Florida Renewable Energy Marketing (FREM) promotes renewable energy and efficiency primarily in the Florida marketplace. Valuable training empowers sales persons and consumers to make educated decisions how to prepare for permanent solar installations prior to making any commitments. Submitted articles should be informative RE articles. Mother Nature forces adherence with Deuteronomy 8:18.

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CLARK NELSON

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Greening the Faith (Shopping Cart Item GSP) means a spiritual backdrop provides good business practices during the green movement. We strive to be good stewards of the land, merely caretakers and tenants, acting on behalf of the original maker. Mother Nature forces adherence with Deuteronomy 8:18 and other scriptures. The entire world is guilty of eco-sin. The green supply chain is an opportunity to enjoy creating wealth for ourselves and serve others.
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Going Solar Pathways (Shopping Cart Item GSP) trains renewable energy salespersons and homeowners how to prepare for permanent solar installations prior to making any commitments. A brief summary of the steps needed are Site Survey,  Consider Regulations, Costs and Payback,  Rebates and Incentives. Home improvement challenges differ according to locale. Apply the following teaching tools as a guideline to aid decisions involving solar.
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The FREM plan will assist the sales process by training to deliver satisfied customers. Consumers can be educated about their demand priorities and relevant electrical loads as part of their bill.  FREM encourages market education for people having electrical or plumbing backgrounds to aid in RE sales. Electricians and plumbers, apprentices or helpers should become familiar with Renewable Energy techniques. Referenced support material is for educational purposes related to existing and future RE systems. Articles will primarily appeal to Floridians. Nationwide residents are welcome to use the free submission. Submitted articles should be informative RE articles, 500-1000 words as text with one small representative picture. Identify the title, a 3-5 word headline, subtitles and a resource box with one or two links for more information. You retain copyrights when applicable (free volunteer submission) with full understanding articles may appear on other websites.

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Load monitoring, or tracking usage and comparisons for RE installations are necessary to optimize production. Internet communications may include two-way reporting methods. Describe methods, hosting companies, requirements and data as needed.

Energy Efficiency tends to accompany RE efforts. Beneficial results of Home Energy Monitoring (HEM) and devices such as smart thermostats are good subjects. 
The Power Cost Monitor and Kilowatt meters are sales tools to help promote energy efficiency.

Load analysis encompasses some technical way of assessing loads. Anyone wanting to reduce their electric bill may apply load analysis techniques to minimize equipment cost or lifestyle change.

Another area of interest stems from solar industry pushback regarding too much regulation.  Vermont and California are trying to streamline their permitting process.  Florida has hurricane codes and non-deregulated utilities that hinder solar development.  Combine these issues with a recessive housing market and we understand the need to support FREM. Plenty of opportunity exits for energy efficiency improvements with solar hot water heating and HVAC leading the challenge.


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Excerpt from Home Power magazine 133, Oct.-Nov., p.88-93  Home Power’s sidebar article “Assessing Loads”

A load analysis is a listing of everything you expect to power in your off-grid home with the power consumption and hours in use summed and averaged to estimate normal daily energy consumption. For most off-grid homeowners, a load analysis should reflect winter living habits, when consumption is greatest.

It’s a rigorous and time-consuming process, but necessary. For system designers, it serves four purposes:

1. Lists and quantifies actual loads, so the system can be sized to meet the home’s needs.

2. Helps identify ways to use less energy to achieve the same result, which can reduce system size and cost.

3. Helps identify overlooked or inappropriate loads, potential problems, and special cases, so that alternative ways of achieving the desired results, while using less electrical energy, can be suggested.

4. Serves as a document of record. That is, if a system proves insufficient in the future, a record was kept of how much energy use was expected. Actual consumption can then be reevaluated, and loads reduced or the system expanded.

For the client, a fifth benefit arises that is really the most important of all: a valuable self-education process. Most of us who have lived with utility power have taken it for granted: We use it as needed and pay the bill each month. We have had little reason to know how the energy is used: how much and for what. The load analysis process is an excellent consciousness-raising activity. By understanding how and where you’re using solar electricity, you are far more likely to be satisfied with your power system—and its limits and blessings — over the many decades you will own it.

Many PV system installers or dealers offer forms to help the load analysis process. For more information, read “Getting Started with Renewable Energy: Professional Load Analysis and Site Survey,” available from Home Power Web Extras at www.homepower.com/webextras. Once you have an understanding of how to perform a load analysis, you can use an inexpensive measurement device, such as the Kill A Watt meter, which allows you to plug in any AC device and measure its power and energy consumption.

Links for more about Load Analysis:
http://www.homepower.com/files/webextras/loadcalc.pdf
http://www.homepower.com/files/webextras/loadcalc.xls

What others say about the P3 4400 by Kill-A-Watt
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/a-hunt-for-vampire-power/


Key RE and Smart Grid organizations
American Electric Power
American Wind Energy Association
Center for American Progress
Department of Energy
Edison Electric Institute
Energy Information Administration
Electric Power Research Institute
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Visualizing The U.S. Electric Grid   A series of maps
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