Custer, WI – June 16-18, 2017
St. Paul, MN – Sept 9-10, 2017
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CUSTER, WI – June 16-18, 2017
ST. PAUL, MN – Sept 9-10, 2017

Wisconsin Schedule of Events 2017

View the interactive 2017 workshop schedule below, and download PDFs of the workshop schedule grid here (schedule is subject to change – any changes before June 12 will be posted online).

Workshop Grid PDF – 8.5″x11″ printable pages
Workshop Grid PDF – 11″x17″ Spread
Workshops by Category printable PDFs

Select Day: ALL June 15 June 16 June 17 June 18

Select Category: ALL Keynote Speakers Kids & Family Music Special Events Workshops

Thursday, June 15, 2017

6:30 pm

Networking Dinner and Tribute to Richard Perez

Friday, June 16, 2017

9:15 am

Optimize Your Business (1.5 NABCEP, 1.5 hour)

10:00 am

Puppet Show—The Three Friends and Climate Change

Groundwater in Wisconsin (2 hour)

Masonry Heater History and Design

Convert a Vehicle to Run on Cooking Oil

Energy Report Card for Utilities and MG&E Rating

Using a Creative Business for Earth Advocacy

Commercial Solar PV Economics

Energy Management Technology and Training for Home and Business

Intro to Photovoltaic Systems (A)

Frozen Assets: WI Summer in Your Freezer

Basic Blacksmithing Using Homemade Charcoal (Demo)

Beginning and Intermediate Yoga

Fishing for Dinner (Demo, 2 hour)

Hands-On Sourdough and Pizza Oven (Demo)

Herbal First Aid (3 hour)

MREA Campus Tour

Financial Help for Your Renewable or Energy Efficiency Project for Home or Business

11:00 am

Window into a Waldorf Kindergarten

Straw Bale Construction in the Midwest

Biogas: Integrating with Solar and Geothermal

Convert a Vehicle to Run on Cooking Oil (Demo)

Community-Led Clean Energy Action

Payback from Solar and Conservation

Join MREA’s PV+EV Campaign

Join MREA’s PV+EV Campaign

Selecting an Installer, Facts, and Expectations

Building a Solar Market through Solarize Programs

Launch a Food Business from your Home Kitchen

Environmental Racism, Environmental Justice

Rapid Shutdown—How to Handle 2014 and 2017 NEC (1 NABCEP)

Solar Fastening Systems (1 NABCEP)

12:00 pm

Catching the Sun

Modern Building of Straw-Clay House Walls

Straw Bale Construction in the Midwest (Demo)

Micro-Scale Biogas for Consumer Use (Demo)

Woodchip-Based District Energy Systems

Cradle to the Grave—Fracking and Tar Sands

Successful Solar Group Buy—A Case Study

Solutions for Financing Local Government Solar Projects

How to Design and Build a PV Lab

Wisconsin Renewable Energy Policy

Gardening 102: Getting a Garden Going

Pesticides: Health Research and Water Impact

Pressure Canning Basics

Restoring 500-acre Native-Habitat with Renewable Power

Fall Protection and Safety for Tower Work

PV Internships for Growing Regional Workforce

Vendor Spotlight

1:00 pm

Make Your Own Non-Toxic Paint

2:00 pm

2:30 pm

River Valley Marionettes

Women Advancing Our Renewable Energy Future—Panel and Networking

Construction Details and Energy Modeling for a Net Zero Tiny Home

Bio-Fuels—Solar Energy Stored by Vegetation

Convert a Bicycle to Electric Assist (Demo)

Potential of Regional Transit Authorities in WI

Energy Democracy—Participatory Discussion

Comfortable and Energy Efficient Buildings

2017 NEC Changes for Renewables (3 hour, 3 NABCEP)

Maximizing PV Value and Utility Rate Plans (Residential and Commercial)

Real Time Analysis of Standalone Home

Women Advancing Our Renewable Energy Future—Panel and Networking

Introduction to the NREL System Advisor Model

Raising Pigs on Green Pasture

Mythbusting—What You Need to Know Before Buying a Small Wind Turbine

Optimizing Designs for LCOE and Close Rate (2 NABCEP, 2 hour)

3:30 pm

Make Your Own Non-Toxic Play Dough

Finding Affordable Happiness in a Small/Tiny House

Bio-Fuels—Lanterns, Stoves, Small Engines, and Autos (Demo)

Public Transit: A Sustainable Plan

Activist Art for Climate Justice

Big Air—Avoid Air Leaks in Buildings

Rocket Stoves and Biomass Gasification

Battery System Concepts for Homeowners

Living Off-Grid, Really!?

