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Monday, May 17

8:30am to 5:30pm Solar Success Start-up Track
Solar Success Pro Track
(Included in Solar Success Pro or Start-Up Track Registrations)
Schedule coming soon

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Tuesday, May 18

8:30am to 5:30pm

Solar Success Start-up Track
Solar Success Pro Track
(Included in Solar Success Pro or Start-Up Track Registrations)

Schedule coming soon

More information about Solar Success >

ASES Chapters Caucus
(separate registration required)

~10:00am to 5:30pm

ASES Divisions Caucus
(separate registration required)

12:00pm - 5:00pm ASES Board of Trustees
(members only)
12:30pm to 5:30pm SEIA PV Division Meeting
Closed meeting for SEIA’s PV Division Members
7:00pm to 8:30pm Conference Opening Reception
(included in All Acces Pass, Conference and Solar Success Registrations)

Wednesday, May 19

Registration Information Included in All Access Pass Registration See Session for Registration Info
Included in Full, One Day and Student Conference Registration Included in Solar Success Fast Track Registration
  Advancing Renewable Energy Technology Crafting Effective Policy and Advocacy Developing and Financing New Energy Markets Educating and Training the New Energy Society Transforming the Built Environment ES2010 (ASME) Conference Sessions Enhancing and Expanding Your Business Meetings and Social Events
  Registration open 7am to 7pm
7:00 - 8:00am
Wed
Speakers' Breakfast Solar Success Training
Event
Business meetings
schedule
8:30 - 10:00am
Wed
Conference Opening Plenary  
10:30am - noon
Wed
- Applications of Appropriate Technology in Renewable Energy
- Applications of Solar Radiation for PV
- Case Studies in Community Solar

- Market Analysis - How Can Universities Prepare Students for the Renewable Energy Revolution?

- Harnessing the Sun - Active Solar Applications
- Light Measures, Daylight Modeling

ES2010
Program

 
12:30 - 1:30pm
Wed
            Business meetings
schedule
2:00 - 3:30pm
Wed
- Biochar - The Only Carbon-Negative Renewable Energy Option?
- Diverse Research Concepts for Advancing Solar Technologies
- Evolution of Large Scale PV
- ASES Policy Recommendations: Update and Report Card for the 111th Congress
- Community Power Project: Flagstaff Pilot
- It's all Local: Strategies and Tools for Driving Solar Costs Down
- No Building Left Behind - Architectural Education - Making the Case - Case Studies ES2010
Program
 
4:00 - 5:30pm
Wed
- Creative Innovations with Small Scale PV
- Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) and new 21st Century Transportation Systems
- Small Wind Zoning - Getting to “Yes in my Backyard”
- The Many Flavors of Net Metering: A Tasting Menu of Successful Solar Policy
- Solana Generating Station
- Solar Renewable Energy Certificate Markets: Status and Emerging Issuess
- Meeting Workforce Challenges -- A Look at National & State Action - Passive Solar Buildings ES2010
Program
 
5:30 - 6:30pm
Wed
              Business meetings
schedule
6:30 - 10:00pm
Wed
Awards Reception and Banquet Solar Success! Social Event  

Thursday, May 20

Registration Information Included in All Access Pass Registration See Session for Registration Info
Included in Full, One Day and Student Conference Registration Included in Solar Success Fast Track Registration
  Advancing Renewable Energy Technology Crafting Effective Policy and Advocacy Developing and Financing New Energy Markets Educating and Training the New Energy Society Transforming the Built Environment ES2010 (ASME) Conference Sessions Enhancing and Expanding Your Business Meetings and Social Events
  Registration open 7am to 7pm
Exhibit Hall open 10am to 5pm
7:00 - 8:00am
Thurs
Speakers' Breakfast Solar Success Training
Event
Business meetings
schedule
8:30 - 10:00am
Thurs
- Sustainability and the Built Environment - ASME General Session
 
10:30am - noon
Thurs
- Bankable Solar Resource Assessment - Best Practices for PV and CSP
- Developments in Concentrating Solar
- Strategic Values of Distributed Generated Electricity from Photovoltaics - Jumping on the PACE Financing Train: The Little Policy that Could - Certification - Getting it right

