hermann square, city hall, houston, texas october 19, 2013
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Hermann Square, City Hall, Houston, TexasOctober 19, 2013
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WHAT IS ENERGY DAY? • A free, family-friendly festival at Hermann Square in front of City Hall in downtown Houston, Texas on Saturday October 19, 2013• Kid-friendly demonstrations & booths focused on energy-related scientific breakthroughs, the various sources of energy, and efficiency & conservation• Opportunities to interact with energy experts and learn about careers in energy • Celebrates and highlights the importance of energy in our daily lives• Showcases Houston’s energy legacy and its energy future, as well as the city’s contributions to innovation in energy, conservation and efficiency • The year-round Energy Day Academic Program (EDAP) engages students in energy education and amplifies existing competitions and events aimed to motivate, challenge and inspire young minds to seek careers in science and technology.
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MISSION & FESTIVAL DETAILS • Energy Day’s mission is to educate students and their families about all forms of energy by demonstrating energy innovation, technology, efficiency & conservation and the overall role of all sources of energy in meeting our current and future energy needs.• Interactive energy exhibits demonstrating the various forms of energy production and state-of-the-art technology • Games, arts & crafts and entertainment for the family • Music, food & vendors• Students, educators and industry leaders will be honored with awards• Speakers & presentations
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WHO ATTENDS ENERGY DAY?• Energy Day engages citizens of all ages and demographics• Contests, awards & educational displays for children • Music, food & fun for all ages • Area school districts and after-school educational programs will play key
roles to ensure energy education and student participation are important parts of Energy Day throughout the year • State-of-the-art technology & interaction with energy experts will appeal to all ages
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2012 ENERGY DAY MEASURABLES• City of Houston, University of Houston and Consumer Energy Alliance event• Approximately 15,000 attendees (30% increase from 2011) • 60 exhibits: 1/3 Alternative Energy; 1/3 Conventional Energy; 1/3 Academic & Other • 93 Partners & Sponsors • $15,000 awarded to students and teachers from the Energy Day Academic Program ($20K in 2011) • GHP embracing Energy Day as part of “Energy Capital” Branding; GHP organizing “Energy Week” around Energy Day Festival• Television Coverage:
• ABC-13 Energy Day Special & Tune-In Spots: 2,253,716 household impressions • Fox 26 Morning News: 5 minute segment aired on 10/20/12 • HISD’s Community Connections throughout September • Press conference covered by NBC and Univision• Sponsor Commercials on ABC-13: aired 27 times resulting in 485,215 household impressions• ABC13.com: The ABC-13 Energy Day web page delivered 496,717 impressions
• Radio & Print Media • Radio commercials on NASA’s 3rd Rock Radio • 6 stories pre-event (including David Holt Oped in Huffington Post: 37,000,000 views) & 2 stories post-event
• Over 1 millions individuals reached• Four Energy Day Press Releases to local media & Energy Day Partners • 1600 Posters in HISD schools and over 900 posters or flyers in local Houston businesses, museums and libraries • 4200 flyers distributed by partners/sponsors• More than 40 online posts on event calendars & 370,000 direct emails
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2012 PARTNERS1) ABC-13/KTRK-TV2) Alief Independent School District 3) All American Roofing & Construction 4) Alternative Power Solutions5) Amerejuve 6) Ameresco 7) American Association of University Women – West Harris
County Branch – WSF Group8) American Petroleum Institute 9) American Trucking Associations 10) Anadarko 11) Apache 12) ASES Houston Solar Tour 13) Caterpillar14) CenterPoint Energy 15) Children’s Museum of Houston 16) City of Houston17) CompuCycle 18) ConocoPhillips 19) Cooperative for After-School Enrichment (CASE)20) CSTEM Teacher & Student Support Services21) Energy People Connect22) eVgo23) EvpConcierge Lifestyle Boutique24) Freedom Solar 25) Gables Post Oak26) GDF Suez 27) Geophysical Society of Houston28) Geophysics Rocks! 29) German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern
US, Inc.
30) Greater Houston Partnership31) Green Street32) Harmony Public Schools 33) Harris County Department of Education34) Houston Astros 35) Houston Community College-Northeast Energy Institute36) Houston Geological Society37) Houston Green Chamber of Commerce 38) Houston Independent School District 39) Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority40) Houston Museum of Natural Science, Wiess Energy Hall 41) Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce 42) Houston Renewable Energy Group 43) Houston Renewable Energy Network44) Houston Rockets 45) Houston Technology Center46) Ignite Solar47) Independent Petroleum Association of America 48) I-SWEEEP 49) James Coney Island 50) Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP)51) La Subasta Newspaper 52) Lantrip Environmental Science Magnet School 53) Lone Star College System54) Marathon Oil55) Mi Familia Magazine 56) NASA Johnson Space Center57) NASA’s 3rd Rock Radio 58) National Algae Association 59) National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. 60) New Leaf Energy 61) Nuclear Energy Institute
62) Nucor Steel 63) Occidental Petroleum Corporation 64) Offshore Energy Center65) One Stop Green66) Petrofac Training Inc. 67) Reliant Energy 68) Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America69) REV Eco-Shuttle70) Right Futon, Inc.71) Rigzone 72) San Jacinto College – Energy Venture Camp73) Science & Engineering Fair of Houston74) Shell75) Society of Exploration Geophysicists 76) Society of Petroleum Engineers – Gulf Coast Section77) Society of Women Engineers - Houston Area Section 78) Solar Community 79) South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company80) Swift Energy 81) Texas A&M American Nuclear Society82) Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering83) Texas Alliance of Energy Producers 84) Texas Solar Outfitters 85) Texas Southern University, Jesse H. Jones School of
Business 86) Texas TicKids 87) Total Energy USA88) TransCanada89) University of Houston 90) University of Houston – Downtown 91) University of Texas92) UPS 93) West Side Lexus
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2013 ENERGY DAY ACADEMIC PROGRAM
• As part of Energy Day’s year-long initiative to engage students in energy education, Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), University of Houston and our Energy Day partners are excited to host the 3rd Annual Energy Day Academic Program.
• The Energy Day Academic Program helps to amplify existing academic competitions and events through a series of seven unique, citywide, energy-related competitions aimed to motivate, challenge and inspire young minds to seek careers in science and technology. Winners from each competition receive an award and recognition at Energy Day.
THE 2013 ENERGY DAY ACADEMIC PROGRAM INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COMPETITIONS
• The Science and Engineering Fair of Houston from February 28 – March 2, 2013• The CSTEM Challenge on April 13, 2013• The HGS/HMNS/CEA Art, Essay & Media Contests from April-October 2013• Houston: Energy City of the Future 2050 Competition in May 2013• The Children’s Museum of Houston Young Inventors’ Showcase in May 2013• The International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering, and Environment Project from May 8-13, 2013
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FOR MORE INFORMATIONKATHLEEN KOEHLER [email protected] 2211 NORFOLK STREET, SUITE 614HOUSTON, TEXAS 77098WWW.ENERGYDAYFESTIVAL.ORGWWW.CONSUMERENERGYALLIANCE.ORG
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