News Release
ESCC & IWV Campuses
High Sierra Energy Summit Coming to Mammoth Lakes
June 7, 2007
Cerro Coso Community College and the High Sierra Energy Initiative have
partnered to bring the High Sierra Energy Summit to the Eastern Sierra
College Center's Mammoth Lakes campus the week of August 13. This week-long
integrated course focuses on energy efficiency and renewable energy and
includes local case studies. Topics include solar, wind, geothermal and
hydrogen energy with sessions on green building and transportation.
Participants in this Summit will start each day examining the environmental
relationships of energy sources and uses. Each afternoon, a different energy
source will be evaluated in the context of global and local case studies.
The Summit also boasts a tour of the geothermal plant and a local green
building tour. "The Eastern Sierra is the perfect setting for programs on
energy efficiency and renewables. I'm very excited that Cerro Coso will be
offering a course that will give students the opportunity to learn about
energy initiatives around the world, but also energy programs their
neighbors are implementing," stated Deanna Campbell, Director, Eastern
Sierra College Center of Cerro Coso. Rick Phelps, Executive Director, High
Sierra Energy Foundation,
www.highsierraenergy.org, concurs, "This program is a great example of
the strong partnerships within the Eastern Sierra community and the High
Sierra Energy Foundation is pleased to be bringing world-wide expertise in
energy efficiency and renewables to Mammoth Lakes."
For more information about the High Sierra Energy Summit visit the Cerro
Coso website, www.cerrocoso.edu/escc
or call the Mammoth campus (760) 934-2875. You may register online or in
person at the Mammoth Lakes College Campus, 101 College Parkway, Mammoth
Lakes, California. The tuition for the Summit (ELEC C099, Introduction to
Energy Sources, CRN 50903) is $40 for California residents.
The High Sierra Energy Initiative is an energy partnership between Southern
California Edison and the Town of Mammoth Lakes established in January 2005.
The initiative designates the High Sierra Energy Foundation to implement the
Initiative's mission of supporting a commitment to sustainable practices
through energy efficiency, and providing leadership and guidance in
promoting, facilitating, and instituting such practices in the Mammoth Lakes
community. This partnership is part of a $675 million SCE energy efficiency
program authorized by the California Public Utilities Commission for
outreach, education and marketing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Joann Handeland, Director of Public Information (760)
384-6230