All New Energy Star House at the Eco Experience at the Minnesota State Fair
St. Paul, MI – August 30, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — For the first time at the Eco Experience at the Minnesota State Fair, an interactive Energy Star house will guide visitors through simple, everyday ways they can cut their own energy use.
The hands-on exhibit is modeled after an energy-efficient home. It is composed of environmentally-friendly building materials, and shows how using energy-efficient practices and products are the first steps toward saving both energy and money.
Fairgoers can take a room-by-room tour and learn about programmable thermostats that save up to $180 a year, energy-efficient lighting that can save up to $70 a year, Energy Star qualified heating and cooling equipment that can cut energy bills by up to $200 a year, and the latest in sealing air leaks and adding insulation, which can cut a home energy bill by 10 percent.
The Energy Star House exhibit travels around the country, but has never before been in the Midwest. Minnesota-based 3M, which manufactures some of the house’s energy-saving features such as special window films and air filters, is the exhibit’s sponsor.
For an online preview of the Energy Star house exhibit, visit www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=globalwarming.tour_the_house
About the Eco Experience: A partnership between the Minnesota State Fair, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, other state agencies and dozens of organizations and businesses, the Eco Experience has become the second most popular exhibit at the fair. The Eco Experience is the largest environmental event of its kind in the country in the last two decades. Since 2006, more than one million visitors have attended the 25,000-square-foot exhibit to learn more about clean water, saving energy, climate change, local food, transportation, green building and remodeling, and other ways to lead more eco-friendly lives. Discover easy and uniquely Minnesota ways to go green in your daily routine by exploring cutting-edge green technologies and having fun with interactive displays, kids activities, live performances and more. Look for more information and schedules at www.ecoexperience.org
Contact:
Pamela.mccurdy (at) state.mn (dot) us
T 651-757-2559
