Energy Innovation

Student Entrepreneurs and Green Inventions

Thursday, July 1, 2010 by Craig Zamary

We continue to see more energy innovation, eco friendly products and green inventions every day.

There are many areas of green that are experiencing growth. Some of these areas are a direct result of sustainability programs, green campuses, schools going green and the top green colleges and universities.

Well, meet some of the individuals that were featured on Smartplanet, and these are student entrepreneurs who are coming up with new energy innovation, green inventions, and eco friendly products and services that will become game changes.

We applaud the efforts of the student entrepreneurs and you will continue to see more inspiring stories like these coming out of the top green universities, green campuses, sustainability programs and as a result of more environmental education for children.

Check out the video below from Smartplanet and see how these student entrepreneurs are setting up their green businesses and green organizations:

SunPower sets New WORLD RECORD for SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 by Craig Zamary

In a press release issued today, SunPower Corp., a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, announced that it has produced a full-scale solar cell with a sunlight to electricity conversion efficiency of 24.2 percent at its manufacturing plant in the Philippines.

New World Record: This is a new world record, confirmed by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), for large area silicon wafers.

"This new world record demonstrates SunPower's ability to extend our lead in manufacturing the world's highest efficiency solar cells," said Bill Mulligan, vice president of technology and development for SunPower. "Our patented and proprietary, high-efficiency solar cell technology drives down the cost of solar energy by increasing the energy production from each solar panel."

SunPower awarded the Two Green Thumbs Up Award

Improved cell efficiency reduces the levelized cost of energy by increasing the energy production from each wafer manufactured into a SunPower solar cell. For the same reason, increased efficiency reduces the cost per watt and cost per kilowatt-hour for feedstock and materials, depreciation and other manufacturing expenses, installation time, land and system operations, and related maintenance.

"As we celebrate SunPower's 25th anniversary this year, I am thrilled to see the company achieve technology milestones that were inconceivable only a few years ago," said Dr. Richard Swanson, SunPower founder and chief technology officer. "SunPower's research and development and engineering teams have increased cell efficiency by a full four percentage points over the last five years while radically driving down manufacturing costs. We are extremely proud of their continued success."

Great work and congratulations to all the people working at SunPower. You guys are creating a new way to define solar energy, energy innovation and green jobs in the process! Keep it up.

IBM Helps Alleviate Water Shortage for California's Wine Country

Monday, June 28, 2010 by Craig Zamary

In a press release from IBM, IBM Aims to Help Alleviate Water Shortages in Northern California's Wine Country. This is said to be the "First IBM Project in the U.S. to Address Severe Drought."

IBM is using energy innovation, technology and green inventions to help solve the water issues in Northern California.

"The idea is to create a common operating picture – a collaboration platform – for SCWA and its retail water providers that provides a near real-time operating picture of the Russian River and the associated water transmission system," said IBM Big Green Innovations Vice President Sharon Nunes. "The ability to track and measure the water flow along with the diverse elements that impact the system at such a granular level arms SCWA and its stakeholders with a way to work together toward the common goal of ensuring adequate water for the region, now and for years to come."

Watch the video titled: IBM Solving Water Shortage in California's Wine

Innovate or Die - Water Filtration for 3rd world

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 by Craig Zamary

There are a lot of green inventions and eco friendly products entering the market, and we wanted to highlight a video titled Innovate or Die- Water Filtration for 3rd world, which was uploaded to our main site.

The video talks about how 1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to clean water.

The green inventions highlighted are the Novel bicycle based mobile water filtration system design.

It was submitted for the MIT 'Innovate or Die' appropriate technology.

Click the video titled: Innovate or Die- Water Filtration for 3rd world

Sam's Club & Wind Turbines

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 by Craig Zamary

There's a video airing on our main site Green Energy TV that shows how Sam's Club in Palmdale, CA is using wind power technology to power their store.

As part of a company commitment to be supplied 100 percent by renewable energy, Sam’s Club is the first retailer in the U.S. to install a significant number of micro wind turbines mounted on parking lot light poles to support the energy needs of its Palmdale, Calif., location.

Construction is complete, and the 17 units are fully operational as of today and supply enough energy to power 6 homes per year.

