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Wisconsin Schedule of Events 2019

View the interactive 2019 workshop schedule organized by the hour and 2019 Program Guide below. You can also view workshops sortable by category here: https://www.theenergyfair.org/workshops/.

NOTE: schedule is subject to change – any changes before June 11 will be posted online.

Click the buttons below to view schedules in pdf format. See the workshop page for printable workshop schedules by day.

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Program Guide 2019

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Friday, June 21, 2019

9:00 am

Farm to School Kids’ Activities
Energy System of the Future at Bubolz Nature Preserve
UWSP Museum Interactive Touch Table
Green Energy—Grow it Hands-On for K-16 and Beyond
Kids Building Wind Turbines for Competition
Making Paper from Recycled Materials
Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education (WCEE)

9:30 am

Micro and Smart Grid Basics

10:00 am

Energy Storage and Renewable Energy 
Garbage and Recycling—What Actually Happens?
Fertile and Healthy Soil in Farming
Intro to Small Wind Systems
Op-ed Writing Workshop
People Power—Strategies for Behavior Change
Solar on Schools—Wisconsin Schools Are Going Solar!
Sustainable Living—Simplified and Solar-Powered
What is Beneficial Electrification?
Lead Acid Battery-Based Systems (1.5 NABCEP CECs)
Renewable Germany

10:30 am

Bio-Fuel—Use it. Grow More. (Demo)

11:00 am

Solar for Your Community
Living Lightly in Northern Wisconsin
Advanced Fuel Vehicles
Building Your Own Super Capacitors and Batteries (Demo)
Motivating Change—Yes, You Can!
Mythbusting—Small Wind Consumer Education
Problem: Solar on Grid, Answer: Flow Battery
Solar for Tax-Exempt Organization
Enhancing Your Groundwater Curriculum
How Sustainable is Your Gardening?
Yoga for Kids & Family

11:30 am

Maximize Installation Efficiency on Your Roof (1.5 NABCEP CECs)

12:00 pm

Chevy Volt—An Update
30 Years of Progress Toward Sustainability
All Electric Home—A Case Study
Efficient Domestic Hot Water Delivery
Planning and Planting the Fall Garden
Stories from the Frontline—Living with Fossil Fuel Extraction, Production, and Transport
The Solar Revolution and Utility Backlash
Teaching Solar Principles in Your Classroom
Make Your Own Journals from Ellie Pooh
Finding Affordable Happiness in a Small/Tiny House

1:00 pm

Bethany McLean
Make Your Own Non-Toxic Paint

2:00 pm

Raptor Show
Clean Energy Communications
City Hens for Waste Reduction and Soil Building
Bathroom Remodeling with Peace of Mind
Cold Climate Greenhouse Construction
Convert a Bicycle to Run on Electric Assist
Launch a Food Business from Your Home Kitchen
Testing and Maintaining Your Private Well Water
The Path Less Traveled in Energy Efficient Building 
Water Pumping Windmills
Wisconsin—Paths To 100% Renewable
Resilience at the Local Level
The Future of Behind the Meter PV
The Value of NABCEP Board Certifications
Connecting the School Garden to the Classroom
Sustainable Camping

3:00 pm

Community-Led Clean Energy Action
Electric Tractors for Home and Garden
Future-Proofing PV for Your Home
Intro to Gridbeam
Intro to Solar Hot Water
Planning for Solar PV End-Of-Life 
Q: What Can a Drone Do? A: Not much, but…
Tying Sustainability and Art into a Remodel
Introduction to the Pika Energy Island (1.5 NABCEP CECs)
Learning About Energy in Ecosystems
Make a Solar Power Sunshine Fan!
Using Solar + Storage to Reduce Demand Charges (1 NABCEP CEC)
Understanding the Utility Regulatory System

4:00 pm

Clean, Efficient Biomass Heating Overview
Beginning Fermentation Concepts
Build a Lifetime Cobblestone-Pervious Driveway
Living Off Grid—Really?!?! 
Our Sense-Able Nature
Solar for Commercial and Industrial Properties
The Solar Greenhouse
Vegetable Seed Saving in the Home Garden I
Wisconsin’s Largest Rooftop Solar System and Solar Roadmap Planning for Schools
Introduction to the NREL System Advisor Model (1 NABCEP CEC)
Rock Hounding For Children

