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Ypsilanti’s Clean Energy Coalition, a non-profit organization promoting clean energy technologies, has launched Rebuild Ypsilanti, a project encouraging increased energy efficiency within a community.
The project is intended to reduce energy costs by assisting in energy efficiency improvements for commercial buildings such as offices, retail, restaurants and multifamily residential.
“We're extremely excited to work right here in the community towards energy efficiency practices that will benefit building owners and renters financially because of the continuous increase in energy prices," said CEC Executive Director Sean Reed.
Rebuild Ypsilanti is part of a larger effort in the State of Michigan, not surprisingly called, Rebuild Michigan. The Michigan Energy Office, headed under the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth, provided $102,213 to Ypsilanti’s CEC and four other communities as part of a start up assistance grant.
For owners and renters of commercial buildings in Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township, Rebuild Ypsilanti Program will provide:
* Free and Reduced Cost Energy Audits
* Technical Guides
* Print and Electronic Publications
* Financial Strategies for Energy Projects
* National, Regional, and Local Workshops & Meetings
* Key Program News
* Grant Writing Assistance
Since 1998 540 school districts, local governments, and public housing authorities have joined the Rebuild Michigan program according to its October newsletter.
“Enrolled partners have pledged more than 108,000,000 square feet to energy efficiency projects and to date have invested more than $69,345,000 in efficiency projects, with first year savings totaling more than $9,400,000,” the newsletter states.
The general public is invited to the Rebuild Ypsilanti Kick-off meeting from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Jan. 9, 2009 at the Ypsilanti District Library (5577 Whittaker Road.)
This kickoff meeting will include information about the benefits of energy efficiency as well as financing options, grant opportunities, and tax incentives for implementing improvements.
To get involved in Rebuild Ypsilanti or to RSVP for the Kick-off meeting, please contact Greg Vendena at greg@cec-mi.org. For more details about the project, visit the CEC at www.cec-mi.org.