Atkinson high school pool most of the year. Even in the winter, substantial energy savings are achieved when the water is preheated to 70°F. |
2010 |
 Rick Adamaski worked along with installers from Seventh Generation Energy to complete turbine installation in the frigid days of February 2009. Focus on Energy granted approximately $30,000 toward the turbine project and approximately $2,000 for the solar hot water installation on Adamski’s residence.
Jenny Heinzen, RENEW’s president and wind technology instructor at Lakeshore Technical College, admits to climbing so many towers that she cannot remember what tower she was climbing when the photo was taken.
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2009 |
 The sun powers everything at Bob Ramlow’s residence near Amherst. The house gets electricity from a 2.4 kw installation and hot water and space heat from 320 square feet of solar collectors. The Artha Bed and Breakfast, open year round, sports a 1.6 kw installation, 32 square feet of collectors to provide space heating, and another 80 square feet of collectors for domestic hot water. Even the water fountain runs on solar in the summer.
Wes Slaymaker, EcoEnergy, Vice President, of
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The Pinehurst Inn’s Garden House features solar heated water along with other ecofriendly touches as well as country charm outside of Bayfield, Wisconsin. |
2008 |
 Jeff Knutson stands with his Toyota Prius in front of his net zero energy, net zero emissions office building duirng an open house to celebrate the building’s completion.  Jeff Riggert (center) stands on the roof of his net-zero-energy home and explains the workings of an evacuated tube solar water heater to Ross DePaolo (left) and another visitor during an open house in April. |
2007 |
 Don Wichert stands near the pole-mounted PV arrays at the new building of the Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation and home to Focus on Energy.
Andy Bangert works with Chad Silverthorn (on the roof) and Pete Bunch (behind Andy) on an installation at the home of Karl and Nina Loeffler just outside of Madison.
Niels Wolter stands above a 1.264 kw, dual axis, grid-connection solar array in the backyard of his Madison home. A second solar installation on the house’s front roof provides hot water.
Amy Taivalkoski, wind site assessor, uses a GPS finder to map possible locations for residential or commercial wind turbines. (Tree lines are definitely not good sites, but reasonable backgrounds for photos.) |
2006 |
