A KOTO Radio show, called Friday Live, that aired April 8, 1982. Tom Karl speaks with Tim Erdman about his background and current career as a solar architect. The discussion focuses on Erdman's educational background in energy systems (he graduated from the University of Colorado in 1975, with a degree in this subject). Tim alos mentions about how he learned about living self-reliably from his work on a ranch. Tim and Tom then discuss the solar system that Tim designed for the Telluride school. Next discussed is the green house that Tim designed in Ophir and how all of teh Ophir community members came together to build it. Tim then speaks of his teaching profession with CU and how while he splits his time between Telluride and Boulder, he thinks of Telluride as his home and wants to better it with solar system education. The following day, Tim will be providing a workshop called the National Solar Water Heating workshop that will teach Telluride community members about how to develop their own solar systems, specifically how to build hot water heating systems.
This recording is about 41 minutes long.
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