Intro to Solar Hot Water

Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening

Fishing for Dinner: Knot-Tying, Identification, and Lures

4:30 pm

Yoga for Kids and Family

Tie Sustainability and Art into a Remodel Project

An Olive Agenda—Economics, Ecology and Faith

Engage Public Opinion—Documentary Filmmaking

Multi Stove (Demo)

Retrofit or Replace: Window Solutions

Aesthetics of Renewable Energy

Residential Solar Electric Systems

Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms for the Rest of Us

Launch Your Organic Farm Dream

Electromagnetic Exposure 2017 Update

Nuclear Power Nays… Any Yeas?

Inverter Fundamentals (1 NABCEP)

5:30 pm

MREA General Membership Meeting and Pizza Dinner

7:00 pm

Screening of ‘Between Earth and Sky’ with Director Paul Allen Hunton

7:30 pm

Green Mini Demo Derby

9:00 pm

Davina & the Vagabonds

Saturday, June 17, 2017

9:00 am

3rd Annual Solar Instructor and Employer Summit

9:15 am

New ProStar & Off-Grid System Monitoring (1.5 NABCEP, 1.5 hour)

9:30 am

10:00 am

Solar Home Tour

CWES Songs and Skits

Cob Art Bench Build (3 hour)

Energy Efficient Construction

Energy Efficient Construction

Become an Effective Climate Advocate (2 hour)

Tales from the House—Energy Audits

Intro to Photovoltaic Systems (B)

MREA Solar Power Hour

Reduce Soft Costs—Solar in New Construction (1 AIA LU)

Reduce Soft Costs—Solar in New Construction (1 AIA LU)

Smart Grid and Micro Grid Basics

Energy Wise Food Storage—Root Cellaring

Farmstead Chef: Organic Eating on a Dime

Hyper-Local Ecosystem Based Food

Basic Blacksmithing Using Homemade Charcoal (Demo)

MREA Campus Tour

Yoga Session for All Levels

Water-Pumping Windmills

Low-Tech Screen Printing with Paper Stencils (Demo)

Tesla Car Owner Panel

Solar Roofing Best Practices (1 NABCEP)

11:00 am

Arbor Care—Pruning and Maintenance of Urban Trees

Make Your Own Journals from Ellie Pooh

All-Electric Home—A Case Study

Building and Maintaining Multiple Celled Lithium Battery Packs

E-Bikes—The Future is Now

Growing Up Green—Support Schools’ Efforts

Historic Preservation Tax Credits (HPTC) and LEED Standards (1 AIA LU)

Investing Sustainably

Join MREA’s PV+EV Campaign

Join MREA’s PV+EV Campaign

Food Preservation—Dehydrating and Canning

End of Life Ecology—Green Burials

Tips and Tools for Cooking with the Sun

Fronius SnapINverters Installation (2 NABCEP, 2 hour)

Troubleshooting Lead Acid Battery-Based Systems & Maintenance (2 NABCEP, 2 hour)

12:00 pm

Solar Power Learning Fun

Cob and Pizza Oven (Demo)

Heating Your Home with a Masonry Mass Stove

Views of Building Green from the Architect and Owners (1 AIA LU)

Biomass Cooking and Pressure Canning (Demo)

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Economy

Try an E-Bike (Demo)

Sierra Club’s Moving Beyond Coal

Student-Installed Solar Energy Systems

Being a Smart Solar Electric System Consumer

Realistic Calculation of Solar Payback

Reconstruction and Characteristics of a 24 Volt Li-ion Battery Based on Leaf Cells

Backyard Composting Basics

Growing and Enjoying Staple Crops

Using Herbs Creatively in the Vegetable Garden

1:00 pm

River Valley Marionettes

2:00 pm

2:30 pm

Micro-Scale Biogas for Consumer Use (Demo)