Here's a link to the video titled:Winds of Change Blowing at Sam's Club® in Palmdale

Green Energy TV is giving this Sam's Club the Two Green Thumbs Up Award for their commitment to Sustainability Programs.

Read the full release here: http://www3.samsclub.com/NewsRoom

Upcoming posts will be focused on Sustainability Programs, Best Green Companies, Energy Innovation, Wind Power Technology, Hybrid Vehicles, Green Jobs, and companies going green.

Green Energy Opportunities between US & China

Monday, May 17, 2010 by Craig Zamary

The United States Commerce Secretary Gary Locke discusses the opportunities that exist for the US and China to work together on Green Energy, developing clean technologies, energy innovations and creating green jobs. The US Commerce Secretary visited Hong Kong on Asia Tour to promote Green Technology.

Gary Locke is leading the Obama Administration's first cabinet-level trade mission through China and Indonesia to promote US green energy technology.

Link to video titled: US Commerce Secretary & Green Technology in Asia

GM's New EN-V Concept Vehicle

Thursday, May 13, 2010 by Craig Zamary

General Motors just introduced the new EN-V Concept Vehicle at the Shanghai Expo.

GM's vision for urban transportation for the future in 2030 will include alternative fuel ideas and eco friendly ways for people to travel.

The EN-V (Electric Networked-Vehicle) represents the reinvention of the automobile and is part of the technology solution to make such a vision a reality.

Adopting a new automobile that combines electrification and connectivity, EN-V address the challenges associated with global urbanization and offers a future that is free from petroleum and emissions while making driving more fun and fashionable than ever before.

Check out this cool new vehicle and watch the test drive shots as well http://greenenergytv.com/Watch.aspx?v=59f06fdca3cbed5e

We will continue to cover new green inventions, energy innovation, alternative fuels program and more.

Stanford University Team wins the $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Prize

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 by Craig Zamary

We recently covered the 5 finalists who were competing for the MIT Clean Energy Prize of $200,000 and the winner is:

#1. C3Nano, Inc. of Stanford University - a cross-cutting technology that will effectively increase the efficiency and thereby affordability of thin film solar photo-voltaic systems.

The Stanford Team's idea started out a a class project and is now the winner of $200,000 and C3Nano beat out 61 other teams from 35 schools.

Check out the video of C3Nano and the winning Pitch:

Here's the list of the 5 Business Ideas/Green Inventions that were competing:

ViaCycle -- an advanced bicycle sharing technology that allows easy deployment of affordable, sustainable bicycle transportation in cities, resorts and universities.

WINNER ---- C3Nano, Inc. -- a cross-cutting technology that will effectively increase the efficiency and thereby affordability of thin film solar photo-voltaic systems.

OsComp Systems -- a revolutionary new compression technology that significantly reduces the cost of natural gas production.

C-Crete Technologies -- a "nanoengineered" concrete that reduces CO2 emissions from the production of concrete. The most widely used manufactured material in the world.

Enertaq -- a system to manage energy use in large commercial buildings to balance the electrical grid minute-to-minute by adjusting electricity demand.

Congratulations to all the teams and we look forward to seeing your green inventions, eco friendly products and energy innovations put into place!

YoGen - Pull a string and charge portable devices

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 by Craig Zamary

YoGen was voted as one of the Top 9 Eco Friendly Products of 2010 at the Computer Electronics Show.

How does it work? Pull the string, it produces power, up to 5 watts. It charges most portable devices too. The company says 1 minute of pulling on the string generates enough power to charge a cell phone.

Here's what the YoGen can do:

Power is generated with the first pull.
Charges devices with only a few minutes of pull/release time.
Yogen’s patented technology charges most mobile devices.
Yogen’s ‘charge/time ratio’ is similar to standard AC wall chargers.

Green Inventions and Eco Friendly Products

YoGen - Two Green Thumbs Up Award for Green inventions

Upcoming posts will introduce you to many of the green inventions, eco friendly products, energy innovation and the best green companies. Let us know if there is a topic you would like us to focus on, and we will cover it.