5:00 pm

Bike Touring in Your 20s and 60s 
Edible Insect Farming for Human and Environmental Health
Energy Monitoring and Energy Management
Energy Storage – The Big Picture
Extreme Downsizing
Fuel from Vegetation—Cure for Climate Change
Rocket Stone and Wood Gasifer Construction
Seed Saving Part II
Solar Farms—Economic, Environmental, and Agricultural Benefits
History of Commercial, Industrial, and Utility Scale Energy Storage (1 NABCEP CEC)
Ground Mount Racking Design & Installation (1 NABCEP CEC)
Make Your Own Mono-Printing
The Reality of Energy Efficient Lighting

Saturday, June 22, 2019

9:00 am

Pedal Power Energy Bike
The Nature of Teaching K-12 Nature Curriculum
UWSP-CNR—Wisconsin Center for Wildlife

10:00 am

Aesthetics of Renewable Energy
Bridging Access to the Clean Energy Economy
Build Your Own Log Furniture from Treetops (Demo)
Building Your Sustainable Home
Coffee, Community, and a Future Worth Fighting For
Eating Year-Round from the Garden
Midwest Solar Markets—A State by State Overview
Photovoltaics for Domestic Hot Water
Soil Sisters—Women Farmers Empowering Change 
What about My Woodlands?—Getting started
Streamlining the Solar Permitting Process (1 NABCEP CEC)
Morningstar MultiWave Inverter/Charger (1.5 NABCEP CECs)
Kids Building Wind Turbines for Competition
Roof Tech PV Install Demo
Electric Vehicle Market and Charging Infrastructure Overview
Square Foot Garden Planning

11:00 am

The Sultan, the Secret, and the Witch
Comfortable and Energy Efficient Buildings
Chainsaw Sculpting Basics (Demo)
Electric Cars 101
Energy-Wise Food Storage—Root Cellaring
Gardening for Life with Native Plants 
Green New Deal and Food Sovereignty
Managing Your Land—Getting Started
NAACP—Environment and Climate Justice
Smallish House in the North
Using 2017 NEC Arc Fault and Rapid Shutdown-Multiple Product Overview (1 NABCEP CEC)
Utility Panel Discussion—Electric Vehicle Programs
Catching the Sun

12:00 pm

Aerialists Fly High at MREA
An Introduction to Woodland Invasives
Energy-Wise Food Preservation—Drying and Canning
Environmental Justice as Social Justice
Heating Your Home with a Masonry Mass Stove 
Intro to Photovoltaic Systems
IOT – The Internet of Things—Get Ready & Rock!
Make Your Own Concrete Countertops
New Outback Power Products (1 NABCEP CEC)
The Consumer Perspective on The Big Energy
Weeds Please!

1:00 pm

Naomi Oreskes
Build a Solar Cooker
Make Your Own Non-Toxic Play Dough

2:00 pm

Fabulous Frogs & Sensational Snakes
Aldo Leopold, Phenolgy, and Climate Change
An Energy Efficient Remodeling Case Study
Driving a Tesla Model “S” On Sunshine—Year 3
Energy in Architecture—NZEB vs. nZEB
Fermentation From A-Z—Hands-on and Fun! 
Green Burials
Healing the Split Between Planet and Self
The Do’s and Don’ts of Backyard Chickens 
Tools and Techniques for Light-Footprint Gardens
Workforce Diversity: Building Dynamic Teams
Commercial, Industrial, and Utility Scale Energy Storage (1.5 NABCEP CECs)
Panasonic HIT Panels and Authorized Dealer Program (1 NABCEP CEC)
A Storm on the Horizon!
The Nature of Teaching K-12 Nature Curriculum
Make Your Own Paints and Finishes (2 hr, Demo)

3:00 pm

Recycle Right, Wisconsin!
Beyond the Veggie Garden—Staple Crops
Building Unity 4 Justice and Sustainability—Part 1
Efficient Residential Building Ventilation
How Camping Changed Me and My Perspectives
Managing Woodland Habitat for Birds and Other Wildlife
Why Cohousing?—Part 1
Pesticides—Health Findings and Options 
Solar Battery Options Compared
Your New Favorite Shirt Again!

