Preserving the Historic Sleepy Eye Depot with Efficient Windows - from ENERGIZED Documentary

A lot of our small towns have great old buildings in disrepair, and it takes dedicated volunteers to rescue and restore these community treasures. Such an organization is the Sleepy Eye Preservation Group, a nonprofit that has been restoring Sleepy Eye's 1902 C&W Railroad Depot since 1984. In 1990 the Sleepy Eye Area Historical Society was given the interior space rent-free to house, organize and to provide a well-maintained and much-visited museum. The building, which is on the National Register, got new efficient windows, increasing energy efficiency, reducing energy consumption, and lowering energy bills. The Preservation Group is part of the Southwest CERT region.

This video is a single chapter in ENERGIZED: Communities Building Minnesota's Clean Energy Future, a full-length documentary from CERTs and partners that explores the growing movement to determine Minnesota's energy future and the leaders behind community-based clean energy and energy efficiency projects. Learn more at http://energized.mncerts.org.

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