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~ for immediate release news media advisory June 11, 2006
Contact: Heather Emmons, DRI PIO, heather.emmons@dri.edu, Reno
(775) 673-7313 (w), (702) 743-3435 (c) Lamping Elementary School adds green power to new science building WHO: Desert Research Institute and Nevada Power Co. WHAT: WHERE: Frank J. Lamping Elementary, WHEN: Tuesday, June 13 at 10:00 a.m. HOW: Brief ceremony with students, faculty, Nevada Power Co. President Pat Shalmy, Frank J. Lamping and Chair of the GreenPower Committee Jim Kropid. Henderson Mayor Jim Gibson and State Senator Sandra Tiffany will also be in attendance. VISUALS: Solar array, wind generator, display of student renewable energy poster contest, $100 savings bond from U.S. Bank to be presented to poster contest winner. BACKGROUND: The Frank J. Lamping Elementary installation marks the 13th GreenPower installation in the state. It is the first installation paid for entirely by corporate sponsors Nevada Power Co., the Nevada State Energy Office and Bechtel The installation is also unique because Lamping Elementary has a science center that is open to all The GreenPower program is a partnership between the Desert
Research Institute, DRI's Research Foundation, Sierra Pacific Power Co. in
northern Nev. and Nevada Power in southern Nev. The program is supported
by voluntary customer contributions made by customers of Nevada Power and Sierra
Pacific Power companies through their monthly utility bills. All contributions
are 100 percent tax deductible. A nonprofit, statewide division of the Nevada System of
Higher Education, DRI pursues a full-time program of basic and applied environmental
research on a local, national and international scale. More than 500
full- and part-time scientists, technicians, and support staff conduct more
than 300 research projects at DRI annually. DRI
generates almost $50 million in total revenue consisting predominately of competitively
won research contracts and grants. The State of |