AUGUST 27, 2002 – Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services Director Noelle A. Clark announced today the CIS Energy Office is distributing $129,360 in energy grants for local energy demonstration centers in six Michigan communities: Ann Arbor, Detroit, Dimondale, East Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Oxford. 

Clark said, Energy demonstration centers allow home owners and builders to see energy efficient products and materials in use so they can consider using these alternatives for existing or new homes. Community efforts to help homeowners reduce their energy costs are an effective way to help consumers save money and protect our environmental resources at the same time.”

Planning grants will be awarded to three non-profit organizations to help them establish new local energy demonstration centers:

Alliance for Environmental Sustainability (Grand Rapids) $12,500

Great Lakes Renewable Energy Assoc. (Dimondale) $12,500

WARM Training Center (Detroit) $25,000

Grants will be awarded to make it possible for three existing centers and the three new centers to conduct energy efficient home seminars and tours of the energy demonstration centers:

Alliance for Environmental Sustainability (Grand Rapids) $8,000                                                       e-mail: jeannine.reynolds@att.net

Great Lakes Renewable Energy Assoc., (Dimondale) $8,000

Website: http://glrea.org/

WARM Training Center (Detroit) $7,000

Recycle Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor)  $18,000

http://www.recycleannarbor.org/

Urban Options (East Lansing)  $30,360

http://urbanoptions.org/

Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Center (Oxford) $8,000

http://www.uheac.org/

Clark said, “We expect 4,000 homeowners and renters will benefit by learning about energy efficiency during these energy demonstration center seminars and tours.”

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