Make Your Own Paints and Finishes: Part One

Off-Grid Cooking Options

Nuclear Power Realities and Climate Chaos

Organizing for Clean Energy

Clean Energy Education for Elementary through High School

Designing and Building a 40kw PV System

Energy Storage and Renewable Energy (3 hour)

PV for Domestic Hot Water and Backup Power with DIY Controller

High Mass Sand Beds and Solar Thermal Storage

Processing Maple Sap into Maple Syrup

Herbs and Fermentation for Digestive Health

Beautiful and Durable Puppet Art From Cardboard (Demo)

Build a Diverse and Inclusive Solar Workforce

DC and AC Coupled Solar Storage Solutions (2 NABCEP, 2 hour)

Quick Rack Installation Demo (1 NABCEP)

3:30 pm

Aerialists Fly High at the MREA!

Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEV) in Midwest

Introduction to Passive House

Make Your Own Paints and Finishes: Part Two (Demo)

Not Your Grandfather’s Wood Stove

Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEV) in Midwest

Counter Climate Change

Student Energy Audit Explorations Drive Savings

Off-Grid Cabins

The History of the Pioneers of PV Power

Meeting the Needs of the Solar Workforce: Solar Training and Hiring Insights

Hybrid Heating and Cooling —Energy from Well Water and Solar

Advanced Backyard Composting (Demo)

Eating Year-Round from the Garden

Growing Your Own Fruit Trees in Hostile Climates

Corpses to Combustion: A Fossil Fuel History

Rail-less RT [E] Mount in Pitched Roofs Code and Best Practices (1 NABCEP)

4:30 pm

Tools for Relaxation

Terrific Turtles

Building an Affordable Passive House

Climate Justice and Food Sovereignty

Solar Institute for STEM Educators

Energy Independence—Stories from a 1960 House

Multi Stove (Demo)

Financing PV Systems for Tax Exempt Organizations

Intermediate PV

The Solar Greenhouse

Tools and Techniques for Light-Footprint Gardens

Try “Yardening” with Mother Nature

Build a Pervious Driveway, Walkway, or Patio from Cobblestones

Electromagnetic Exposure from Wiring (Demo)

Illinois Future Energy Jobs Act

OPTICS RE Monitoring and Control (1 NABCEP)

6:00 pm

JB Straubel, Tesla

7:00 pm

MREA Donor Dinner with Special Guest JB Straubel

8:30 pm

Cory Chisel and Adriel Denae

9:00 pm

Green Mini Demo Derby

10:00 pm

Sunday, June 18, 2017

10:00 am

Catching the Sun

Cob and Pizza Oven (Demo)

Tesla’s Clean Energy Solutions

How Renewable Energy Can Improve Grid Efficiency

Socially Responsible Investing

DIY Portable Solar—Fits on Apartment Balcony

Modeling PV Systems with the NREL System Advisor Model (3 hour, 3 NABCEP)

The Solar Greenhouse

Vegetable Seed Saving Part I

Basic Blacksmithing Using Homemade Charcoal (Demo)

MREA Campus Tour

Sustainability in Art—Catalyst for Change

The Power of Sisterhood Solstice Gathering

Yoga Session for All Levels

Homebrew Wind (3 hour)

Mud Stencils (Demo)

Safety and Ergonomics Awareness Training and Best Practices for Solar Energy Generation Employees (3 hour)

What to Do With All That Wool (Demo)

Safety and Ergonomics Awareness Training and Best Practices for Solar Energy Generation Employees (3 hour, 3 NABCEP)

11:00 am

Sensational Snakes

Build Your Own Rustic Log Furniture From Treetops

E-Bikes—The Future is Now

Community of Relationships

132 Nations: Women March to Ban the Bomb

Road to Zero Energy Over Building Lifespan

DIY Solar Garage—Power a House and Car

Join MREA’s PV+EV Campaign

Join MREA’s PV+EV Campaign

When and Why You Should Work with an Engineer

Arbor Care—Pruning and Maintenance of Urban Trees

Vegetable Seed Saving Part II

All Things Coffee (Demo)

