Phoenix, Arizona
August 3-6, 2008
The Premier Energy Training Workshop and Exposition for Federal Agencies!
Technical Tours – Sunday, August 3, 2008
- Taliesen West
8:00 am – 12:30 pm - APS Solar Test and Research Center
8:30 am – 12:30 pm - Phoenix Northwind Plant / Chase Field
9:00 am – 12:00 noon - Phoenix Convention Center
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Taliesen West
Location: Meet Outside Meeting Rooms 103 and 104
Time: 8:00 am – 12:30 pm
Price: $47 per person
Located northeast of Phoenix, Taliesin West served as Frank Lloyd Wright's personal home, studio, and campus for his architectural school. Since the early 1930s, the site, on 600 acres of preserved Sonoran Desert, has served continuously as a place where architects and apprentices learn and practice the philosophy of organic architecture. Taliesin West is central to understanding the genius of one of America's most influential architects. Learn how the site relates to the desert and experience firsthand Wright’s brilliant ability to integrate indoor and outdoor spaces. Get an overview of Wright’s basic theories of design, the history of the site, and the community life of the Taliesin Fellowship.
APS Solar Test and Research Center
Location: Meet Outside Meeting Rooms 103 and 104
Time: 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Price: $25 per person
This tour visits the Arizona Public Service (APS) Solar Test and Research Center (STAR), one of the world's premier solar test and research facilities. At the STAR Center, APS helps develop and test solar technologies, striving to learn how to produce low-cost electricity from sunlight using current and emerging photovoltaic technologies.
Phoenix Northwind Plant / Chase Field
Location: Meet in the registration area at the bottom of the escalator
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Price: $25 per person
This technical tour is a double play! The Northwind Plant is a combined heat and power plant that utilizes ice storage and operates a district cooling network that keeps much of downtown Phoenix comfortable. One of the largest users of the downtown plant is the Chase Field Ballpark – a covered and climate-controlled baseball field. The tour will include the ballpark itself and the adjacent ice house.
Phoenix Convention Center
Location: Meet in the registration area at the bottom of the escalator
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Price: $25 per person
This is a GREEN tour – great renewables and efficient energy now. The tour starts at the GovEnergy Registration Desk and proceeds to explore one of the most sustainable convention centers in the country. The facility is currently being evaluated for LEED certification and anticipates achieving that status in the near future. Owned and operated by the city of Phoenix and built in 1969, the Center is currently undergoing a $600 million expansion. Ongoing sustainability efforts include a comprehensive recycling program, which handled 220 tons in 2006. See some of the other progressive sustainable aspects of the conference center, including 14,000 chairs made from recycled car batteries and seat belts.