Salsa Marathon to benefit San Diego Fire Victims

It’s a spin on your typical fundraiser, 10 hours of dancing to raise $10,000 for local fire victims. Come see how long participants can dance! The 10 hours of salsa dancing is from 1:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m on Saturday July 19th at 2200 University Ave., San Diego, CA 92104. Friends, relatives and companies will sponsor dancing participants to fundraise for this event!

For Further information regarding the Salsa Marathon please visit www.afhsd-rebuild.org.

Important Update on Green Grant

The $85,000 donated from the San Diego, Desert/Orange County and Los Angeles Prudential Reality Foundation’s, Pickford Realty Cares and Aaroe Associates has been allocated to San Diego fire survivors. The funding was provided to offset the costs for fire survivors who are rebuilding their homes using more energy-efficient, sustainable and eco-friendly materials and technologies. Currently, we are still accepting applications which will be placed on a waiting list.

Please read the links below for program details, and then fill out the application form, fax to (858) 244-1178. You must also mail in the original application form to:

Attn: Rebuild Central
8690 Balboa Ave., Suite #100
San Diego, CA 92123

Kick-off Letter
Product Examples
Guidelines
Application Form

For further assistance please call (858) 244-1177 or e-mail Lauri.Walker@energycenter.org

San Diego Charger goes “blu” for a green cause!

Shawn Merriman is reaching out again to local fire victims. This All-Pro linebacker is helping to rebuild San Diego. Merriman who owns Lights Out construction company and Steve Conboy, CEO of SC Bluwood will be will be announcing their plans to donate AF21 Fire Inhibitor Bluwood treatment to any new construction projects to fire victims who are rebuilding.

Where: Ken Baker’s Rancho Bernardo home located at 17635 Valladares Drive. The Baker home was destroyed in the 2007 Witch Creek fire and will be using BLUWOOD/AF21 Fire Inhibitor framing lumber in the construction of their new home.

When: July 11th 2008

Time: 12p.m.

Location: 17635 VALLADARES DRIVE IN RANCHO BERNARDO

Rebuild Central - San Diego Free Shade Tree Program

The California Center for Sustainable Energy is giving away over 14,000 shade trees to single-family homes, multi-family buildings, public agencies, non-profits and K-12 schools throughout Orange and San Diego counties (must be an SDG&E customer). These trees are full-sized, 15-gallon nursery quality specimens in your choice of over 20 varieties. Each home can receive up to 10 trees per household. Visit www.trees.energycenter.org for more details.

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Charitable Donations to Rebuild Central

Rebuild Central would like to thank the San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles Prudential Reality Foundations “Pickford Realty Cares” and Aaroe Associates Charitable Foundation, for their generous donations to the San Diego County Fire Survivors.

RebuildCentral.org - Radio Interview

Lauri Walker, Program Manager, California Center for Sustainable Energy, speaks with Kathy Novo-Shumate of Let’s Talk Remodeling. Lauri discusses the services that Rebuild Central provides to the San Diego wildfire survivors at the San Diego Home Design and Landscape Expo held at the San Diego Convention Center on Friday, April 4. 2008.

Solar Water Heating System Incentives

Solar Water Heating (SWH) systems can help protect consumers against future gas and electricity shortages as well as price increases. They help preserve the environment by eliminating carbon dioxide emissions and reducing harmful pollutants. Through the California Solar Initiative (CSI), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) authorized CCSE to provide $1.5 million in rate payer funds as incentives for the Solar Water Heating Pilot Program. These incentives will go to qualified, licensed contractors to promote the installation of clean, renewable solar water heating systems.

Visit the California Center for Sustainable Energy for more information on the Solar Water Heating Pilot Program

Support for Homeowners Rebuilding After Southern California Wildfires of 2007

To those residents in San Diego County who lost their homes in the 2007 Southern California wildfires, USGBC would like to extend its support in helping these survivors rebuild their homes in a sustainable manner. To that end, USGBC agrees to waive all registration and certification fees (up to a $600 value) for those who intend to rebuild using the LEED for Homes rating system.

In order to take advantage of this fee waiver, applicants and their LEED for Homes providers should work through the normal registration process via the USGBC website (http://www.usgbc.org/leed/homes). Upon submittal, the Provider should email USGBC at homes@usgbc.org to request the registration fee waiver for the project. A representative from USGBC will then confirm the registration fee waiver via email and, should the project ultimately move forward to certification, will ensure that the certification fee is also waived at the appropriate time.

Rebuild Central - Assisting San Diego Wildfire Survivors

Rebuild Central is a one-stop, all-in-one resource for fire survivors looking for unbiased information about how to rebuild their homes and lives. Rebuild Central is a free, joint project of The California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE), San Diego Renewable Energy Society, and Architecture for Humanity.

Rebuild Central is holding a three-part series of free workshops designed to help homeowners rebuild using energy-efficient and fire-resistant technologies, methods, and materials.

The Greenprint Workshop Series will be held at CCSE’s central San Diego location. Visitors are encouraged to explore all the latest energy- efficiency technologies, interactive displays, and resources that CCSE’s Energy Resource Center has to offer.

Browse through the vast array of books, periodicals, and DVDs in the
Energy Resource Library, or borrow reading and data-logging Instruments designed to measure performance and savings opportunities in the Tool Lending Library.