Visitors Learn About All Things Green At GreenSmart Festival

Contact: Renee Whitener, Director of Public Relations, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, (828) 758-2383, Ext. 3213; or E-mail: Renee Whitener

Boone, North Carolina (July 27, 2009) – Visitors learned about energy efficiency, wind, solar, and all things “green” at the GreenSmart Festival organized by Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation and held Saturday, July 25, in Appalachian State University’s Durham Park.

In addition to fun activities and food, those attending learned about the cooperative’s GreenSmart family of energy efficiency programs and a solar thermal rebate program Blue Ridge Electric will have available this fall. Other festival exhibitors also helped local residents learn about a wide range topics including: home energy audits, home solar thermal systems, residential wind systems, renewable energy, recycling, home weatherization funds, and other energy topics.

Entertaining at the GreenSmart Festival was the solar powered band “Southern Exposure”. ASU’s renewable energy mobile unit known as DAISEE (Driving Appropriate Innovative Sustainability Energy Education) was also on hand.

Exhibitors included: Blue Ridge Energy Works, Eco-Green, Institute for Sustainable Development, Building Performance Engineering, Scott Brothers Heating and Air, Inc., T-Square Solar Solutions, Green Horizons Innovators, WAMY—Community Action Agency Weatherization Assistance Program, ASU Sustainable Energy Society, ASU Recycling Program, Watauga County Recycling Program, Appalachian Initiative for Renewable Energy, High Country Energy Solutions, Mountain Keepers, Green Mother Goods, State Energy Office, Sunny Day Homes, Inc., Watauga County Cooperative Extension Service, Mountaineer Sheet Metal, Home Energy Solutions, Enertia Building Systems, Inc., New River Building Supply/Guardian Fiberglass, Appalachian State University Energy Center, and Western North Carolina Renewable Energy Initiative.