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July, 2004

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With oil and gasoline prices lingering near record highs, many consumers are still feeling the squeeze of high energy prices, and many business owners are still watching helplessly as fuel expenses devour their profits. 

It’s not clear yet how supply-demand conditions will affect heating fuel prices this winter, but there are several clues that the energy crunch won’t be over when the cold weather arrives.  Prices for natural gas and propane generally track with prices for oil and gasoline, and over the last few months the costs for heating fuels have already climbed well above their normal summertime highs. 

With this in mind, many individuals and business owners are now looking ahead for ways to manage rising energy costs this winter.

A simple and inexpensive technology, called SOLARWALL^®, is gaining substantial interest in New Mexico and will soon be helping many businesses, government agencies, and home owners reduce their energy costs.

SOLARWALL^® air heating systems are based on a simple metal cladding material that is mounted on the south-facing wall of a building. The cladding material consists of dark-colored metal panels, similar to conventional metal siding. However, the cladding material is perforated to allow outside air to be drawn through the panels. 

The system heats outside air as it is drawn through the perforations in the metal panels.  The incoming warm air is ducted either directly into an interior room or into a building’s ventilation system. 

SOLARWALL^® uses clean, renewable energy from the sun to offset some of the load required by a conventional heating system.  Therefore, it conserves energy and reduces air emissions that would otherwise be produced by burning fossil fuels.

In addition to its energy conservation and cost-saving benefits, SOLARWALL^® improves indoor air quality by increasing fresh air ventilation—which is heated in the winter with free energy from the sun.  This makes the technology especially suited for buildings where fresh air ventilation is needed, such as maintenance facilities, machine shops, warehouses and manufacturing operations.  

SOLARWALL^® has been used successfully for more than 20 years.  Several high-profile companies and organizations currently use the technology, including NASA, Ford Motors, General Motors, and Federal Express.  A large number of schools, government agencies, and homeowners are also reaping the benefits of SOLARWALL^®. 

SOLARWALL^® was developed in part by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).  According to the DOE, New Mexico’s solar exposure and winter temperatures provide an ideal setting for SOLARWALL^®

SFCC Offers Digital Filmmaking Intensive
 

Santa Fe Community College is offering a new five-week intensive course in digital filmmaking this summer from July 12 through Aug. 13.

Aspiring filmmakers enrolled in Digital Film -- MART 247A will get hands-on experience in digital filmmaking, including writing a short narrative script and shooting and editing in digital video. Instruction in camera operation, audio, lighting, directing and editing and post-production work with Final Cut Pro editing software will be included in the course.

“The concept is to immerse students in the filmmaking process, using instructors with professional experience and working in teams,” said Barton Bond, TV/video coordinator for the college. Students will leave with a completed DVD project to be aired on Santa Fe Community TV Channel 8 at the end of the class, which is designed to parallel the film production process in the real world.

The class is part of SFCC’s film initiative, dedicated to supporting the development of a film industry native to New Mexico through hands-on skill building for filmmakers, training for potential film production workers and academic film studies.

The 10-credit intensive will meet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The course fee is $455 for students who live within the college’s taxing district and $555 for out-of-district residents. For information, call Barton Bond, TV/Video Coordinator at (505) 428-1320 or Jill Janov,Marketing and Public Relations at (505) 428-1776.

About Santa Fe Community College

Inside This Issue
 

Book Reviews .............. 15

El Camino Real
Scenic Byway
Awarded Grant.........4

Final Word on Nutrition
& Health ..................4

How To Stretch Your
Organic Food Dollar  6

Just Ducky ...................13

Letters to the Editor.....  10

Local Students Research
Florida Wetlands...... 9

Lesson to be Learned ... 13

Marriage ..................... 11

Movie Making in N&I... 11

North Central NM
Events .................... 3

Organics Delivered to
Your Door .............. 12

Scrambled Eggs .......... 4

SFCC Offers Digital
Filmmaking
Intensive .................1

SOLARWALL Helps
Manage Heating
Costs ......................1

Summer Holdiays and
Your Child ........... 8

Texas Farmer............ 15

The Answer Is .......... 11

Thirsty Ear Festival
Is On Hiatus in 2004..................... 7

Truths ..................... 5

Vietnamese See Parallel
Between Vietnam
& Iraq ................. 6

Weird News ..............14

Where to find The
Sun-News ...........  2

Who Done It ........... 2