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Starting a Green Business - A Labor of Love |
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Written by John Kemp
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President and Principal Energy Consultant,
Simple Home Energy
- The qualitative case for starting your own business
- Synopsis (highs and lows) of the journey
- Key learnings from experience
- Significant resources at your disposal
Thursday Morning Meeting, March 13
8:00am - 9:30am
Free, No reservations required.
Saratoga Federated Church, Richards Hall
20390 Park Place, Saratoga, CA 95070
Enter on west side, corner of Oak Place and Saratoga-Los Gatos Rd (hiway 9).
 John Kemp founded Simple Home Energy two years ago, after a successful career in mobile and wireless technology Product Management. His mission is to help home and business owners reduce energy consumption, costs and associated carbon footprint. John's Product Management and Marketing experience has helped him define his business, products and services that represent real solutions to challenges that business and home owners face. His focus on customer value and experience enable his business to stand out in the crowd.
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Sustainable Mobility: Hybrid and Electric Vehicles |
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Written by Dr. Fred Barez
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Dr. Fred Barez presents an overview of the history and the motivation resulting in the development and need for sustainable mobility including alternative fuel vehicle technologies. He discusses the current state of such vehicle manufacturing, the opportunities and challenges.
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EV Infrastructure in California |
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Written by Alberto Sanchez-Chew
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This EV Infrastructure presentation was a high level overview of the California Governor’s Interagency Working Group on Zero-emission Vehicles: 2013 ZEV Action Plan, A roadmap toward 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles on California roadways by 2025 geared towards job creation.
- Goal: 1.5 million ZEVs in California by 2025
- What are the infrastructure needs?
- How are we going to get there?
- What opportunities will it bring?
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Tour of Shoreway Environmental Center |
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Written by Gregory Chu
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 The EcoGreen Group (EGG) was treated to a private tour of the Shoreway Environmental Center in San Carlos.
Rethinkwaste, a public/private partnership owns and manages the Shoreway Environmental Center and serves the surrounding public agencies of Atherton, Belmont, Burlingame, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo, the County of San Mateo and the West Bay Sanitary District.
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IEEE 1588 - Precision Time Protocol on the Smart Grid |
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Written by Rod Kirk
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Behind every advancement in the areas of renewable energy and energy management, are some underlying technologies which help make those advancements possible. The IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol is one of those underlying technologies which is helping to make the Smart Grid a reality. This presentation will provide an overview of this technology and some of its uses in the Smart Grid.
 Rod Kirk, a San Francisco Bay area native, has held various Electrical Engineering positions in numerous companies in the areas of data storage, networks, and motion control. He has a degree from San Jose State University and an Energy Management certificate from De Anza College. Rod is currently providing Technical Writing services for emerging companies.
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Silicon Valley Clean Tech Speaker Series |
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Written by Eric Lemons
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Water: Two Views of a Vital Resource
(1) Water Shortage:
Crisis or Opportunity
by Olivier Jerphagnon
PowWow Energy
Olivier Jerphagnon of PowWow Energy and winner of the 2013 Cleantech Open will talk about how PowWow Energy's technology and data analysis give farmers significant savings in both water and energy use. Olivier will also talk about his lessons learned as an entrepreneur, including how they got started and what they learned while going through the Cleantech Open program, leading up to the national competition.
 Olivier Jerphagnon is co-founder and CEO of PowWow Energy, a SaaS company addressing the growing energy-water crisis in the Agriculture sector. Previously Olivier was CEO of Monitoring Division Inc., a provider of data sensing and machine learning technology professional services to tier-1 carriers. Olivier also was part of the original team at Calient and rose to European Managing Director. He has a Diplôme d’Ingénieur from INP Grenoble, France and an MS from UC Santa Barbara.
(1) Water: The Lifeblood of Silicon Valley
by Jim Fiedler
The Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD), formed in 1929 following a multiyear drought, has built a comprehensive water management system that has supported the transformation from the agricultural “Valley of Heart’s Delight” to the technological “Silicon Valley.” Come learn where your water comes from, how it is stored and managed. How will the current drought affect Silicon Valley? What challenges does the SCVWD face and how does it work with other agencies? What innovations are allowing water re-use?
 Jim Fiedler, Chief Operating Officer for the Santa Clara Valley Water, is responsible for leading Santa Clara’s water supply program consisting of: water importation, surface reservoir operations and storage, groundwater management, raw and treated water delivery, drinking water treatment, water recycling and water conservation programs. Jim is Chair of the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) Board of Directors; and serves on the Board of the WateReuse Association and holds other industry leadership roles. Jim has a BS from Loyola Marymount and an MS from Stanford in Civil Engineering.
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Standards and Certifications, Links in the Chain to Building an Industry for E-Waste Recycling |
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Written by Elizabeth Guimarin
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 “We can grow a robust domestic e-recycling infrastructure and generate jobs with it”, Jim Taggart, ECS Refining, San Jose, CA.
With recognition that electronic waste is causing social and environmental harm, toxic materials can be excluded from product design and it can be made easier to recover component materials.
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