Exterior of the Smart House: Green + Wired exhibit decorated for the holidays.
Wheeling, IL—In early November of 2009, Kim Klingeisen, an Associate at Smithgroup in Minneapolis, received an email with a subject line reading “And the winner is…” Upon opening it, she was surprised to read her own name. Soon after, plans were made to fly Kim and a guest to Chicago for a weekend in the Windy City and a tour of the Museum of Science and Industry’s Smart Home exhibit, which is a free-standing, fully-functioning modular home that showcases the big and small ways to make eco-friendly living part of daily life.
Named “Chicago’s Greenest Home,” the exhibit focuses on environmentally-
After touring the home, Kim and her friend Kristin Slaikeu were accompanied by Brentano’s National Sales Manager Jeff Frank and Marketing Coordinator Emily Mendenhall back to their hotel. Brentano selected the Wit hotel for the pair both for its ideal location and impressive design. The group went up to the Roof bar to check out the views over State Street. Following a chat about green design and the Smart Home exhibit, Jeff and Emily left Kim and her guest so they could get ready to enjoy the rest of their weekend in Chicago, which included a tacky holiday sweater pub crawl.
The Smart Home: Green + Wired exhibit closed on January 3, 2010. Additional information and photos can be found at http://brentanofabrics.com/
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