On April 20, just two days ago, my staff (including Claudia Hine and Nsenga Thompson) and I took a road trip to Addison, IL, to get a “sneak peak” of a solar-powered installation at a company called Earth Friendly Products–the largest commercial solar-powered installation in Illinois. We were intrigued to know how photovoltaic technology–in which our very own industry is gearing up for some heavy expansion in the future–is being implemented. AND, after all, Earth Day was just around the corner. We wanted to do something to honor it, and the installation was in our very own backyard! more

Last Friday was an eventful day for me for several reasons. First, I felt like a fly on the wall as a newly named member of the Steering Committee of the ICE USA expo that’s slated for April 6–8, 2011, at the Orlando Orange County Convention Ctr. in Orlando, FL. That meeting represented the high note of my day. more