Contents MINNESOTA ENERGY FAIR......................................1, 102-103 LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR .................................................. 2 FAIR SPONSORS...................................................................... 4 ADMISSION & VOLUNTEERING .............................................. 5 BUSES & SHUTTLES ................................................................6-7 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS...........................................................8-11 MUSICAL GUESTS ............................................................12-14 DON’T MISS EVENTS ........................................................16-17 MREA’S PV + EV CAMPAIGN .............................................. 19 AREAS OF INTEREST .........................................................24-27 FAIR FOOD .......................................................................28-31 WORKSHOP DIRECTORY ...................................................... 33 EXTENDED WORKSHOPS .................................................34-35 3RD ANNUAL SOLAR INSTRUCTOR SUMMIT .......................... 36 SOLAR PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS .............................38-40 FACES OF THE FAIR .............................................................. 42 ADVERTISER INDEX ............................................................... 43 WORKSHOP GUIDE ..........................................................44-74 ENERGY FAIR MAP ............................................................... 57
Board of Directors ALISSA KARL Alverno College BOB HATTIER Alternative Currents ELIZABETH HITTMAN - PRESIDENT Milwaukee Office of Environmental Sustainability GARY DREIER - FINANCIAL OFFICER First Law Group, S.C. GRACE FUHR - VICE PRESIDENT Historic Milwaukee JENNIFER MARTIN - SECRETARY Illinois Green Economy Network JOHN KIVLIN Convergence Energy LISSA PAWLISCH University of Minnesota’s Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships and Extension MARK KLEIN Gimme Shelter Construction
FAIR SCHEDULE (GRID) ...................................................58-63 WORKSHOP BY INSTRUCTOR ..........................................76-77 EXHIBITORS ALPHABETICALLY ........................................78-93
MEGAN LEVY Wisconsin State Energy Office NICK HYLLA Executive Director, MREA
EXHIBITORS BY CATEGORY ............................................94-97 EXHIBITORS BY LOCATION ...........................................98-100 ABOUT MREA ...............................................................104-111 MREA MEMBERSHIP .....................................................106-107 MREA TRAINING SCHEDULE........................................110-111 SURVEY.........................................................................115-116
PAM RITGER Clean Wisconsin SARAH MULLKOFF Michigan Energy Office STANLEY MINNICK Organic Valley
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