Small House Building Blog » midwest renewable energy association http://blog.small-house-building.com Information on building your own small house. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:33:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 2009 Renewable Energy Fair http://blog.small-house-building.com/2009-renewable-energy-fair http://blog.small-house-building.com/2009-renewable-energy-fair#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:54:14 +0000 Anne http://blog.small-house-building.com/?p=28 Just got my Program Guide for the 2009 Midwest Renewable Energy Fair! Wow, there’s so many cool things going on. The general categories of workshops are:

Alternative Construction Community Projects Energy Conservation Energy Overview Financing & Economics Food & Herbs Gardening & Lanscaping Green Building Heating & Cooling Issues & Activism Living Sustainably Photovoltaic Systems Pro Development & Tools of the Trade Solar Hot Water & Solar [...]]]> Just got my Program Guide for the 2009 Midwest Renewable Energy Fair! Wow, there’s so many cool things going on. The general categories of workshops are:

Alternative Construction
Community Projects
Energy Conservation
Energy Overview
Financing & Economics
Food & Herbs
Gardening & Lanscaping
Green Building
Heating & Cooling
Issues & Activism
Living Sustainably
Photovoltaic Systems
Pro Development & Tools of the Trade
Solar Hot Water & Solar Thermal
Transportation & Fuels
Water & Waste Systems
Wind Systems
Raindow’s End (kid’s stuff!)
Young Adult Workshops
Educator Workshops

I don’t know where to begin! Actually, I do: the “Small Home and Green Building Movement” presentation on Sunday 21st. Gotta go to that one. I’ll keep you posted with more info on the Fair in the days ahead.

And if you can’t swing the $15 daily admission they’re taking 2 hours of volunteer work to get in free for a day. Pretty good deal, if you ask me. I think I just might go for that.

]]> http://blog.small-house-building.com/2009-renewable-energy-fair/feed 0 MREA Fair 2008 http://blog.small-house-building.com/mrea-fair-2008 http://blog.small-house-building.com/mrea-fair-2008#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:18:51 +0000 Anne http://blog.small-house-building.com/?p=56 Here’s a collection of pictures from my attendance at the 2008 Midwest Renewable Energy Fair. I was only able to attend a few hours so don’t have a lot to report.

The only seminar I attended was one on straw bale building by Mark Morgan from Bearpaw Design and Construction. Just [...]]]> MREA Fair 2008 Here’s a collection of pictures from my attendance at the 2008 Midwest Renewable Energy Fair. I was only able to attend a few hours so don’t have a lot to report.

The only seminar I attended was one on straw bale building by Mark Morgan from Bearpaw Design and Construction. Just wondering around and soaking up the great energy there was very renewing.

giant solar oven at the MREA Fair 2008
A giant solar oven.

small solar ovens at the MREA Fair 2008
Smaller solar ovens.

a very tall wind generator at the MREA Fair 2008
A very tall wind generator.

main building at the MREA Fair 2008
The main building.

strawbale outhouse at the MREA Fair 2008
Strawbale outhouse (a demo project… not for actual use).

strawbale outhouse at the MREA Fair 2008

strawbale outhouse at the MREA Fair 2008
Notice the tiny solar panel above the door.

strawbale outhouse at the MREA Fair 2008
The obligatory crescent moon in the door of the outhouse.

solar panels at the MREA Fair 2008
Impressive solar panel display near the main building.

stream at the MREA Fair 2008
Beautiful little stream by the main MREA building. I assume the pump running the water is solar powered.

giant solar panels at the MREA Fair 2008
Another view of the solar panels and garden.

demonstration vehicles at the MREA Fair 2008
Demonstration vehicles section at the Fair.

demonstration vehicles at the MREA Fair 2008

electric vehicles at the MREA Fair 2008
I think this was an all-electric vehicle.

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