Michigan Companies Working on Innovative Performance Contract to Make Parnall and Cotton Correctional Facilities in Jackson and Kinross in U.P More Energy Efficient  – The Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth announced today that new energy efficiency and infrastructure improvements will be made to three Michigan correctional facilities in Jackson and Kincheloe that will pay for themselves by saving the state $1.7 million a year over the next 10 years.

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Get on board and charge FULL S.T.E.A.M. AHEAD with the seventh annual Seminars On Sustainability (SOS) conference. All events for this year’s conference SOS2011: The State of Michigan on Sustainability will be held February 21-25, 2011, during Engineer’s and Entrepreneur’s Week, at Lawrence Technological University and Engineering Society of Detroit’s Headquarters in Southfield, Michigan. Conference goals include learning about and assessing sustainability efforts in Michigan in the areas of S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Education, Art, Architecture, Mathematics, and Management).More

The Tech MBA^® Online available from Michigan Technological University’s School of Business and Economics is a proud partner of the Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD).   

 With this partnership, members and affiliate members of ESD are eligible to receive $1,000 off the tuition price  (in addition to other financial opportunities).More

FEBRUARY 2011 – The Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth announced today that KTM Industries, Inc. was selected to receive a Clean Energy Advanced Manufacturing Green Chemistry Program award. 

This award was established to accelerate green chemistry technologies in the state by expediting and expanding the availability, as well as the diversity, of green chemistry component products. The company is receiving a low-interest loan (6%) for $128,500 for a maximum of six years.More

Voters believe scientists, not politicians, should decide how to curb pollution. A new survey of Michigan voters shows overwhelming support for allowing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from large industrial sources – an authority that has come under attack by some members of Congress.More

BCS Hosts Michigan Mobile Hard Drive Shredding – Electronic Recycling & Hard Drive Shredding Event!

When: Feb. 17         9am-2:30pm

Where:  Birmingham Covington School parking lot, 1525 Covington Road, Bloomfield Township, MI 48301, Phone# 248-203-444More

February 14, 2011 – Media representatives are invited to attend a press conference being held by the Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth (DELEG) at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 15 at the Parnall Correctional Facility in Jackson. At the press conference, a major announcement will be made about three clean energy contracts that will create and retain jobs in Jackson and Kincheloe, Michigan, and result in significant cost savings to the state of Michigan.More

News Summary: Henry Ford Community College’s (HFCC) Fourth Annual Alternative Energy Summit titled “Green Entrepreneurship” Feb. 25 offers attendees a chance to learn from industry experts about how to create a start-up company in the emerging green economy. More