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Posted: Monday, 26 May 2008 2:35PM

GLREA Gearing Up for Michigan Energy Fair

The Michigan Energy Fair will soon be back for its third year at the Manistee County Fairgrounds in Onekama.

This year, sponsors from the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association expects 5,000 people from the Great Lakes region, who are looking to cut their energy costs, and educate themselves on green energy.

The fair features a banquet on Saturday comprised of local foods, and live bands play Friday and Saturday evening, with a solar stage providing the energy. Also, Saturday is Kids Day with face painting and coloring contests.

For the adults, the fair features a variety of workshops and keynote speakers. Topics for the workshops include renewable and alternative energies, policy and economics, green building, and energy efficiency. Workshops run all weekend beginning at 3 p.m. on Friday and ending at 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Workshop highlights include:

* Improve Your Home's Energy Efficiency, presented by Bob Fegan, DTE Energy MichCon. This seminar covers the major aspects of do it yourself and professional residential energy audits.

* Investing Green on Green, presented by Jeff Kingzett, Merrill Lynch & Tom Stanton, Michigan Public Service Commission, who will discuss ways to invest in green energy from DIY to green mutual funds.

* How to Convert Your Internal Combustion Vehicle to All Electric, presented by Richard Mars, John Mogelnicki, and Larry Tuttle, from the Michigan Electric Auto Association. They will discuss the how's of conversion that still meets safety and performance standards.

* Crude Awakening: Peak Oil and the Wolf at the Door, presented by John Richter, Sustainable Energy Education. A three part series that discusses Peak Oil -- the hypothesis that the world is now at or soon will be at its peak ability to produce oil, and that supply will be in decline from this point forward -- and its consequences.

The fair will host more than 65 workshops with more than 70 presenters. Other attractions include energy efficient home tours, regional tours, and hands on workshops.

More at www.glrea.org.

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