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A Comprehensive Regional Festival and Conference on
Sustainability and Energy Independence |
Our goal is to inform and educate ourselves and the public on renewable energy production, energy efficiency, and sustainable living through meetings, workshops, educational materials, and energy fairs. |
GET INVOLVED! Help Plan Next Year's Festival
Next Meeting Date:
7 p.m. Tues., Jan 27, 2009 at TEK Park
Subject: To Be Announced
There will be a general business and planning meeting
for the 2009 Energy Festival
[GET DIRECTIONS]
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2009 Festival Dates: Fri., Sat. & Sun. - Sept. 18, 19, 20
at the Kempton Community Center, Kempton, PA |
| A three-day festival about renewable energy, natural building construction, sustainable agriculture, land-use planning, forestry and healthy living practices in general. Featuring dynamic speakers, national exhibitors, workshops, hands-on demonstrations, vendors, live music and entertainment, children's activities, food and more. |
Winner of the 2008
Toyota Prius Hybrid Car:
Christopher Weber
Assistant Research Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Raising the Tower
3.7 Skystream Wind Turbine flying high
at the Kempton Community Center
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The Wind Turbine is Flying High
at the Kempton Community Center
The Installation of a 3.7 Skystream Wind Turbine was completed at the Kempton Community Recreation Center in Kempton, PA on Wed. Aug. 6th.
In a workshop sponsored by MAREA, students learned the basics of small, grid-tied residential wind-turbine systems, site selection and design, the permit process, electrical safety and installation of a Skystream 3.7 wind turbine with a 50-foot monopole tilt-up Tec Wind tower under the supervision of experienced electricians.
The three-day workshop included classroom instruction, assembly and practice raising of the tower, installation of the wind turbine and wiring to intertie with the local utility.
The class was taught by master electrician and community college instructor Jenny Heinzen. Jenny has been a speaker at the Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy & Sustainable Living Festival and is a renewable energy and apprentice electrician instructor at Lakeshore Technical College in Wisconsin.
Lee Kauffman, a partner at Berks Solar, LLC, supervised the installation. Lee has 25 years commercial and industrial electrical experience in the Berks County area.
More info. to come.
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This Year's Musical Guest:
Livingston Taylor
Saturday Sept. 20, 7PM
"One of the most consistently entertaining, tasteful and intelligent of Songsmiths" . . . Dirty Linen Magazine
"An unrepentant romantic, with a razor-sharp mind, a biting sense of humor, and a quirky view of the world."
. . . Wood and Steel Magazine |
Theme for the 2008 festival:
"Growing the Solutions"
[CLICK HERE] to learn more |
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Slide show by Leigh Mallonee
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