Events

Learn how to hand-craft buildings and food systems, provide your own energy, and have a bountiful life requiring fewer resources. Rendezvous with Electric car clubs as they vow to again make “John Day or Bust.” Admission includes over 50 free workshops, and exhibitors will show you tools for energy independence and lifestyle self-reliance, including solar, wind and agricultural resources. Cost is $5 per adult per day, with weekend, youth, and family discounts, volunteers and children under 12 free. Camping available on-site (free for volunteers).

NREL's Strategic Energy Analysis Center (SEAC) and DOE/EERE's Office of Planning, Budget, and Analysis (PBA) cohost analytical seminars on the second Thursday of every month. Topics focus on new and innovative renewable energy and energy efficiency analysis strategies, models, and technologies and how to apply them. The presentation is from noon to 1 p.m. at NREL's Washington, D.C., office and from 10 to 11 a.m. at NREL's Golden, Colorado, office.

For more information on the seminar series — including log-in and call-in information for remote access — visit the Energy Analysis Web site.

This low-cost ($200), weekends-only class runs from Jan. 31 to April 19 and gives you the industry-requested skills for an entry-level wind technician position. Sign up online, click on Schedule and Registration, Alternative Energy-Sustainability.

Visitors of all ages are invited to a Saturday Open House at the NREL Visitors Center on selected Saturdays this year. You are welcome to explore our interactive exhibit hall, enjoy special presentations, take virtual tours of our facilities and engage in hands-on activities.