- Intersecting Evidenced Based Design Inquiry & Integrated Project Delivery (Ipd):
- Luminaries, Daylighting Applications
- Net Zero Energy Buildings: Lessons Learned from Design and Operation

ES2010
Program

 
12:30 - 1:30pm
Thurs
            Business meetings
schedule
2:00 - 3:30pm
Thurs
- Advances in Satellite Assessment of Solar Radiation
- Can CSP Be Baseload? Thermal Storage Update
- Hot Town - Solar in the Cities
- Safety and Risks in the PV Industry
- Smart Solar Marketing Strategies - Between Commodity and Delight: Architectural Design in the 2009 Solar Decathlon - Cooltowers: Integrated Passive Cooling for Buildings and Spaces in the Arid Southwest
- Zero is Beautiful - Getting to Net Zero Architecture
ES2010
Program
Business meetings
schedule
4:00 - 5:30pm
Thurs
- CEO Panel: CSP Industry Encounter
- Progress in Solar Resource Assessment
- Sizing Up State Programs
- Solar Phoenix - A Model to Advance Residential Solar
- Estimating US Jobs in Solar PV: JEDI and Other Methods - Students Rule: Participant Reflections on the 2009 Solar Decathlon - Sharpening Our Tools
ES2010
Program
 
5:30 - 6:30pm
Thurs
- Poster Session and Reception             Business meetings
schedule
6:30 - 10:00pm
Thurs
- Emerging Transportation
- Emerging Architecture
   

Friday, May 21

Registration Information Included in All Access Pass Registration  
Included in Full, One Day and Student Conference Registration Included in ALL registration types See Session for Registration Info
  Advancing Renewable Energy Technology Crafting Effective Policy and Advocacy Developing and Financing New Energy Markets Educating and Training the New Energy Society Transforming the Built Environment ES2010 (ASME) Conference Sessions Enhancing and Expanding Your Business Meetings and Social Events
  Registration open 7am to 7pm
Exhibit Hall open 10am to 5pm
7:00 - 8:00am
Fri
Speakers' Breakfast PLEASE NOTE: All sessions start at the designated time, but finish at different times. Click on a session to see its schedule. Business meetings
schedule
8:30 - 10:00am
Fri
- Solar Heating for Homeowners - workshop - separate registration fee required
PLENARY
Water Issues: Will They Sink Solar in the Southwest?
Workshop - 8:30am to 5:30pm
Your Next Steps: A Practical Solar Marketing Approach - workshop - separate registration fee required
      - BP Solar Certified Installer
- Solar as it Shoud be Done
- High Quality Solar Mirrors
- Simplified Installation of Solar Water Heating
- Solar Thermal Applications and Innovations (2)
- Fronius Inverter and DATCOM Training
- OutBack Power Systems Product Overview and Training
- Solar Installation Using Pre-Engineered, Packaged Systems
- SMA’s Sunny Boy 1 Training Course

 
10:30am - noon
Fri
- Solar Thermal: Hot and Cool Topics
- Wholesale Distributed Generation--The Next Big Thing
- Concentrating Solar Power Policy – a Comprehensive Overview
- Think Like an EcoSystem - Attracting People More Successfully to Renewables
- The Making of a Solar Power Purchase Agreement - Educating the Next Generation
- Puzzling Over the Pieces - Post-Occupancy Evaluations
- Keeping It Cool
- Real Stories from Real Buildings

ES2010
Program

- Solar Thermal Combi Systems
- Data Acquisition & Performance Monitoring of PV Systems
- Innovative Online Marketing Techniques for Solar Companies
- Launch and Grow Your Solar Business
- Solar Economics to Close More Sales
 
12:30 - 1:30pm
Fri
 
          - Women in Solar Luncheon
Business meetings
schedule
1:30 - 5:30pm
Fri
- Installation Guidelines for Solar Hot Water Systems - workshop - separate registration fee required         - Workshop 19 - Weatherization Analysis for Existing Homes - workshop - separate registration fee required
- BP Solar Certified Installer
- Business Strategies for Solar Installation - workshop - separate registration fee required
 
