The Energy Fair

The Nation's Premier Energy Education Event

Join us for the 19th annual Energy Fair June 20-22, 2008. The Fair will be held at MREA's headquarters, the ReNew the Earth Institute, located at 7558 Deer Road in Custer, WI. See the Travel and Accommodations page for directions and other information.

General Energy Fair Information
Since 1990, the Energy Fair has shown fairgoers how to change the world while having fun. Each summer the Fair transforms rural central Wisconsin into the global hot spot for renewable energy education. The Energy Fair is the world's largest renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable living educational event of its kind. Please join us this year!

The Energy Fair features hundreds of workshops and exhibits all emphasizing clean energy & sustainable living and is fun for the whole family. In 2007, the Energy Fair hosted over 19,500 attendees. We hope to see you in 2008!

• Over 270 exhibitors
• Over 200 workshops
• Mass transit offered from Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay/Appleton, Chicago and Minneapolis.
• Free hourly shuttles from Stevens Point
• Clean Energy Car Show
• Green Home Pavilion ~ New for '08!
• Sustainable Table Workshop Area ~ New for '08!
• Farmers Market
• Hands On Workshops
• Food, entertainment for the whole family!

UNIQUE FEATURES AT THE 2008 ENERGY FAIR

Green Home Pavilion
New in 2008, the Green Home Pavilion is designed to help fair-goers find green, sustainable resources for their home. It features exhibit spaces and a workshop area. Exhibitors will include green building materials, energy efficient products, and sustainable home products. The Green Home Pavilion workshops will cover different aspects of creating a green home. Example workshops include:

• Retrofitting an Existing Home to Be Carbon Free
• Healthy Homes: A Green Approach
• Energy Efficient Construction
• Zero Energy Homes
• Alternative Construction Techniques

Sustainable Tables
Sustainable Tables is a new area of the Energy Fair that brings sustainability to your dinner table and garden. It's an area designed to help connect community and family to what you eat. Sustainable Tables will feature our annual Farmers Market, sustainable food workshops, networking area, and daily chef demonstrations. Example workshops include:

• Children and Communities for Sustainable School Food
• Organic Eating on a Dime
• Building Local Food Networks

Clean Energy Car Show
A popular part of the Energy Fair, the Clean Energy Car Show will be back for its fourth year. The Car Show, sponsored by Toyota, will feature sustainable transportation options though exhibits, workshops and demonstration vehicles. Example workshops include:

• Sustainable Transportation Technologies
• Biofuels 101

Watch a 10 minute promotional video of the Fair: Check out this link. Caution!!! This is a 20 mb video and may take a while to download if you have dial-up internet service.

Energy Fair Receives Travel Green Certification

The Energy Fair has been certified as a green tourist event by Travel Green Wisconsin. Travel Green Wisconsin is a pilot program the Wisconsin Department of Tourism sponsors to recognize tourism-related businesses that are reducing their environmental impact through operational and other improvements. To gain Travel Green certification businesses have to meet several goals including showing how they encourage staff and vendors to be environmentally aware and how they reduce their solid waste generation and energy consumption.

The Energy Fair was recognized for the following best practices:

• All food is served on reusable or biodegradable plates and food waste is composted
• Shower house for guests is heated by solar water heating system
• Carpooling is encouraged through rideshare page on website
• Organic, local, and fair trade products are purchased