Join STEVEN STRONG and of the Apeiron Institute of Evironmental Living for a very special evening and talk Thursday, October 7 at 6:00-7:30 PM ~ RISD auditorium ~ Providence, Free Book Signing by Steven for his book The Solar Electric House and Solar Electric Buildings to immediately follow
STEVEN STRONG , founder of solar design associates
Sunlight is Life weaves technology, politics and social policy together with humor and vivid gaphics to clearly demonstrate that renewable energy is
ready here and now, and to help define the path to a sustainable energy
future in the post-petroleum world.
Stephen Strong is regarded as the preeminent authority on integrating
renewable energy systems in North America. Articles about him and his work
have appeared in TIME, Architecture, Business Week, Architectural Record,
Environmental Design and Construction, IEEE Spectrum, World Architecture,
Building Design and Construction, Popular Science, Wired, New Age and over
90 other publications. He has been featured numerous times on television and
is a frequent subject in energy and environmental documentaries. His
accomplishments include designing the world's first PV-powered neighborhood
in central Massachusetts; working with Olympic Village architects in Atlanta
to power the Natatorium Complex at the 1996 Summer Games with solar
electricity, using the world's largest roof-top PV power system; and his
firm, Solar Design Associates, has been responsible for the design and
installation of renewable installations throughout the world. Steven is the
US Representative to the International Energy Agency's expert working group
on PV in buildings and the author of The Solar Electric House
and Solar Electric Buildings. TIME
magazine named Strong an environmental "Hero for the Planet," and, in the
spring of 2001, the American Solar Energy Society presented him with its
Charles Greeley Abbot Award, the Society's highest honor, for outstanding
achievement in the advancement of solar energy.

more event info: the Apeiron Institute for Environmental Living
info@apeiron.org, or 401-397-3430

Free and open to the public, this event has been made possible with the
generous support of the Rhode Island Renewable Energy Fund, Rhode Island
School of Design Architecture Department, People's Power & Light, the Rhode
Island Technology Council, the Environment Council of Rhode Island,
SolarWrights and Symbio Design.