Two big events this week: Tuesday night, Sustainable Springfield and CES are hosting a meeting with the Mayor Chris Koos of Normal. Mayor Koos shepherded in Normal's green building ordinance, which requires LEED certification for buildings over a certain size. The meeting and talk are at 7pm, Tuesday, May 29, at the Dove Conference Center at the Prairie Heart Institute. (For a PDF flyer, click here.)
Wednesday night, CWLP is holding a public hearing for five different standards that it's required to adopt or reject by the Feds. These standards, and the plans that will be set by them, can be an important tool in starting down a different energy path, one that prioritizes distributed, renewable generation of electricity. We'll be there, and I'll have a report later this week, along with CES's take on the standards (suffice to say, we think CWLP can do more), but if you're at all interested in where we go in the future, now is your chance to come and be heard.