The beautiful Charles H. Wright Museum begins to echo with words of greetings and love, as Satori Shakoor, a Moth Mainstage storyteller, actress, and host of the night’s event, plays Busiest Woman in the World. “Hi! Happy birthday!” Shakoor exclaims, embracing one of the women surrounding the theatre doors. The woman then looks over to me with the widest of smiles.More
Home energy management (HEM) is emerging as the next-generation technology for forward-thinking utilities. HEM can drive energy savings from 1.5 percent to more than 40 percent, but their value to utilities goes beyond savings to customer engagement, competitive differentiation, and demand response, according to Lux Research.More
Members of Congress from both parties – representing more than a quarter of each chamber – called for an extension of federal tax credits for wind energy today. In the Senate, Mark Udall (D-CO) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) were joined by 24 of their peers on a letter to Senate Finance Committee leadership calling for a renewal of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) and Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for wind energy. 118 members of the House joined a companion letter led by Iowa Representatives Dave Loebsack (D-IA) and Steve King (R-IA).More
Thursday, April 3, 2014
4:30 – 6:00 pm
at Gastronomy/Epic Cafe in Southfield
Meet Sherwin Pomerantz
ATID-EDI President
speaking on “Israel’s Economy and The Promise of Job Creation in Michigan”
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is excited to announce its first annual Pure Michigan DREAMJOB 2014 summit on June 13, 2014 at Ford Field in Detroit.More
Sharon Blumeno, business development executive at Automation Alley, Michigan’s largest technology business association, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Transportation Club of Detroit.More
General Motors will invest $200 million in Flint to produce a family of new, small, fuel-efficient engines starting in 2015.More
Building on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to continue U.S. leadership in clean energy innovation, the Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) today awarded $17 million in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects to help small businesses in 13 states develop prototype technologies that could improve manufacturing energy efficiency, reduce the cost of installing clean energy projects, and generate electricity from renewable energy sources. These projects will include technologies such as wind turbine blades that are easier to transport and use less energy, an electrochromic window technology that can achieve a 30% reduction in energy use, and a solar energy system that reduces installation costs and generates power in less time.More
Last Thursday evening, the Detroit Chinese Business Association (DCBA) held a “Year of the Horse” New Years’ Gala at Cobo Centers’ brand new Ballroom to celebrate the Chinese New Year in February. Governor Snyder, Chinese dignitaries, a who’s who list of Gala Sponsors and all invited and honored guests met for an evening of fun, networking, enjoyed a wonderful dinner and listened to exciting developments of present and future business opportunities between the Peoples Republic of China and the State of Michigan.More
Easy-to-fix household leaks account for more than one trillion gallons of water wasted each year across the United States, equal to the annual household water use of more than 11 million homes. In the race against water waste, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is urging people to fix household water leaks during the sixth annual Fix a Leak Week, March 17 through 23, 2014.More
