The Coon Rapids Energy/Environment Demonstration (CREED) project
- Roger G. Aiken and Associates, Falcon Heights, MN (United States)
A proposal to enhance and broaden the appeal of the Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park (CRDRP), in the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, by including within it a major educational demonstration of the interrelationship between energy use, the environment and the economic health of Minnesota, is described. The paper discusses the need for such an educational project, the location and advantageous features of the CSRDRP site, brief histories of the Park, Dam and the CREED initiative, key components of the current proposal and how they will be implemented, and eligibility criteria for the sponsored demonstrations. It concludes with an overview of the vision for the enterprise which will feature two major parts: (1) working system models of renewable energy conversion systems, conservation methods and energy efficient devices; and (2) a buildings complex for educational seminars, workshops, and courses on the energy/environment equation for the general public, kindergarten through adult.
- OSTI ID:
- 116202
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950725-; ISBN 0-89553-210-7; TRN: IM9545%%169
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: SOLAR `95: national solar energy conference: 10,000 solutions - paths to a renewable future, Minneapolis, MN (United States), 15-20 Jul 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Solar `95: Proceedings of the 20. national passive solar conference. Volume 20; Campbell-Howe, R.; Wilkins-Crowder, B. [eds.]; PB: 361 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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