Personal Energy Generation

Sunday, March 21, 2010 by Craig Zamary

I was recently at Ted Talks and saw Aaron LeMieux talk about his green inventions and energy innovation.

He has a great story about how he, the inventor of nPower® technology and founder of Tremont Electric, conceptualized the idea for the nPower® PEG while backpacking on the Appalachian Trail.

As Aaron walked the trail, he became increasingly aware of the up and down movement of his backpack. His experience as a mechanical and biomedical engineer allowed him to recognize the excess of kinetic energy that was being expelled by his backpack, and he began to work through potential solutions for harvesting this wasted energy.

Here's a photo of one of his green inventions, nPower® PEG. According to the site, you’ll enjoy never-ending entertainment, communication, and security. Used to charge handheld electronics, the nPower® PEG is a small, lightweight device that allows you to create renewable energy while you walk or run.

Tremont Electric Npower peg - Green Inventions

For more information, check out their site http://greennpower.com/

Why are our homes so dumb?

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by Guest Blogger

For many years, gurus and tech-evangelists been promising the arrival of the "smart home" – the automated home with devices that talk to each other, with appliances and central home systems that can be controlled from a home dashboard or over the internet. Except for a few hobbyists and early innovators, most homes today are still stupid.

Its time we stop waiting for the automated "smart" house – a house that is as technically advanced as our automobiles. For example, for decades, we have been able to remotely lock and unlock our car doors, raise and lower our car windows, adjust temperatures for different parts of the car seating areas, and even clean the back and front windows.

Why aren't our homes as smart as our cars?

With the arrival of the new third home wireless network, this is beginning to change.

Most homes already have two wireless networks – the cordless phone network for communication and the data network – usually WiFi. Both are very effective for high bandwidth, power greedy applications like watching internet videos and talking on the phone.

However, for many less data intensive communications, the new ultra low power networks – based on the 802.15.4 standard and new ZigBee standards (including ZigBee RF4CE and ZigBee Green Power) promise to not only make our homes smart, but to do it in a way that is both green and maintenance free.

This year, large consumer electronic manufacturers, cable set top box makers and service providers will begin rolling out systems for our homes that will finally make our homes as smart as our cars. This revolution is going to start small, starting with the remote control we use to control our TV and set top box. However, in the coming years we will see new capabilities added to that remote.

Based on using a RF powered remote control, it will become possible to monitor and control all the home's systems from a single central dashboard – your remote control. By using RF (radio frequency) instead of the old fashioned IR (infrared), this central mobile dashboard can be used in any room to control systems based in other parts of the home. RF transits through walls, through doors, and through furniture. Because RF supports interactivity, not only can the home-owner control other systems, but s/he can monitor the systems as well by using the display on the remote.

While sitting in the home office, s/he can monitor and control the temperature in different rooms, set up recording on the VCR in the living room, turn off the lights in the kids' rooms after they go out and play. She can even capture a digital image from the front door camera to see who is ringing the doorbell.

And if the kids do grab the remote and somehow lose it, she can go to one of the controlled appliances – like the flat screen TV, and press the "Find Me" button. The remote control will start beeping, playing a song, whatever it takes to make it easy to find again.

Yes, these technologies can be cobbled together now but they are expensive and need technical expertise to make them all play well together. Because of the new ZigBee/RF4CE standard, vendors are creating systems and devices that will be less expensive and will be able to interact with each other. In addition, the new ultra low power capabilities make these devices maintenance free and GREEN by greatly reducing the amount of batteries needed to operate the various sensors around the home, as well as in the remote itself.

Green Power, Energy innovation and green inventions

Batteries are one of the more hidden polluters of the planet. Even though they are small, each contains heavy metals and toxic chemicals. In addition, there is a heavy carbon footprint involved in the mining and refining of the raw materials, as well as in the actual manufacture and distribution of batteries, as well as in the final re-cycling and disposal of batteries.

By using new ultra low power wireless technology, consumer electronics manufacturers are now starting to rolling out remote controls that use a lot less power and never need to have the batteries changed or charged.

For example: with a typical remote control, one has to change the batteries at least once a year. Open it up, pull out the old ones and put in new AA batteries. If it is an old remote, you probably need to replace the duct tape or rubber bands holding it together.

