Save the Date: Show & Tell on Small Scale Solar

Saturday, August 15, 2026, 10:00AM to 12:00PM @ The Birch Room, Meadowbrook Park Clubhouse

Come and share your small scale solar or renewable item to teach each other what’s out there for clean energy devices! Some examples include:

Portable power: Solar chargers, portable batteries, and inverters (great for camping, picnics, or emergencies).
Electric vehicles: Show off your EV in the parking lot, especially if it supports car/truck-to-house charging.
Solar cooking: Solar cookers or PV-powered hot plates for preparing food or heating water. Demo space available on the grassy lawn just east of the building.
Balcony solar: Small-scale solar setups for balconies or apartments.
E-transportation: E-bikes, e-scooters, and other small electric vehicles.
Renewable energy news: Updates on solar/renewable developments in the Metro, Kansas, and Missouri areas.

Can’t bring your item? Submit a short video, photo, or slide instead, submissions must be received by the August 6th deadline to be included.
The form for submissions and to RSVP is available below! But don’t worry! You can still RSVP after August 6th!

RSVP Today!

March 2025 Virtual Workshop

Kelly Gilbert Presents an Update on MEC Programming

Presented by: Kelly Gilbert, Executive Director of MEC

Link To View a Recording of Kelly Gilbert’s Presentation

Kelly Gilbert, Ex. Director of MEC

HRES October 2024 Virtual Workshop

In-Person Solar Home Tour of Melton Residence

Melton residence in Parkville, MO

22 solar photovoltaic panels. Each panel near 400 watts. Near net zero for summer usage.
1. 10 panels facing near east.
2. 12 panels facing south west.
Grid tied inverter.
Utility is Evergy.
Production started this summer.
A retrofitted home to be a high performance. Previous features in HRES you-tube session April 2023.
1. Converted to all electric home.
2. Attic insulation replaced and upgraded.
3. Blower door tested to find and reduce air infiltration.
4. Installed a high-efficiency heat pump
5. Added an ERV for fresh air exchange
6. And more.

HRES Presents Music by Soular

Craig Wolfe Presents an Environmental Musical Journey

Join This Musical Journey with Past HRES President Craig Wolfe

Our Zoom workshop on April 27 will be, well, a little unusual. In our youth, one way we were inspired to care about the Earth was through music. Our own Craig Wolfe was so inspired that he wrote music for his 5-piece band Amdahl Wolfe in the 70’s.

He continued writing and playing his environmental and other tunes in his duo Soular from 2012 to the present (and sometimes a 4 piece band and studio work). Craig also became well versed in his home-grown studio to make recordings of his tunes.

So, on April 27 we will listen to and watch Craig’s music videos of his own original environmental tunes, and talk with Craig and Randy Deutch, the bass player for Amdahl Wolfe and Soular.

Here are some of the titles we will see and hear: Hope Of Man, Take It Back, Joanna, You Better Worry, Book of the Heart, Solar Prayer, Please Take Your Devil, The Last Journal Entry, Stand Up, and Hang My Head Down.

Oh, and plug in your good speakers and head phones!!