FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: Sept. 11, 2017

Renewable energy: Why it is critical to our future

The public is welcome to attend an Oct. 5 panel discussion on local efforts toward sustainable communities. Hosted by the League of Women Voters Jeffco, it will focus on renewable energy: what’s been accomplished, what’s in progress and why it’s important.

The meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Golden Community Center, 1470 10th St., Golden, 80401. After review by League members and if time permits, questions will be answered. Representatives from Jefferson County, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, Westminster, Arvada and Golden are expected to participate.

The keynote speaker will be Frank Rukavina, the Sustainability Director at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden. He is responsible for the advancement of corporate environmental, social and economically responsible decision making to advance the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. He leads the sustainable development initiatives that drive NREL’s campus of the future: a carbon neutral, net-zero energy laboratory.

The League’s Sustainability Committee member Pat Mesec said the committee began asking communities nine years ago what local plans were in place to work toward a sustainable community. “Now we have gone back and asked the same question with the hope that some initiatives and accomplishments will be explained.” she said.

For more information, visit www.lwvjeffco.org, call 303-238-0032 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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