Off Grid Solar Solutions A-Z
What you will learn:
- General overview of current solar technology and equipment options
- Specific challenges and benefits associated with off-grid energy generation
- Site considerations, including topography and sun exposure
- Nevada County permitting process, forms, key contacts
- Strategies to optimize energy production, storage and component balancing
- Preferred home appliances, other strategies to make your energy go farther
The presentation will feature several examples of recent projects, including photos, permitting compliance examples. Open format with an emphasis on Q&A. Bring your plans, research, thorniest questions!
Lars Ortegren
Solar Energy Guru and Co-Founder of Cal Solar. Skilled in Electrical Contracting, Sustainability, Renewable Energy. Over 8 MW hands on experience in designing, managing, training, and constructing residential off grid and micro grid applications.
Kevin Standfield
Technology Project Manager & Business Developer. Skilled in Project Planning, Documentation, Step-by-Step Implementation, Licensing & Permitting. Extensive contracting with SAP, IBM and many others. Specializing in cutting edge technologies.
Real Estate Investment
Approximately 34 years ago Alan discovered how to flip properties using self-directed retirement plans. This discovery lead him in helping clients in the earl 90's with over 1,000 tax foreclosed properties that resulted in millions of dollars of profits going back into his clients retirement plans with no tax consequences. Alan has perfected this system of investing and loves passing the torch of knowledge to his agents and clients. He has developed this cirriculm for the purpose of allowing others to benefit. Additionally, Alan loves to help clients develop a real estate portofolio of Income Producing Properties. Including opportunitiues to develop an income stream from vacant land parcels.
How To Make Your Home Work For You
On average homeowners can pay up to or over $250,000 in mortgage interest on their home loan, then when they have the mortgage paid off, they do not expect anything in return for that investment, why? The paid for home now becomes a burden on our retirement income. My class is designed to show you how you might have the option for the home to pay you back and/or maintain itself with no fear of losing your home. You keep more of your retirement funds to do just that, retire.
Introduction to Permaculture 2
Exploring permaculture to see how this nature and people based process encompasses ecological sustainability and much more!
Mushroom Workshop
There will be three objectives to this Mushroom Workshop. Come find out how to apply Local Permaculture applications. Learn how you can become carbon negative and climate positive quickly through the help of Mushrooms! You will learn methods of Mushroom Cultivation for your property or home and recipes for success!
MushBarn is a Local Woman-Owned Organic Mushroom Farm practicing Regenerative Mycology. This class is Hosted by Founder: Steph Manara. She is a practicing regenerative mycologist. She began dedicating her life's work to the fungal queendom in 2011, on the search to discover global solutions in soil sciences and uncover the mysteries of where humans interface with the biosphere. The entirety of her current work is geared toward expanding the educational reach of MushBarn, cultivating community in natural abundance, and facilitating a space to build relationships with our fungal kin. She is also a visionary artist with focus in illuminating earths mycelia layers to reveal more depths between our symbiosis.
Sierra Heritage Realty (SHR) has been a real estate brokerage in Nevada County since 2010 and has always advocated good land stewardship to its Buyers & Sellers. We believe that a self-sustainable community leads to a healthier and happier lifestyle. We developed "Not on the Grid" as a training resource for those interested in Off Grid living & a Self Sustainable lifestyle. We hope to continue that mindset by offering a library of links to Off Grid resources through our Website: "NotOnTheGrid.com"; as well as through specialty seminars geared toward development of sustainable commercial and residential farming.