The Perils of the Apparel Industry

12:00 pm

Enbridge Oil Pipelines in the Great Lakes

Seafaring Puppeto

Design Inspiration for a Creative Vegetable Garden

Build Your Own Log Furniture From Treetops (Demo)

Introduction to Cordwood Construction

Try an E-Bike (Demo)

Faith, Environmental Justice and Solar—An Interfaith Solar Peer Learning Initiative

The Renewable Energy of Your Inner Self

The Reality of Energy Efficient Lighting

PV for Your Home

How to Use a Hoop House Year-Round

Sustainable Living Simplified

Choosing Herbal Remedies for Sustainability

Garden Scrap Cocktail Hour

Install Antenna for Free TV and DIY Digital Video Recorder (DVR)

12:45 pm

Cordwood Book Signing

1:00 pm

Rainbow’s End Scavenger Hunt

2:00 pm

Sustainable Singing

Micro-Scale Biogas for Consumer Use (Demo)

Design and Build Your Energy Efficient Home

Introduction to Cordwood Construction (Demo)

Communication Skills for Sustaining Relations

Wisconsin Activist Art History

Solar Financing for Business, Homeowners, and Nonprofits

Electromagnetic Interference—The Basics

Smart Grid and Micro Grid Basics

Bees for Free—Swarms and Cutouts

Fermented Foods for Health

Green or Not—Daily Life and Product Use

Wind Site Assessment

Banners and Largescale Art for Demonstrations (Demo)

Biochar, Ancient Miracle (2 hour)

Making Soil Biology Work for You

3:00 pm

Pesticides: Health Research and Water Impact

Reality of Vehicle Maintenance and Conversions

Effective Citizen Action Against Oil Trains

Multi Stove (Demo)

MREA Solar Power Hour

Solar Revolution—Cheaper and Spreading Fast

Permaculture Basics

Electromagnetic Exposure—Exploring Case Studies

Waste Reduction in the Home

Condensation on Windows and Moisture Control in New Homes

Understanding Soil Chemistry, Microbes, and Yields

Select Day:

Select Category:

Thursday, June 15, 2017

6:30 pm

Networking Dinner and Tribute to Richard Perez

Friday, June 16, 2017

1:00 pm

2:00 pm

2:30 pm

Women Advancing Our Renewable Energy Future—Panel and Networking

5:30 pm

MREA General Membership Meeting and Pizza Dinner

7:00 pm

Screening of ‘Between Earth and Sky’ with Director Paul Allen Hunton

7:30 pm

Green Mini Demo Derby

9:00 pm

Davina & the Vagabonds

Saturday, June 17, 2017

9:30 am

10:00 am

Solar Home Tour

1:00 pm

2:00 pm

3:30 pm

Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEV) in Midwest

6:00 pm

JB Straubel, Tesla

7:00 pm

MREA Donor Dinner with Special Guest JB Straubel

8:30 pm

Cory Chisel and Adriel Denae

9:00 pm

Green Mini Demo Derby

10:00 pm

Sunday, June 18, 2017

3:00 pm

Just released:
2017 Program Guide!

CUSTER, WI – DATES + LOCATION

2017 Dates and Hours
Friday, June 16 - 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Saturday, June 17 - 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Sunday, June 18 - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Location
Midwest Renewable Energy Association
7558 Deer Road, Custer, WI 54423
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ST. PAUL, MN – DATES & LOCATION

2017 Dates and Hours
Friday, Sept 8 - Solar Professional Day
Saturday, Sept 9 - 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Sunday, Sept 10 - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location
Harriet Island Park
200 Dr Justus Ohage Blvd
St Paul, MN 55107
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CUSTER, WISCONSIN:
LOCATION + HOURS

2017 Dates and Hours
FRI, JUNE 16 - 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
SAT, JUNE 17 - 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
SUN, JUNE 18 - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Location
Midwest Renewable Energy Assoc.
7558 Deer Road
Custer, WI 54423
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ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA:
LOCATION + HOURS

2017 Dates and Hours
FRI, SEPT 8 - Solar Professional Day
SAT, SEPT 9 - 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
SUN, SEPT 10 - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location
Harriet Island Park
200 Dr Justus Ohage Blvd
St Paul, MN 55107
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