If you have battery powered sensors in your home for security and temperature control, you already know the repeated irritation for tracking down the beeping and having to change batteries (and why do these battery powered sensors always run out of power in the middle of the night?).

By reducing the power draw and enabling the battery to last for the product's lifetime (ten years or more), it is possible to reduce the overall number of batteries needed by 90%. This means billions fewer batteries need to be made – billions fewer batteries tossed into landfills.

By not requiring the user to open up devices to replace and/or recharge batteries, these devices also become essentially maintenance free which enables the makers to design remote controls and sensors that do not require battery compartments and lids. No more duct tape and rubber bands.

By using these new ZigBee RF4CE networks, we are improving our overall ecology as well as making our lives a lot more convenient. No more having to point and shoot with remote controls to change the channel, to set up recording on our DVRs. No need to hike downstairs to adjust the thermostat or to turn off lights after everyone has left the room. Because this new technology is based on a standard – ZigBee RF4CE – companies and manufacturers worldwide can build cost effectively design and solutions that will interact and talk to each other.

The new Third Wireless Network is coming this year – bringing with it the long awaited promise of the smart home – a home that is as automated and easy to use as the car that is parked in the home's garage. Parents often tell their children that that watching too much TV can make them stupid. That may be. However, because of ZigBee/RF4CE and the third Home Wireless Network, your TV set's remote control will at least make your house a lot smarter.

Cees Links, GreenPeak Technologies, www.greenpeak,com, Guest Blogger for Green Energy TV.

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Cees Links is CEO and founder of GreenPeak Technologies, based in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Cees [“case”] Links is a pioneer of the wireless data industry, a visionary leader bringing the world of mobile computing and continuous networking together. Under his guidance, the first wireless LANs were developed which ultimately became house-hold technology integrated into the PCs and notebooks we are all familiar with. He also pioneered the development of access points, home networking routers and hotspot base stations, all widely used today.

He was involved in establishing the IEEE 802.11 standard, the Wi-Fi Alliance, and IEEE 802.15 standardization committee. Cees holds a Masters degree in Applied Mathematics and a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from the Twente University of Technology in Enschede, The Netherlands.

GreenPeak Technologies

+31-30-262-1157

www.greenpeak.com

FRG Waste Resources, Inc. - Two Green Thumbs Up Award

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by Craig Zamary

FRG Waste Resources, Inc. is headquartered in Napa Valley, CA. They are the nationwide leader in providing quality waste and recycling solutions – from compaction equipment to proprietary materials removal and document destruction to comprehensive waste/recycling management programs.

One of their eco friendly inventions is called eCorect. It is a machine that is a dehydrating system. It takes wet food-waste and other compostable materials are processed and reduced producing a dry, nutrient-rich soil amendment that may be used as a landscaping material, natural lawn care or other eco friendly products.

The eCorect is environmentally friendly and efficient by reducing trips to the landfill and creating a closed-loop system. The unit requires no water line, no added enzymes or bacteria-based additives. Its easy to install, easy to operate and easy to maintain.

This energy innovation will be a great part of Sustainability Programs for restaurants, college campuses, cafeterias, etc.

Below is a video on one of their Eco Friendly Inventions:

Future posts will bring attention to best green companies, green inventions, eco friendly products, green jobs, companies going green and hybrid electric vehicles. Stay tuned!

Bloom Box - Green Energy Innovation

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by Craig Zamary

Bloom Energy unveiled the "Bloom Box", and have been swarmed by press, politicians and investors.

Bloom Energy is a Silicon Valley startup, that is looking to put power plants in people's back yards and take you off the electrical grid. The Bloom Box is a fuel-cell technology that would allow homes and businesses to generate their own electricity.

What Major corporations are already using Bloom Box? Wal-Mart, FedEx, Staples, Google, and eBay.

Check out the Bloom Box video and see how it works:

Google making Solar Energy Affordable

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by Craig Zamary

Google invested in a couple solar energy companies over the last few years. One of the companies is called eSolar and the other is BrightSource.

Google invested in both these companies because they have the potential to reduce the cost of Solar Energy by 50% or more.

