The Clean Energy Coalition continues to
rake in the government grant money, taking in another six figures to
help spread the gospel of energy efficiency.

The Ypsilanti-based
non-profit received $58,300 from the Michigan Department of Energy,
Labor, & Economic Growth to help communities become more energy
efficient and utilize more clean energy outlets. The Clean Energy
Coalition’s money will allow it to do this in 37 small communities
(35,000 people or less) in south and south-central Michigan.

“We’ll
be doing things like helping them with energy audits of their
facilities and setting up monitoring systems of their energy systems,”
says Sean Reed, founder and executive director of the Clean Energy Coalition.

The Clean Energy Coalition has received millions of dollars
in state and federal grants over the last year. Most of that money is
geared toward pushing for more energy efficiency and reducing carbon
emissions in transportation.

The Michigan Municipal League
Foundation, also received a $58,396 state grant. The Ann Arbor-based
organization will use it to do the same thing in the southwest, western
and northern portion of the state.

The grants are part of a $195,996 grant from the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor, & Economic Growth.
The funds originally came from the federal stimulus package. That money
will help 125 municipalities receive technical assistance on becoming
more sustainable from four non-profits. That basically means it will
help these communities make their facilities more energy efficient
through things like energy audits and harness renewable energy sources.

The other two non-profits to receive funding are the WARM Training Center
in Detroit, which will cover southeast Michigan, and the Michigan
Energy Options in East Lansing for communities in the state’s Upper
Peninsula.

Source: Michigan Department of Energy, Labor, & Economic Growth and Sean Reed, founder and executive director of the Clean Energy Coalition
Writer: Jon Zemke
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