{"id":836,"date":"2017-01-26T14:28:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/?p=836"},"modified":"2017-01-26T14:28:10","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:28:10","slug":"looking-back-at-community-involvement-and-energy-education-artscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2017\/01\/26\/looking-back-at-community-involvement-and-energy-education-artscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back at Community Involvement and Energy Education &#8211; Artscape"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_837\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/MEA-Energy-Stage-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-837\" class=\"wp-image-837 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/MEA-Energy-Stage-2014-259x300.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/MEA-Energy-Stage-2014-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/MEA-Energy-Stage-2014.jpg 611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our MEA Energy Stage<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_843\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/Miss-Sharon-Jones-on-MEA-energy-stage-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-843\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-843\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/Miss-Sharon-Jones-on-MEA-energy-stage-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/Miss-Sharon-Jones-on-MEA-energy-stage-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/Miss-Sharon-Jones-on-MEA-energy-stage-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/Miss-Sharon-Jones-on-MEA-energy-stage-3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miss Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings on the MEA Energy Stage<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_840\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/pinwheel-park-total.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-840\" class=\"wp-image-840 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/pinwheel-park-total-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/pinwheel-park-total-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/pinwheel-park-total-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/pinwheel-park-total.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MEA pinwheel wind farm<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_844\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/Ozomotli-and-Mr.-Boh-on-MEA-energy-stage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-844\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-844\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/Ozomotli-and-Mr.-Boh-on-MEA-energy-stage-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/Ozomotli-and-Mr.-Boh-on-MEA-energy-stage-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/Ozomotli-and-Mr.-Boh-on-MEA-energy-stage.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ozomotli and Mr. Boh on MEA energy stage<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_841\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/kids-at-foam-your-home.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-841\" class=\"wp-image-841 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/kids-at-foam-your-home-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/kids-at-foam-your-home-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/kids-at-foam-your-home.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MEA energy awareness booth to foam \/ add insulation to your home<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_845\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/MEA-energy-stage-signage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-845\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-845\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/MEA-energy-stage-signage-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/MEA-energy-stage-signage-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/MEA-energy-stage-signage.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MEA energy stage schedule<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_839\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/clean-energy-tatoo-ii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-839\" class=\"wp-image-839 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/clean-energy-tatoo-ii-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/clean-energy-tatoo-ii-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/clean-energy-tatoo-ii.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">energy awareness tattoos<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_846\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/crowd-viewing-MEA-energy-stage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-846\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-846\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/crowd-viewing-MEA-energy-stage-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/crowd-viewing-MEA-energy-stage-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/crowd-viewing-MEA-energy-stage-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/01\/crowd-viewing-MEA-energy-stage.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">adoring fans of energy efficiency<\/p><\/div>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">ARTSCAPE 2014 HIGHLIGHTS!<\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"entry-date\">\u00a0reprinted from July 23, 2014\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>by Tamara Toles O\u2019Laughlin<\/p>\n<p>MEA thought long and hard about its sponsorship of Artscape 2014. Ultimately, we decided that it would be an unparalleled opportunity to connect our mission\u2013 to promote clean, reliable, clean energy . . .\u2013to hundreds of thousands of Marylanders whose needs could be met by our programs for residential, commercial, transportation et al. \u00a0So, we packed up our tent and banner and travelled \u00a0to Baltimore to talk to the people about statewide policies that support lower energy bills, fuel the creation of green collar jobs and address climate impacts\u00a0in real time.<\/p>\n<p>We played clean energy trivia, demonstrated the impact of weatherization with foam and facilitated \u00a0opportunities for festival goers to see the power of renewables in everyday items at our electric vehicle charging and solar cell phone charging stations. We even developed a map game to help participants take notice of projects MEA has already contributed to in their own backyards. \u00a0We worked with community partners and MEA grant recipients Retrofit Baltimore and the Fuel Fund of Maryland \u00a0to directly connect grant funds to projects available to Baltimore \u00a0communities. \u00a0Hopefully, made a few new fans and friends.<\/p>\n<p>MEA\u2019s sponsorship of Artscape 2014 featured the MEA Energy Main Stage, and four activation stations highlighting EE &amp; RE programs including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transportation &amp; Solar Programs via the \u201cEV\/Solar Charging Station<\/li>\n<li>Weatherization, Building Codes, and \u00a0Commercial and Industrial programs via the \u201cFoam Your Home\u201d mock insulation station.<\/li>\n<li>The Offshore Wind program via the \u00a0\u201cPinwheel Park\u201d and Information Area<\/li>\n<li>The Community Wind, \u00a0Clean Energy Programs, MD. Smart Energy Communities, \u00a0Energy Finance, and Low to Moderate income programs via \u00a0the \u201cMEA in Your Community Map Game\u201d and Information Booth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are optimistic about the reach of this effort, to create heightened awareness of\u00a0MEA\u2019s policies and programs throughout the state. \u00a0We had a great time. \u00a0B\u2019 more knows how to Artscape!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARTSCAPE 2014 HIGHLIGHTS! \u00a0reprinted from July 23, 2014\u00a0 by Tamara Toles O\u2019Laughlin MEA thought long and hard about its sponsorship of Artscape 2014. Ultimately, we decided that it would be an unparalleled opportunity to connect our mission\u2013 to promote clean, reliable, clean energy . . .\u2013to hundreds of thousands of<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2017\/01\/26\/looking-back-at-community-involvement-and-energy-education-artscape\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42,25,10,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-main","category-news","category-newsletters"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":847,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions\/847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}