The videos for both of these companies showing their energy innovations, green inventions and the way they both define solar energy can be seen on our main site.

eSolar video http://greenenergytv.com/Watch.aspx?v=1333254994
BrightSource video http://greenenergytv.com/Watch.aspx?v=1608810738

Portable Farms

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by Craig Zamary

There's a whole new way to look at Sustainability Programs and certified organic products when it comes to farming.

There is an entrepreneur/inventor named Colle Davis who may have a solution for millions of people around the world when it comes to food.

You will see in the video below that this portable farm does not require you to add soil, pesticides, or even water to grow crops.

Is it possible in a 6x8 ft garden to produce over 100 pounds of fish and 400 vegetables a year?

Watch the video below and find out:

We will continue to focus on the best green companies, green inventions, energy innovations and more. Stay Green!

Ben & Jerry's Goes Nuts about Fair Trade

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by Craig Zamary

In a press release, Ben & Jerry’s announced its commitment to go fully Fair Trade across its entire global flavor portfolio. From Cherry Garcia to Chocolate Fudge Brownie, all of the flavors in all of the countries where Ben & Jerry’s is sold will be converted to Fair Trade Certified™ ingredients by the end of 2013.

Ben & Jerry’s was the first ice cream company in the world to use Fair Trade Certified™ ingredients starting in 2005, and today it’s racing ahead as the first ice cream company to make such a significant commitment to Fair Trade across its global portfolio.

So what is Fair Trade? Fair Trade means that certified farmers are using environmentally sound practices to grow and harvest their crops in a sustainable way.

Check out their video:
http://greenenergytv.com/Watch.aspx?v=fd9a349653b7a148

Future posts will focus on Sustainability Programs, Best Green Companies, Energy Innovations, Certified Organic Products, green jobs and more! - Stay Green....

Entrepreneurship in Michigan

Thursday, February 18, 2010 by Guest Blogger

In Michigan, DTE Energy & the University of Michigan put on a Clean Energy Prize Competition for students.

Currently, 8 Teams have advanced to the Semi-finals, and according to a press release from DTE Energy, the new business ideas range from:

A system to enhance electric vehicle batteries
A new method to produce a gas used in solar cell production
Plans for turning food waste into fuel and more!

What do the students have to do? Teams have to develop business plans that promise to move a new, clean-energy technology from the laboratory to the market place.

How much $ is at stake? 1st Prize $50,000 2nd Place gets $25,000 3rd Place - $10,000 and 4th Place $7,000.

Below is what each of the 8 Teams are doing:

Advanced Battery Control: offers a proprietary smart battery management system, which will radically enhance battery utilization in electric vehicles.
Carbon Perks: a service that motivates people to incorporate energy efficient practices into their lifestyles while helping utilities reduce the costs of providing peak power.
Enertia: brings to market a multiple patent-pending innovation that will harness ambient kinetic energy and extend the lifetime of wireless electronic devices tenfold, while at the same time replacing toxic electrochemical batteries.
Food Waste Energy: manufactures and installs anaerobic biodigestors that help restaurants save energy and waste disposal costs by producing natural gas from food waste on site.
Green Silane: produces silane gas for customers on-site in a manner that is flexible, low-cost, and environmentally benign, revolutionizing the supply chain for this critical input to semiconductor, flat-screen display and photovoltaic panel production.
Ice Mitigating Systems: developed a two-fold approach to counter the effects of ice on offshore wind turbines. The solution, which addresses the turbine blades and its structural foundation, will be licensed to manufacturers and the company will provide the necessary consulting services to implement these systems.
ReGenerate: manufactures and leases modular anaerobic digestors to institutional food service operators, transforming food waste discards into on-site renewable energy as well as nutrient-rich fertilizer products that will be cobranded and sold through retail outlets.
Smart Energy Inc.: providing the bridge between the Smart Grid and consumers, empowering consumers with control over their energy usage and appliances.

Good luck to everyone! - Mike D., University Michigan School, & Guest Blogger for Green Energy TV

MIT Clean Energy Prize - 2010 Deadline

Thursday, February 18, 2010 by Guest Blogger

The MIT Clean Energy Prize was established in 2007 to encourage innovation in the energy space, specifically with regard to clean energy.