2:00 - 3:30pm
Fri
- Solar for Landfills, Brownfields and Contaminated Land
- Solar Water Heating - The Great Installation Debate
- Energy for the Other 80%
- Environmental Impacts of Concentrating Solar Power Plants
- Utility Issues and Opportunities
- Green Thoughts - Design Theory and Process ES2010
Program
- Shade Mitigation with the SunMizer DC to DC Power Optimizer
- Solar Air-Conditioning
- Tyco Electronics SOLARLOK Product Training
- Grounding Solutions for Solar PV Applications
- Residential & Commercial Solar Space Heating
- KACO Technical Training (NABCEP approved)
- Launch and Grow Your Solar Business
- Solar Economics to Close More Sales
- Solar Pool Heating Opportunities for Commercial Pools
- Trina Solar - Photovoltaics 101
Business meetings
schedule
4:00 - 5:30pm
Fri
- Micro Inverter Versus DC-to-DC Technology Shoot-Off
- Solar Thermal Heating & Cooling: A Hot Solution for a Cooler Climate
- Energy Efficiency and Solar Energy Projects in Indian Country
- Life Cycle Analysis: Ensuring Solar's Sustainable Future
  - Teaching Resources to Transform Architectural Design Studio Pedagogy: The Carbon Neutral Design Project Design Studio Profiles - Spirit and Sustainability
- Top This! - Roof Solutions
  - Energy Efficient Building Envelope Technology
- Commercial Solar Hot Water Heating Systems
 
5:30 - 6:30pm
Fri
              Business meetings
schedule
6:30 - 10:00pm
Fri
- An Evening at Taliesin West    

Saturday, May 22

  Separate Registration Required for all Sessions - Click on Session for Information Included in ALL Registration Types Included in ALL Registration Types
  Advancing Renewable Energy Technology Crafting Effective Policy and Advocacy Developing and Financing New Energy Markets Educating and Training the New Energy Society Transforming the Built Environment ES2010 (ASME) Conference Sessions Enhancing and Expanding Your Business Public Day and Green Career Events

Registration open 7am to 7pm
Exhibit Hall open 10am to 3pm

PLEASE NOTE: This is a general outline of start and end times. Please click on a session to see its schedule.

8:30am - 12:30pm
Sat

  - Workshop 08 - An Insider's Perspective on Opportunities Across the Solar Industry Value Chain   - Tour 2 - An Insiders Tour of Taliesin West
- Workshop 14 - Designing High Performance Homes
- Tour 3 - Maricopa Concentrating Solar Power Facility - SOLD OUT - Quick Mount PV: Code Compliant Mounting and Waterproof Flashing Systems for Pitched Roofs
- Solar Thermal Applications and Innovations
- Fronius Inverter and DATCOM Training (2)
- Solectria Renewables Commercial 3 Phase and Residential PV Inverter, Data Monitoring Installer Training

See Public Day Schedule

See Schedule of Green Career Events

8:30am - 5:30pm
Sat
- Workshop 03 - Advanced Solar Water and Space Heating Systems
- Workshop 05 - Interesting Entry Level & Intermediate PV
  - Workshop 09 - Photovoltaic Markets, Technology, Cost, Performance with Emphasis on Building Integrated PV - Workshop 11 - Teaching Sustainable Energy: A Roadmap for Educators - Workshop 15 - Building Performance Workshop: Tool Day Phoenix
- Workshop 16 - Passive Solar Heating Design and Construction Guidelines
  - SMA’s Sunny Boy 2 Training Course
10:30am - noon
Sat
           

- Insulated Flexible Stainless Steel Solar Line Set Installation: Making Your Job Easy
- AluTec Clampless Mounting System- New or Relatively New To Solar?
- Renewable Energy Batteries - An Inside Look

1:30 - 5:30pm
Sat
- Workshop 06 -
Solar in the Real World
      - Solar Industry 101
- Aesthetics In Renewable Energy
- All Charged Up and Ready to Roll - What to Think About when Buying an Electric Vehicle.
- How to Harness the Opportunity of Flat Roof Solar to Generate More Profits
- Solar Pathfinder and Assistant Software Training

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