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William Hurrle Scholarship Program

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The William Hurrle Scholarship Program was created to recognize and honor the contributions that Bill Hurrle has made to the building performance and renewable energy industry.

Congratulations 2010 scholarship recipients

Thanks to the outstanding support to those that contributed to the William Hurrle Scholarship Program, three scholarships were awarded to the conference. Congratulations to this year's recipients!

Naomi Lipke—student University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Champaign, IL

Richard Lyon—student University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI

Scott Poklasny—remodeler Hartford, WI

Application Information / Scholarship Guidelines

Purpose
To recognize and honor the long standing contributions that Bill Hurrle made to the building performance and renewable energy industry.

Eligibility
The scholarship is designed for a post-secondary education student or a new trade contractor entering the industry of building performance; or a trade contractor who has made the commitment to use a whole building approach to buildings.

Amount
The scholarship will cover the cost of the registration fee and one night of lodging. If you are selected you will be responsible for financing your own transportation, meals and other related expenses.

Deadline
The scholarship deadline has passed. Please check next year for additional scholarship opportunities.

How to Apply
All applicants must complete the entire online application form to be eligible for consideration. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Questions
Please contact Dave Vigliotta at dvigliotta@ecw.org or 608.238.8276 x143.

Conference Report
Scholarship recipients will be asked to prepare a report following the conference.

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Donation Information

Annual Appeal
Donations to the scholarship program will support the growth and development of the Better Buildings conference by increasing its capacity to make conferences accessible to a larger number of participants. One hundred percent of your contribution to the scholarship program goes directly to providing scholarships to the Better Buildings conference. For U.S. taxpayers, your contribution is fully tax-deductible.

Donate to the William Hurrle Scholarship Program

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About Bill Hurrle

William "Bill" Hurrle, a writer, educator and builder, was born June 24, 1940, in Rochester, MN. Believing that reducing dependence upon carbon-based fuels begins at home, he strove for 35 years to build high performance and healthy houses.

Through his business, Bay Area Home Performance, he was a consultant for the Wisconsin Energy Star program, specializing in solar siting, design, and diagnostics as well as green building. This consultancy developed out of his home building and environmental health business, Community Builders, which he founded in 1974. His professional goals were to improve the energy efficiency of homes as well as to popularize solar electric and solar hot water systems. He developed pioneering examples of residential-scaled solutions for power, heat, and comfort that use traditional, carbon-based resources lightly.

Bill was an active member of several associations, including the Energy & Environmental Building Alliance, the Midwest Renewable Energy Association and the Wisconsin Green Building Alliance. In the late '70s, he was chairman of the Wisconsin Solar Energy Resources Association. He received several awards including: NAHB 1996 Energy Efficient Home, Cold Climate Award; Oneida Nation Certificate of Achievement for work with renewable energy; and the Focus on Energy, Renewable Energy award, "For taking the long view in renewable energy and building science transformation."

Bill died of esophageal cancer on May 2, 2009, at the home he built with his wife, Beverly Watkins, in New Franken, Wisconsin.