4:00 pm

Faster Designs With Online Design Tools (1 NABCEP CEC)
Building Unity 4 Justice and Sustainability—Part 2 
Farmstead Chef—Organic Eating on A Dime 
High Mass Sand Beds and Solar Thermal Storage
Hosting a Solar Group Buy Program—How You Can Do It!
Managing Your Land for Wildlife
Maple Syrup 101
Modern Building of Straw-Clay House Walls
Building Cohousing in Your Community—Part 2
Particulate Air Quality Around Wisconsin Silica Sand Mines
Real-World Experiences with Plug-In Vehicles—Owner Panel
Fermentation Fun

5:00 pm

Rosa Clemente
Build Your Own Composter

Sunday, June 23, 2019

9:00 am

Aldo Leopold Audubon Society
Portage County Green & Healthy Schools Showcase

10:00 am

Current Issues Facing the Petroleum Industry
Converting a Grasshopper Mower to Electric
Choosing Herbal Remedies for Sustainability 
Basic PV
Biochar (2 hour, Demo)
Community Growing and Giving
Electromagnetic Exposure—2019 Update
Faith, Environmental Justice, and Solar Power
Follow the Build—In Progress
Nikola Tesla’s Clean Energy Solution
Solar for Good—Helping Wisconsin Nonprofits
The Wisconsin Solar Corps—A Statewide Workforce Development Initiative
Toolkit for Electric Vehicle Advocates
Reality of Vehicle Maintenance and Conversions

11:00 am

Terrific Turtles
Successful Collaborative Management—SPAC
Carbon Drawdown Now!
Applications of Drone Technology in Livestock
Backyard Composting Basics
Biomass Heat and Sustainable Living
Community Energy Activism
CUB Utility Bill Clinic
How to Design and Build a Tiny House
How to Help Pass the Energy Innovation Act
Intermediate PV
Prairie Restoration—Monoculture to Myriad
Today, What Can I Do About Climate Change?
Zero Energy with Structural Insulated Panels

12:00 pm

Curt Meine
River Valley Marionettes

1:00 pm

Convert a Vehicle to Run on Cooking Oil (Demo)
Biochar
“Illth” and Promoting Good Financial Hygiene
Brewery Sustainability and Energy Efficiency
Build an Efficient Home on a Budget
Communicating from the Heart
Journey to Sustainability—EV + Solar
Pets—The Environment, Climate Change, and Alternative Pet Care
Plarning—Repurposing Plastic Bags
Road to Zero Energy Over Building Lifespan
Sustainable, Responsible, and Impact Investing
The Story of Tar Sands
Traveling by Bicycle
Winter Food Production

Friday, June 26, 2020

3:00 pm

Patchouli & Terra Guitarra

Friday, June 21, 2019

9:00 am

Farm to School Kids’ Activities
Energy System of the Future at Bubolz Nature Preserve
UWSP Museum Interactive Touch Table
Green Energy—Grow it Hands-On for K-16 and Beyond
Kids Building Wind Turbines for Competition
Making Paper from Recycled Materials
Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education (WCEE)

9:30 am

Micro and Smart Grid Basics

10:00 am

Energy Storage and Renewable Energy 
Garbage and Recycling—What Actually Happens?
Fertile and Healthy Soil in Farming
Intro to Small Wind Systems
Op-ed Writing Workshop
People Power—Strategies for Behavior Change
Solar on Schools—Wisconsin Schools Are Going Solar!
Sustainable Living—Simplified and Solar-Powered
What is Beneficial Electrification?
Lead Acid Battery-Based Systems (1.5 NABCEP CECs)
Renewable Germany

10:30 am

Bio-Fuel—Use it. Grow More. (Demo)

11:00 am

Solar for Your Community
Living Lightly in Northern Wisconsin
Advanced Fuel Vehicles
Building Your Own Super Capacitors and Batteries (Demo)
Motivating Change—Yes, You Can!
Mythbusting—Small Wind Consumer Education
Problem: Solar on Grid, Answer: Flow Battery
Solar for Tax-Exempt Organization
Enhancing Your Groundwater Curriculum
How Sustainable is Your Gardening?
Yoga for Kids & Family

11:30 am

Maximize Installation Efficiency on Your Roof (1.5 NABCEP CECs)

12:00 pm

Chevy Volt—An Update
30 Years of Progress Toward Sustainability
All Electric Home—A Case Study
Efficient Domestic Hot Water Delivery
Planning and Planting the Fall Garden
Stories from the Frontline—Living with Fossil Fuel Extraction, Production, and Transport
The Solar Revolution and Utility Backlash
Teaching Solar Principles in Your Classroom
Make Your Own Journals from Ellie Pooh
Finding Affordable Happiness in a Small/Tiny House

