Renewabe Energy Day

Description:

Sponsor: European Commission LIFE +
 
Partners: Environmental Protection Association Érd, Central Hungarian Innovation Center CHIC, Development of New Business Opportunities DBO - Hungary
 
Type: Awareness raising, knowledge transfer
 
Aim:
Via an open-air exhibition and fair in Érd, near to Budapest showed families and all interested renewable energy technologies and equipments at close range.  
 
Target group:
The wide population

Description:
The Renewable Energy Day 2007 on September 15-16, which is already the second festival organized for promoting renewables, invited interested people to have a close look at and get information about all renewable energy technologies. Producers and retailers served with up-to-date data, presentations emphasized the importance of RES and the possibilities for households. In the meanwhile children were entertained by funny games related to energy issues or pancake baking on a solar oven. On the second day in a workshop people could learn how to build self made solar collectors.

Results:
Approx. 500 visitors
 
Indirect impacts:
Contributing to raising awareness of the populace and give useful information to lever the spreading of small-scale renewable energy technologies.