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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear Renewable Energy Enthusiasts,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Energy Club is excited to present a lecture by Steven
Strong, world-renowned building-integrated PV expert and Time Magazine
“Hero for the Planet” (details below). It would be wise to arrive
early, as the room is expected to fill up quickly.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cheers,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Kristian Bodek</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Vice President, <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><a
href="http://web.mit.edu/mit_energy/">MIT Energy Club</a></span></font></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>"Toward
Zero Energy and Beyond: Solar- and Wind-Powered Buildings”</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Steven
Strong</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Founder
and President, Solar Design Associates</span></font></i><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
Wednesday April 4<sup>th</sup>, </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6:00–7:00pm</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><a
href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=E51&Buildings=go">E51-145</a></span></font></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Abstract</span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The last two decades have brought significant changes to the
design profession. In the wake of traumatic escalations in energy prices,
shortages, embargoes and war along with heightened concerns over pollution,
environmental degradation and resource depletion, awareness of the
environmental impact of our work as design professionals has dramatical­ly
increased. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The built environment is responsible for a large percentage
of energy consumption and architects are responsible for a large percentage of
the built environment.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=contract align=left style='text-align:left'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Architects and engineers with vision
have come to understand it is no longer the goal of good design to simply
create a building that's aesthetically pleasing - buildings must be
environmentally responsive as well. Rather then merely using a
little less non-renewable fuels and creating less pollution, buildings of the
21st century will rely on renewable resources to produce some and, eventually,
all of their own energy. </span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>One of the most promising renewable energy technologies is
photovoltaics. Photovoltaics (PV) is a truly elegant means of producing
electricity on site, directly from the sun, without concern for energy supply
or environmental harm. These solid-state devices simply make
electricity out of sunlight, silently with no maintenance, no pollution and no
depletion of materials.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>There is a growing consensus that distributed photovoltaic
systems that provide electricity at the point of use will be the first to reach
widespread commercialization. Chief among these distributed applications
are PV power systems for individual buildings.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Interest in the building integration of photovoltaics, where
the PV elements actually become an integral part of the building, often serving
as the exterior weather skin, is growing world-wide. PV specialists and
innovative designers in </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Europe</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Japan</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and the </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>US</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> are now
exploring creative ways of incorporating solar electricity into their
work. A whole new vernacular of Solar Electric Architecture is
beginning to emerge.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Steven
will present a highly visual world overview of Solar Electric Architecture
using the best built examples of solar- and wind-powered residences and
commercial-scale buildings from </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Europe</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Japan</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and the </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>US</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.
These early solar- and wind--powered buildings provide a window into the coming
new era of environmentally responsive, energy-producing buildings where this
elegant, life-affirming technology will become commonplace as an integral part
of the built environment.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Biography</span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Steven J. Strong is Founder and President of Solar Design
Associates, Inc., a group of Architects and Engineers dedicated to the design
of environmentally responsive buildings, and the engineering and integration of
renewable energy systems which incorporate the latest in innovative technology.
</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>He founded the firm in 1974<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>
</span></b>after serving as an energy-systems engineering consultant on the
Alaskan pipeline where he became convinced there were easier, less-costly, more
environmentally desirable ways to provide comfort and convenience to the
consumer than "going to the ends of the earth to extract the last drop of
fossil fuel". </span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Drawing on his background in architecture and engineering,
he has earned the firm an international reputation for the pioneering
integration of renewable energy systems - especially solar electricity - with
environmentally responsive building design.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Over the last 25 years, he has designed dozens of homes and
buildings powered by solar electricity. In 1984, working with
New England Electric, he completed the world’s first PV-powered
neighborhood in central </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Massachusetts</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. In
1996, he worked with Olympic village architects to power the 1996 Summer Games
in </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Atlanta</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> with solar electricity using the
world’s largest roof-top PV power system. His firm consults to
private and public clients and architects in the design of solar-powered
buildings as well as to industry on product development for building
integration.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>He has represented the </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>US</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> on the
International Energy Agency’s expert working group on Solar Electricity
in the Built Environment for the past 8 years and has served as an advisor on
energy and environmental issues to 3 Governors, 4 </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>US</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
Congressman, 8 </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>US</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Senators and 4 presidential
candidates as well as a number of electric utilities.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>He is the author of <u>The Solar Electric House</u> and </span></font><u><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Solar</span></font></u><u><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></u><u><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Electric</span></font></u><u><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></u><u><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Buildings</span></font></u><u><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, an
Overview of Today’s Applications</span></font></u><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and the editor and
contributing author of <u>Photovoltaics in the Built Environment, a Design
Guide for Architects and Engineers</u> as well as contributing author to <u>Photovoltaics
in Buildings</u> and <u>Building with Photovoltaics</u>.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Articles about him and his work have appeared in some 100
publications including <u>TIME</u> <u>Architecture,</u> <u>Architectural Record</u>,
<u>Environmental Design and Construction</u>, <u>World Architecture,</u> <u>Popular
Science</u>, <u>Spectrum</u>, <u>Wired</u>, <u>New Age</u>, <u>Fortune</u>, <u>Forbes</u>
and <u>Business Week</u> and on television and in energy and environmental
documentaries. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Steven received the first ‘Inherit the Earth
Award’ from </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Connecticut</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>College</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> in 1993 for
his ‘pioneering work in furthering sustainable energy’. In
the spring of 1999, TIME magazine named him an ‘Environmental Hero of the
Planet’. In the spring of 2001, the American Solar Energy Society
honored him with its Charles Greeley Abbot award – the Society’s
highest honor - for lifetime achievement in advancing solar energy. In
the spring of 2003, the Audubon Society named him its ‘Environmental
Entrepreneur of the Year’.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In the summer of 2002, Steven designed and oversaw the
installation of three solar energy systems at the White House in </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Washington</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>DC</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. He
has recently designed a new ‘solar skin’ for the US Mission to the
United Nations in </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Geneva</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Switzerland</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> which was
completed this past summer.</span></font></p>
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