SVCCC Stakeholders Newsletter February 2011

Category: Archived Stories

FREE Electric Vehicles for Fleets Workshop
 
Thursday, March 3, 2011
from 12 noon - 5 p.m.
 
As more electric vehicles become available, there is a need for more information about fleet purchasing, maintenance, charging, repair, and the demands on our power grid. The Green Team (Breathe California, Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition, and the Electronic Transportation Development Center) continues to offer workshops on the latest in alternative fuels.
 
If you want to learn more, please join us at the Automotive Technology Department at De Anza College, Cupertino. To register for this free workshop, please click here.
 
For further information, please call Patricia Tind at 408-998-5865 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
 
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Featuring SVCCC Member -
AAraya logoEd Bless
Ed Bless is the Founder and CEO of AAraya. His company provides "turnkey" packages of electric vehicles, solar electric canopies, and proprietary fleet management software to commercial operations: a solution to fuel vehicles with electrons from the sun instead of petroleum.
 
The AAraya packages reduce risk associated with new technology adoption and change a utility expense into an investment. This opens doors to numerous tax credits and rebates; driving the cost of fuel to the equivalent of a few cents per gallon. Ultimately, this lowers the environmental impact to nearly zero, and gives $8K each year per vehicle of additional profit to a fleet owner.
 
Ed is a licensed solar contractor and is passionate about reducing costs associated with energy and petroleum use. He considers electrons originating from renewable sources and applied to electric and plug-in vehicles to be the perfect fuel. He is a board member on the DOE Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition. For more information on AAraya, please visit www.aaraya.biz.
 
 
Participate in Clean Air Awards Luncheon 2011
Clean Air Awards LogoWe encourage you to get involved with Breathe California's 21st annual Clean Air Awards Luncheon by attending the event, nominating a person or business (self-nominations are welcome), and/or sponsoring the event.  The Clean Air Awards recognize companies and individuals who are leaders in improving air quality and reducing global warming.  If you or someone you know has an innovative program or activity, we urge you to nominate them.  Nominees must live/work in or impact the SF Bay Area. The luncheon will be on Friday, April 15 from 12 noon - 2 p.m. in San Francisco. Deadline for nominations is March 11. For more information on attending, nominating or sponsoring, visit www.cleanairawards.org.
 
 
SVCCC Recipient of "Rising Star 2010" Award Margo Sidener, Mike Bednarz & Dennis Smith
Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition are proud to announce that
we received the "Rising Star 2010" award from the DOE for our outstanding achievements in reaching out to the community and educating the public on alternative fuels and vehicles. In the picture, Margo Sidener, President & CEO of Breathe California and Coordinator of Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition, is handed the award by (to the right) Mike Bednarz, Western Region Clean Cities Project Officer, and Dennis Smith, National Clean Cities Director.
 
 
Three-Day Electric Vehicle Training
Electric Automotive in collaboration with the Green Team (Breathe California, SV Clean Cities Coalition, and ETDC) held a three-day workforce development EV training in January. To follow up on the favorable response to the first training, two additional three-day workforce development EV trainings have been scheduled for March 18 - 20, 2011 and April 15 - 17, 2011 at Breathe California, San Jose. The trainings will cover performance, cost, environmental, and energy aspects of EVs; AC vs. DC systems; components of the vehicles; conversions of internal combustion vehicles of electric power; driving, charging, and maintenance; troubleshooting; and more. Vehicle components and a running vehicle will be on hand. For details, please click here.
 
EV Training
 
 
Breathe California Environmental Programs
We breathe in approximately 3,000 gallon of air each day. Thus Breathe California, a 100-year-old lung organization, has made it its mission to improve the air that we breathe here in the Bay Area. Since the youth are our future and vulnerable to air pollution, Breathe California is involved in many programs educating youth on how to improve the air quality. Here is a list of the programs:

Youth for a Cool Earth: A program designed to give students an opportunity to join the fight against global warming in the Bay Area. The program takes a multi-faceted approach to empower students with practical skills and knowledge that they can use to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Tools for Schools: Indoor air quality plays a significant role in our daily lives. As children spend a good portion of their day in school, it is important that we fight poor indoor air quality in the classroom. This program provides free, professional assessments of the indoor air quality on local campuses. If poor indoor air quality is detected, Breathe CA assists in finding ways to eliminate the problem.

O24U: An environmental education program offered to low income inner city children in air pollution impacted areas. Curriculum topics include air pollution and environmental changes, health effects of air pollution, toxic indoor environments and the use of alternative fuel vehicles and renewable energy. The program provides the knowledge and background for the students to become advocates for clean air within their homes, schools and communities.

Partnerships: Breathe CA is partnering with the City of San Jose on the Go Green Schools. This program encourages schools to go green by starting a recycling or composting program, launching environmental education, buying green, or evaluating school environmental practices that impact student health. Another program is Safe Routes to School. The objective of this program is to improve the health and well-being of children by enabling and encouraging them to walk or bicycle to and from school.