1:00 pm

Bethany McLean
Make Your Own Non-Toxic Paint

2:00 pm

Raptor Show
Clean Energy Communications
City Hens for Waste Reduction and Soil Building
Bathroom Remodeling with Peace of Mind
Cold Climate Greenhouse Construction
Convert a Bicycle to Run on Electric Assist
Launch a Food Business from Your Home Kitchen
Testing and Maintaining Your Private Well Water
The Path Less Traveled in Energy Efficient Building 
Water Pumping Windmills
Wisconsin—Paths To 100% Renewable
Resilience at the Local Level
The Future of Behind the Meter PV
The Value of NABCEP Board Certifications
Connecting the School Garden to the Classroom
Sustainable Camping

3:00 pm

Community-Led Clean Energy Action
Electric Tractors for Home and Garden
Future-Proofing PV for Your Home
Intro to Gridbeam
Intro to Solar Hot Water
Planning for Solar PV End-Of-Life 
Q: What Can a Drone Do? A: Not much, but…
Tying Sustainability and Art into a Remodel
Introduction to the Pika Energy Island (1.5 NABCEP CECs)
Learning About Energy in Ecosystems
Make a Solar Power Sunshine Fan!
Using Solar + Storage to Reduce Demand Charges (1 NABCEP CEC)
Understanding the Utility Regulatory System

4:00 pm

Clean, Efficient Biomass Heating Overview
Beginning Fermentation Concepts
Build a Lifetime Cobblestone-Pervious Driveway
Living Off Grid—Really?!?! 
Our Sense-Able Nature
Solar for Commercial and Industrial Properties
The Solar Greenhouse
Vegetable Seed Saving in the Home Garden I
Wisconsin’s Largest Rooftop Solar System and Solar Roadmap Planning for Schools
Introduction to the NREL System Advisor Model (1 NABCEP CEC)
Rock Hounding For Children

5:00 pm

Bike Touring in Your 20s and 60s 
Edible Insect Farming for Human and Environmental Health
Energy Monitoring and Energy Management
Energy Storage – The Big Picture
Extreme Downsizing
Fuel from Vegetation—Cure for Climate Change
Rocket Stone and Wood Gasifer Construction
Seed Saving Part II
Solar Farms—Economic, Environmental, and Agricultural Benefits
History of Commercial, Industrial, and Utility Scale Energy Storage (1 NABCEP CEC)
Ground Mount Racking Design & Installation (1 NABCEP CEC)
Make Your Own Mono-Printing
The Reality of Energy Efficient Lighting

Saturday, June 22, 2019

9:00 am

Pedal Power Energy Bike
The Nature of Teaching K-12 Nature Curriculum
UWSP-CNR—Wisconsin Center for Wildlife

10:00 am

Aesthetics of Renewable Energy
Bridging Access to the Clean Energy Economy
Build Your Own Log Furniture from Treetops (Demo)
Building Your Sustainable Home
Coffee, Community, and a Future Worth Fighting For
Eating Year-Round from the Garden
Midwest Solar Markets—A State by State Overview
Photovoltaics for Domestic Hot Water
Soil Sisters—Women Farmers Empowering Change 
What about My Woodlands?—Getting started
Streamlining the Solar Permitting Process (1 NABCEP CEC)
Morningstar MultiWave Inverter/Charger (1.5 NABCEP CECs)
Kids Building Wind Turbines for Competition
Roof Tech PV Install Demo
Electric Vehicle Market and Charging Infrastructure Overview
Square Foot Garden Planning

11:00 am

The Sultan, the Secret, and the Witch
Comfortable and Energy Efficient Buildings
Chainsaw Sculpting Basics (Demo)
Electric Cars 101
Energy-Wise Food Storage—Root Cellaring
Gardening for Life with Native Plants 
Green New Deal and Food Sovereignty
Managing Your Land—Getting Started
NAACP—Environment and Climate Justice
Smallish House in the North
Using 2017 NEC Arc Fault and Rapid Shutdown-Multiple Product Overview (1 NABCEP CEC)
Utility Panel Discussion—Electric Vehicle Programs
Catching the Sun

12:00 pm

Aerialists Fly High at MREA
An Introduction to Woodland Invasives
Energy-Wise Food Preservation—Drying and Canning
Environmental Justice as Social Justice
Heating Your Home with a Masonry Mass Stove 
Intro to Photovoltaic Systems
IOT – The Internet of Things—Get Ready & Rock!
Make Your Own Concrete Countertops
New Outback Power Products (1 NABCEP CEC)
The Consumer Perspective on The Big Energy
Weeds Please!