Forbes Magazine recently named this "The Biggest Small Business Competitions".

The winner gets $200,000 and there has been millions of dollars in follow up funding and investments to past winners.

Who Can Apply? This is open to all U.S. university graduate and undergraduate students, over 100 teams are expected to compete in five energy tracks:

energy efficiency and infrastructure
renewables
clean non-renewables
transportation
deployment (clean energy services or processes).

The deadline for entering is February 25th, so if you have an idea, you better get moving! Good Luck. - Scot, MIT Undergrad & Guest Blogger for Green Energy TV

Global Entrepreneurs - IBM

Friday, February 12, 2010 by Guest Blogger

Are you familiar with a cloud computing environment to more easily allow professors around the world to incorporate technology into their curricula? Listen up Professors...

We know about globalization, but how are we preparing our future leaders and younger generation to prepare themselves to be ready to connect to the rest of the world.

There are more Entrepreneurship Programs opening up across the US and the world, and so how are we preparing them to be Global Entrepreneurs?

IBM has a solution, don't they always...This is a really cool video about how IBM has already helped over 200 schools. The video airing on Green Energy TV is titled: Smarter Students for a Smarter Planet

Check it out - http://greenenergytv.com/Watch.aspx?v=68f47cd3374a57b6 -Mark White, Guest Blogger for GreenEnergyTV.com

Future posts: Best Green companies, energy innovation, Sustainability Programs, green inventions, best green companies and new Hybrid Electric rides.

Green Energy TV featured at Cleantech Forum San Francisco Feb. 24-26th, 2010

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 by Guest Blogger

The annual Cleantech Forum series returns to San Francisco, February 24-26, 2010 at The Palace Hotel. Cleantech Forum XXVI brings together ~1,000 industry leaders in what is widely recognized as THE cleantech event of the year. When you register, please use the promotion code ptnrSF10 and receive a $200 discount on the registration fee.

With the theme Taking Cleantech to Scale, the Forum offers opportunities to mingle with global corporate executives, investors, and government leaders who are financing, acquiring, and scaling cleantech. You will hear first-hand accounts from innovative startups, new investment funds and corporations looking for partners. And if you’re looking for funding to start a new business, or for companies to invest in, this is a great place to network.

Cleantech Forum XXVI speakers include:

Bill Lockyer, California’s 32nd State Treasurer
Philippe Martin, VP of Research and Innovation Sourcing, Veolia Environnement
Go vernor George Pataki, Counsel, Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Bill Weihl, Green Energy Czar, Google
Carl Bass, CEO, Autodesk
Stewart Brand, Author, “Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto
Bill Weihl, Green Energy Czar, Google
Lorie Wigle, General Manager, Intel
Scott Bolick, Vice President, Sustainability, SAP
Chris Smith, Director of Operations, IDS Energy Solutions, Boeing
Jeff Seabright, Vice President of Environment, Coca-Cola
Arlin Wasserman, Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Sodexo
Raj Atluru, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Keat Chuan Yeoh, Assistant Managing Director, Singapore Economic Development Board
Troy Batterberry, Product Manager, Microsoft Hohm
Issam Dairanieh, Technology Principal, BP
James Robb, Sr. VP- Enterprise Planning and Development, Northeast Utilities
And more.

CEOs and Companies presenting at the Cleantech Forum CEO Showcase include:

· Jeff Bisberg, CEO, Albeo Technologies

· Kevin Czinger, CEO, Coda Automotive

· Gary Fromer, Cpower

· Jay Zoellner, EPS Corporation

· Frank Ramirez, CEO, Ice Energy

· Dr. Fatemeh Shirazi, CEO, Microvi Biotech

· Carlos Perea, CEO, MIOX

· Jeff Green, CEO, NanoH20

· Dan Squiller, CEO, PowerGenix

· Mark E. McGoup, CEO, Pentadyne,

· Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials

· Terry Bailey, Soliant

· Mark Crowley, CEO, SolFocus

For more information on how to join this leading industry event, call +1 (810) 224-4310 or email info@cleantech.com or go to: http://cleantech.com/sanfranciscoforum to register and use the promo code ptnrSF10 for a discount.