Summary
"Through Energy" is an itinerant exhibition promoted by the Instituto Enerxético de Galicia (Energy Institute of Galicia) that was opened the 23rd of March 2004 and concluded its first stage the 31st of January of 2005. This exhibition aims to disseminate to the general population (youth and adults) through didactic, audiovisual, technical and experimental materials, the role of the energy system in multiple areas, from the most simple, as can be the lightning of a lamp, to the most technical issues as the concrete evolution of the several energy sources and their contribution to the economic and social Galician framework. The exhibition is divided in five modules: "The historic evolution and the basic energy concepts", "Conventional energy sources", "Renewal energy sources", "The efficient exploitation of energy sources" and "The rational use of energy, environmental aspects, distribution and consumption" and stays between 6 and 15 days at cultural centres, city towns or other buildings owned by the municipalities.
Results
Although the exhibition just have run for 10 months we can assure that is being a great success thanks to the continuous requirements that the municipalities have realised for having the exhibition open at their territory. Galicia has 315 municipalities and during the first stage (March 2004 to January 2005) the exhibition stayed at 28 municipalities, expecting that at the second stage (March 2005 to January 2006) the exhibition will stay at 30 more. The final aim is that the exhibition will stay at least once at each Galician municipality.
During the first stage the exhibition had 23,574 visitors being the most part of them particulars (15,066) followed by pupils from primary and secondary schools (2,761) accompanied by their teachers (189) and finally 560 assistants to several congress (related to energy and/or environment) that had include in their programme one visit to the place where the exhibition stay.
The technicians in charge of the development of the exhibition have verified the strong interest that the exhibition have awakened within the visitors, specially within the children and the youth mostly due to the interactive and experimental contents.
Moreover, one survey has taken place to find out visitors' satisfaction after and during their visit to the exhibition. Most of the visitors polled valued very high the design of the exhibition and the 92% would recommend visiting it, 52% valued the exhibition as "good", 47% as "very good" and just a 1% value the exhibition as "average".
INEGA is very proud of the response that the exhibition is achieving within the Galician citizenship and will continue in its effort of promoting the rational use of energy and increasing awareness and usage of renewable energies.
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