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Please join the WNY Sustainable Energy Association for the May installment of the Reitan Speaker Series: Pop Up Park Project Presentation

Presentation will be given by Landscape Architect-Joy Kuebler, Architect Catherine Faust and Educator Melissa Leopard. The presentation is free and open to the public.

Please join the WNY Sustainable Energy Association for the April installment of the Reitan Speaker Series - Everything You Wanted to Know About Geothermal Heating, But Were Afraid to Ask.

Jens Ponikau Geo designer for Buffalo Geothermal Heating (BGH) Buffalo Geothermal is a geothermal design and installment firm offering turnkey solutions in residential and commercial applications. Currently, BGH installs between 50-60 systems per year in the Buffalo and Western New York area. They include open and closed systems, and horizontal, vertical, and pond-loop systems.

A native of Germany, Mr. Ponikau designed and installed 120 geosystems abroad and brought this design knowledge to Western New York, where he helped found Buffalo Geothermal Heating in 2008. He has been teaching numerous seminars to architects and engineers on geothermal technologies, and also made public appearances an radio shows, schools and the home show to further educate the public.

Mr. Ponikau is an International Ground Source Heat Pump Association accredited geothermal installer and a graduate of the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Come learn about this renewable energy source at HALLWALLS, which has an active implemented geothermal system.

The Western New York Sustainable Energy Association (WNYSEA) is hosting the Reitan Sustainable Speaker Series in celebration of the United Nations Year of International Sustainable Energy for All.  The series will kick off next week with Terry Yonker, Co-Chair of the Great Lakes Wind Collaborative, Western New York Energy Alliance member and WNYSEA Trustee.

Terry’s talk will include the science and the probable impacts of global warming on the climate of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem all within the context of a changing world climate. He will discuss impacts on energy production, shipping, pollution, habitat, economic development, and public health and explore options of collaboration to reduce the carbon footprint of the bi-national Great Lakes Region.

All talks are free and open to the public.  For more information visit the WNYSEA website at www.wnysea.com of join WNYSEA on Facebook at www.facebook.com/wnysea.