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Larry Mapes

Founder & President Valverde Energy
	Member Since: 09/08/11 Author Rating: New Article Count: 1 Email this author

Background

Larry Mapes is the founder and President of Valverde Energy, a solar integration company and ThermaSun, a solar technology and manufacturing company. Mr. Mapes has been in the solar industry for over 30 years designing and installing solar energy systems as well as conventional energy systems. He has also lobbied professionally for renewable energy giving him knowledge of overall energy policy and energy issues. Mr. Mapes has taught energy issues and solar energy integration into architecture as adjunct professor at UNM Taos. He currently sits on the Solar Thermal Task Committee for NABCEP (North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners, a solar energy installer/sales certification program) and the IAPMO (International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials) Uniform Solar Energy Code technical committee, where international solar codes are developed.

Articles

9.9.11	Is Solar Too Expensive? Topic: Solar Article Viewed 2683 Times; 53 comments A friend of mine called the other day very agitated because she heard a commentator/professor from MIT say on a national news cast "solar is too expensive". The news cast was about the nuclear plant meltdown in Fukushima, Japan.

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