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Producer/Host: Steve Kahl Power for the People: Energy education and solutions for Mainers and Maine communities This month: Net zero construction, passive house construction, energy and cost savings Guest/s: Tim Lock (timlock@Opalarch.us) FMI: www.opalarch.us/ About the host: Steve Kahl developed and has hosted Power for the People since 2015. He retired after 9 years as Professor of Environmental Science at Thomas College in 2024, where he taught environmental and energy courses and advised the student sustainability club. He is a member of the Friends of Quarry Road Trails board of directors in Waterville where he is the main advocate for a net-zero energy welcome center. Steve advised the board of WERU-FM on making the station studios 100% solar powered and worked with Sundog Solar in Searsport to make it happen back in 2020. Steve is a career lake researcher in addition to roles in energy and sustainability, and was a founding member of the Lake Stewards of Maine in the 1990s and is currently back on the