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Solar How To Workshops & Solar Energy Classes

 

Welcome To Crestone Solar School!

 

 

Learn Solar Heating Designs - Natural Building Options!

2013 SUMMER SCHEDULE

Solar Training Workshop
Margot wrote: "A wonderful course! Everyone should take it!"

Solar Hot Water Design - Natural Building - Passive Solar
Professional Orientation - Hands-on - Certificate course

A residential course (4-days; Thursday-Sunday) -your choice.
May 23 - 26, June 20 - 23, July 25 - 28, or August 22 - 25

Price includes all nutritious meals, campsite lodging, morning, afternoon, evening instruction and solar home tours.

Class size is limited and fills quickly. Take advantage of our
 Early Registration Discount.
or
Custom 'Solar How To' Training Workshops
for your own group of 12 to 20 people, available throughout the year.  

A wide variety of Natural Building technologies and Solar Heating Options for Sustainable Home Design

..Experience Solar Village living while training in a solar home lab..

Solar Heating and Natural Building Class Participants.

Never a boring moment!

Crestone Solar School and Paul Shippee are mentioned in,
"37 best places to live" - "Crestone, CO: Live off the grid"
Sunset Magazine's Feb. 2011 issue

End fossil fuel subsidies...
" 70% of Americans, including majorities of Democrats, Independents, and
Republicans, support ending fossil fuel subsidies, which have been hidden
from public view -until now."

Sustainability News
Paul's first Solar House - written as a journal. You'll find it interesting.

Memories of Wartime Sustainability - an e-book by Annelou Perrenoud          

EcoJaunt - a eco-educational interactive video website, is a must see. A newsletter with great ideas!

Solar Insider Newsletter - Highly profitable solar marketing and sales strategies tailor
fit to the solar panel installation business owner.

Greenhouse Retrofit Sunstar Solar house - plans avaliable. SunEarth II - zero-energy solar home

Start your solar education now. Signup for a training class today.

 

Crestone, CO Info

Crestone, CO Information

Crestone Solar School - P.O.Box 73 - Crestone, CO 81131 - (719) 256-4656 paulshippee@fairpoint.net
© 2007-2012 Crestone Solar School - All rights reserved - Disclaimer - Design P.C. Baumes - Updated 12.03.13

SOLAR HOME PLANS
High Performing Award-Winning
Construction Plans available.
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Workshop Photos

Tour of solar homes and construction.

"I liked the home tours and
hands-on experience as I can
apply concepts to real world situations."

Solar design class work.

"The more calculations we did
the more I was able to understand."

Learning strawbale & mud home construction.

"What I liked best was the
 hands-on, small classes,
 and short overalltime frame.
 Paul's knowledge - priceless!"

solar workshop problem-solving

"Covered all aspects of Solar Design
 from thermal mass,
 solar heat loss and calculations
for doing the design planning.
 Great overview."

Solar Energy Q & A