Art Weaver on Social Change and Its Connection to Renewable Energy

Art Weaver will open Green Fest on Friday evening, Aug. 10 with a talk on Social Change and Its Connection to Renewable Energy. Art is a founder of Renovus Energy, a renewable energy systems design-build firm based in Ithaca. The Renovus Energy building, shown below, is the first zero-energy commercial building in Ithaca. The building produces and exports more energy to the utility grid than it consumes in its day-to-day operation including the energy used by its radiant floor heating system. Passive solar design and superinsulation in conjuction with active solar technologies - a 10kW photovoltaic system on the roof make this possible.