CERTs in the News
02/08/2012
Excerpt: The third time was the charm for the GreenSteps program. After twice before considering the program, the Bemidji City Council Monday unanimously voted to sign the city on to the GreenStep Cities program, a voluntary program that offers assistance and recognition to cities to help them...
02/07/2012
Article: SPICER — Interested in clean energy and want to help promote its development in West Central Minnesota?
Join West Central Clean Energy Resource Team members, friends and others in a free networking event from 1 to 4 p.m. on Feb. 14 at the Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center in...
02/04/2012
Article: The Park Rapids area has received seed money to start organizing a local energy interest group.
Park Rapids Area Energy Expansion – Sailer Environmental Park Rapids – was awarded $2,500 from Clean Energy Resource Teams.
The Park Rapids Area Energy Expansion project’s primary aim is to...
02/04/2012
Article: Four projects in this region will receive grants from the Clean Energy Resource Team to increase awareness of alternative energy or upgrade an old school’s heating system.
The four were among 27 announced for the state totaling $70,000.
The four in this region are:
Make Mine...
02/02/2012
Article: Recently the Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) granted funds to 27 clean energy projects in Minnesota.
The University of Minnesota-sponsored initiative is starting 2012 with seed grant awards in all seven regions of the state. Each region will receive $10,000 in grants for projects...
02/01/2012
Article: The city of Milan is buying only energy efficient Energy Star-certified equipment. St. Cloud has the nation’s first public bus powered by recycled vegetable oil.
Mankato saves nearly 700 million gallons of water a year by cooling the city’s energy center with 1.5 million to 2 million...
01/30/2012
Article: Clean energy projects in Willmar and Milan are among 27 in the state being awarded grant funds by the Clean Energy Resource Teams.
Known as CERTs, the University of Minnesota-sponsored initiative is kicking off 2012 by announcing seed grant awards in each of the seven regions. Each...
01/27/2012
The Clean Energy Resource Teams, or CERTs, are kicking off 2012 by announcing seed grant awards in each of their seven regions in Minnesota. Each region awarded $10,000 worth of seed grants, catalyzing energy efficiency and renewable energy projects across the state. The 27 grants fund projects...
01/27/2012
St. Paul, MN – U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) told more than 100 Minnesota business leaders and local government officials today that energy-efficient retrofits of public and private buildings will create badly-needed jobs, save energy and trim billions of dollars in future energy costs in...
01/18/2012
Article: In 2010, Victoria participated in the pilot program for Minnesota GreenStep Cities, and provided feedback on how to change the program to make it feasible for smaller cities. The next step for the city is to identify best practises in buildings and lighting, land use, transportation,...
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