BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:Pacific Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:Pacific Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:OLCA Portland Regional Chapter Meeting July 2026 DESCRIPTION:Kevin Cardoza\, Stark Street Lawn & Garden's Battery and Automation Strategist\, will discuss battery setup and transition strategy for commercial landscape crews.The presentation will focus on the practical side of moving from gas to battery-powered equipment\, including how to plan around daily energy demand\, battery quantity\, charging infrastructure\, crew workflow\, and real-world operating costs.The goal is to help companies transition without creating downtime or frustration. Kevin will cover how much power crews need for a full workday\, how many batteries it takes to support that workload\, why charging strategy matters\, and how to build a plan that keeps crews working instead of waiting.Topics will include:Why battery adoption is acceleratingGas vs. battery operating cost considerationsHow to estimate daily crew energy needsBattery quantity and runtime planningOvernight charging vs. in-field chargingCharging infrastructure and electrical capacityHow to measure real-world usage during a demo or rollout X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Kevin Cardoza\, Stark Street Lawn &\; Garden&rsquo\;s Battery and Automation Strategist\, will discuss battery setup and transition strategy for commercial landscape crews.

The presentation will focus on the practical side of moving from gas to battery-powered equipment\, including how to plan around daily energy demand\, battery quantity\, charging infrastructure\, crew workflow\, and real-world operating costs.

The goal is to help companies transition without creating downtime or frustration. Kevin will cover how much power crews need for a full workday\, how many batteries it takes to support that workload\, why charging strategy matters\, and how to build a plan that keeps crews working instead of waiting.

Topics will include:

LOCATION:5201 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Portland 97211 UID:e.4993.1563500 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260708T193349Z URL:https://olca.oregonlandscape.org/central-oregon-chapter-events/Details/olca-portland-regional-chapter-meeting-july-2026-1842972?sourceTypeId=Hub END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR