Category: Ppn

Opening Ceremonies of the Co-designed Homes at the Pinoleville Pomo Nation (PPN) on Sept. 21

9/18/2012

I'm pleased to announce that the grand opening of the co-designed homes at the Pinoleville Pomo Nation
will featured in an Open House next Friday, Sept. 21 in Ukiah, CA at 10 am.

Please come if you can!!!

Since March 2008, the Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CARES) has been partnering with the Pinoleville Pomo Nation (PPN) near Ukiah, CA to co-design culturally-inspired, sustainable housing and renewable energy power systems that utilize sustainability best practices, renewable energy technology, and reflect the long-standing culture of the Pinoleville Pomo Nation.

During that time, this partnership has secured roughly $1.5 million via CITRIS, DOE, HUD, and EPA for construction and funded 2 PhDs and 2 MS projects in the College of Engineering and the Department of Architecture.

Two of the co-designed homes have been built and the PPN conducted “green jobs” training sessions on strawbale construction materials, grey water, and renewable energy systems for its citizens and local labors participating in their construction.

This partnership has been honored with the 2010 Chancellor’s Award for Public Service in the Civic Engagement and has also been featured in UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering's Innovations (October 2008), College of Engineering's Engineering News (December 2008), College of Engineering's ForeFront (Spring 2009), and the University Relations’ Promise of Berkeley (Fall 2009).

Also see Luce video of the project here.

Pinoleville Pomo Nation Anemometer Installation on September 17th, 2010

9/22/2010

On Friday, September 17th 2010, I was able to work with members of the Pinoleville Pomo Nation to install a 20 m (60 ft) anemometer to measure the wind speed for power generation.

This work was fund by the Department of Energy and the Tribal Energy Program as apart of a renewable energy feasibility study grant the PPN received.

I had a great time working with everyone and I look forward to getting other CARES student to help out in the microhydro and pyranometer meters as well.

Please go here for the full set of images from that day.

The team after putting up the anemomter

Black Cloud Air Quality Sensor at Pinoleville Pomo Nation

7/23/2010

I was able to install the Black Cloud Air Quality Sensor at the Pinoleville Pomo Nation on Wednesday, July 21st 2010.

The sensor records data on VOCs, CO2, Humidity, Vibration, Temperature, and Light.

You can check out the real time data here: http://www.blackcloud.org/alice/zurichtest_v2/

CARES won funding for Native American Community Assessment for Renewable Energy and Sustainability Center at Berkeley

3/24/2010

SWEET!!! CARES won a $75K seed CITRIS grant to start a CARES center at Berkeley to codesign & build green it & energy systems for Native Nations.

The center will be called Native American Community Assessment for Renewable Energy and Sustainability (Native CARES) and will include Native American partners such as the Pinoleville Pomo Nation, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Sandia National Laboratories.

Thanks to everyone that's supporting our efforts to helping communities improve their overall level of sustainability and meet their triple bottom line requirements!

CARES has seen much success since we won the E Team grant in 2007 from NCIIA. I believe that this grant is a another key step in establishing CARES as a major force in the sustainability arena.

2010 Gathering of the Pomo Nations for Higher Education

2/9/2010

The 3rd Annual Gathering of the Pomo Nations for Higher Education will take place Friday, March 5th 2010 in Redwood Valley, CA.

It is a chance for junior and high school students to meet college representatives and get to know a little more about the exciting challenges that await them in higher education.

The conference will be located in the Consolidated Tribal Health Project, 6991 North State Street, Redwood Valley, CA 95470.

If you need more information, please contact
Angela James at 707-463-1454 or at her email address: angelajames2276@yahoo.com

2009 Greenbuild Conference & Expo in AZ

11/23/2009

This year, I spoke at the 2009 Greenbuild Conference in AZ on the panel "OR02: Reviving the Oldest Approach to Sustainable Design - How Cultural Values and a Sense of Place Leads to Green Building Designs"

The panel included myself, David Edmunds from the Pinoleville Pomo Nation (PPN), Michelle Baker from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Kimberly TallBear from UC Berkeley.

During our panel we spoke on about the partnership amongst CARES, PPN, and UC Berkeley and how the utilization of Co-Design methodology lead to the creation of the culturally inspired housing design adopted by the PPN.

Overall, Greenbuild was an outstanding success!!. We got an standing ovation at the end of our panel and we made good contacts with representatives form LEED and USGBC.

Currently, we are planning for another panel and paper on the subject of LEED and Native American Nations for the summer as well.

Until then, check out some other comments and blogs about our presentation here and here.

Pinoleville Pomo Nation Big Time and Education Conference

7/3/2009

The Pinoleville Pomo Nation will be having their 14th Annual Big Time Celebration July 17th - July 18th in Ukiah, CA.

The Big Time celebration will have Bear Dancers as well as arts and crafts from numerous Native American tribes in the Northern California area.

During the Big Time celebration, the Gathering of Pomo Nations for Higher Education Conference will take place as well.

This will have speakers and educational sessions to discuss the future educational opportunities for the junior high and high school students.

Please make plans to attend Big Time if you can. :)

Download Big Time and Educational Conference flyer.

Greenbuild 2009 Program Now Live!

6/15/2009

The 2009 Greenbuild International Conference & Expo’s program has been announced.

This conference is the largest dedicated to green buildings and their design. This year the conference will take place in Phoenix, AZ from November 11-13 2009.

I will be at the conference this year to serve on a panel to discuss the partnership between CARES and the PPN to build cultural inspired, sustainable. housing.

You can read more about our session here.

CARES is on the homepage of Mechanical Engineering Department at Berkeley

5/21/2009

CARES got two news articles posted on the Mechanical Engineering Department's homepage!!!!

The articles talk about our win at the 2009 Bears Breaking Boundaries (BBB) and the recent Forefront publication of our work with the Pinoleville Pomo Nation.

Here is a link to the BBB and CITRIS competitions.

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Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CARES) and Pinoleville Pomo Nation Forefront Article Released Today

5/19/2009

UC Berkeley's Forefront magazine released an article today that describes the work that the Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CARES) is doing with the Pinoleville Pomo Nation.

CARES has partnered with the Pinoleville Pomo Nation (PPN) to co-design culturally inspired, sustainable homes for the PPN.

The homes resemble a yurt and will utilize grey water capture systems, rainwater capture systems, natural lighting, solar water heaters, PV systems, and geothermal heat pumps.

The yurt design will also incorporate passive heating and cooling systems such as high thermal mass and solar heating as well.

The construction of the home is set to begin this summer.

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