1:00 pm

Naomi Oreskes
Build a Solar Cooker
Make Your Own Non-Toxic Play Dough

2:00 pm

Fabulous Frogs & Sensational Snakes
Aldo Leopold, Phenolgy, and Climate Change
An Energy Efficient Remodeling Case Study
Driving a Tesla Model “S” On Sunshine—Year 3
Energy in Architecture—NZEB vs. nZEB
Fermentation From A-Z—Hands-on and Fun! 
Green Burials
Healing the Split Between Planet and Self
The Do’s and Don’ts of Backyard Chickens 
Tools and Techniques for Light-Footprint Gardens
Workforce Diversity: Building Dynamic Teams
Commercial, Industrial, and Utility Scale Energy Storage (1.5 NABCEP CECs)
Panasonic HIT Panels and Authorized Dealer Program (1 NABCEP CEC)
A Storm on the Horizon!
The Nature of Teaching K-12 Nature Curriculum
Make Your Own Paints and Finishes (2 hr, Demo)

3:00 pm

Recycle Right, Wisconsin!
Beyond the Veggie Garden—Staple Crops
Building Unity 4 Justice and Sustainability—Part 1
Efficient Residential Building Ventilation
How Camping Changed Me and My Perspectives
Managing Woodland Habitat for Birds and Other Wildlife
Why Cohousing?—Part 1
Pesticides—Health Findings and Options 
Solar Battery Options Compared
Your New Favorite Shirt Again!

4:00 pm

Faster Designs With Online Design Tools (1 NABCEP CEC)
Building Unity 4 Justice and Sustainability—Part 2 
Farmstead Chef—Organic Eating on A Dime 
High Mass Sand Beds and Solar Thermal Storage
Hosting a Solar Group Buy Program—How You Can Do It!
Managing Your Land for Wildlife
Maple Syrup 101
Modern Building of Straw-Clay House Walls
Building Cohousing in Your Community—Part 2
Particulate Air Quality Around Wisconsin Silica Sand Mines
Real-World Experiences with Plug-In Vehicles—Owner Panel
Fermentation Fun

5:00 pm

Rosa Clemente
Build Your Own Composter

Sunday, June 23, 2019

9:00 am

Aldo Leopold Audubon Society
Portage County Green & Healthy Schools Showcase

10:00 am

Current Issues Facing the Petroleum Industry
Converting a Grasshopper Mower to Electric
Choosing Herbal Remedies for Sustainability 
Basic PV
Biochar (2 hour, Demo)
Community Growing and Giving
Electromagnetic Exposure—2019 Update
Faith, Environmental Justice, and Solar Power
Follow the Build—In Progress
Nikola Tesla’s Clean Energy Solution
Solar for Good—Helping Wisconsin Nonprofits
The Wisconsin Solar Corps—A Statewide Workforce Development Initiative
Toolkit for Electric Vehicle Advocates
Reality of Vehicle Maintenance and Conversions

11:00 am

Terrific Turtles
Successful Collaborative Management—SPAC
Carbon Drawdown Now!
Applications of Drone Technology in Livestock
Backyard Composting Basics
Biomass Heat and Sustainable Living
Community Energy Activism
CUB Utility Bill Clinic
How to Design and Build a Tiny House
How to Help Pass the Energy Innovation Act
Intermediate PV
Prairie Restoration—Monoculture to Myriad
Today, What Can I Do About Climate Change?
Zero Energy with Structural Insulated Panels

12:00 pm

Curt Meine
River Valley Marionettes

1:00 pm

Convert a Vehicle to Run on Cooking Oil (Demo)
Biochar
“Illth” and Promoting Good Financial Hygiene
Brewery Sustainability and Energy Efficiency
Build an Efficient Home on a Budget
Communicating from the Heart
Journey to Sustainability—EV + Solar
Pets—The Environment, Climate Change, and Alternative Pet Care
Plarning—Repurposing Plastic Bags
Road to Zero Energy Over Building Lifespan
Sustainable, Responsible, and Impact Investing
The Story of Tar Sands
Traveling by Bicycle
Winter Food Production

Friday, June 26, 2020

3:00 pm

Patchouli & Terra Guitarra

DATES + LOCATION

2020 Dates and Hours
Friday, June 26 - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 27 - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 28 - 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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