Great Lakes Energy News – January 2011
Michigan News
BetterBuildings for Michigan has been launched to create more than 2,000 jobs over the next 3 years and provide more affordable energy efficiency options for homes and businesses. The program is supported by a $30 million ARRA grant. BetterBuildings has two programs: $143 million residential program in targeted communities and $46.8 million commercial program in Detroit. More

This can serve as a guide for businesses as a place to prepare for green trends that will continue throughout the coming year.
Detroit. January 2, 2011 — Visitors to www.DecisiveMagazine.com can enter to win a pair of tickets to the 15th Annual Urban Wheel Awards, Jan. 9, 2011, at the Sound Board Theater in the MotorCity Casino Hotelin Detroit. The sweepstakes will run from now through January 6, 2011, exclusively online at http://www.decisivemagazine.com/sites/all/urban-wheel-awards-2011/contest.htm. The drawing will be held Friday, January 7th at 3 p.m.
Considering the financial pressures on your business, how much attention can you afford to pay to energy efficiency, sustainability and being environmentally responsible? Currently there is a convergence of new technologies, governmental incentives, energy legislation and public interest focused on energy and being “green.” Customers, shareholders and communities are showing their desire for sustainability and there can be valuable marketing benefits for your company.
2010-The 15th Annual Urban Wheel Awards will honor four auto companies for leadership in environmental and fuel-efficient technology, on January 9, 2011 at the Sound Board Theater, located in the MotorCity Casino Hotel, Detroit, Mich.
Greetings! from the Live Well Shoppe @ Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital
Michigan-based company formulates and sells green cleaning and personal care products.
Detroit, MI – December, 2010 – NextEnergy announced that Richard D. DiBartolomeo has become the newest memeber of NextEnergy’s Board of Directors. In this role, DiBartolomeo will serve as a Board Director and Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee.
Reimbursements of up to $5,000 are currently available for the installation or conversion of fueling pumps to dispense ethanol-blended fuels. The goal of the Michigan Blender Pump Incentive Project is to increase blended ethanol infrastructure along major highway corridors and in urban areas in Michigan at publicly accessible retail locations.