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News items:
- ComEd is hosting Trade Ally Workshops in May. Details...
- ComEd is hosting Green Ribbon Workshops for business and local government in their territory in June. Details...
- Ameren is hosting POWERSWITCH EXPOS throughout the state. Details...
- SEDAC is hiring recent graduates in engineering or architecture. Come to the Open House May 1 at noon at BRC. Details...
- May 30 at NOON: Lunch and Learn for Supermarkets. Details...
- SEDAC and Central Illinois Chapter of USGBC team up for a tour of Champaign's first LEED building, Faith United Methodist Church on Friday April 25 at NOON. Details...
- Illinois EPA Director encourages Illinoisians to switch to Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs for Earth Day
- NEW to SEDAC Web site: searchable data base of Energy Service Providers
- SEDAC is offering GEO 101 and GEO 201 April 30 in Oak Brook. Details...
- Net Metering page added to sedac.org
- April 10, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm: "Smart Energy Management is Smart Money Management." SEDAC's Eileen Westervelt will speak on energy management for individuals and businesses as part of Money Smart Week, April 6 - April 12. Free and open to the public. 2121 S First St, Champaign. Details...
- SEDAC Lunch and Learn on Efficient HVAC Design, March 28. Call 800-214-7954 to register. Details...
- Farmers: USDA has released $15.9 million in funding for 2008 Section 9006 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Improvement Grants. Grant deadlines are in 2 windows: April 15, 2008; April 16 - June 16, 2008. Guaranteed Loans: June 16, 2008. Combination grant and loan package is June 16, 2008.
- US EPA launches multimedia web portal
- Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation lighting upgrade grant deadlines.
- ENERGY STAR Commercial buildings on the rise. Read EPA press release
- ICC Approves Energy Efficiency, Demand Response Plans (2/6/08)
- DCEO Bureau of Energy and Recycling updates Program List (2/14/08)
- DCEO has scheduled 2008 Environmental Workshops around Illinois.
- The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 was signed into law on December 19.
- DCEO lists
all Bureau of Recycling and Energy Programs (12/07)
- DCEO has recently updated and expanded the Recycling Expansion
and Modernization (REM) Program Guidelines to allow a new
service option that would support the use of recycled content
products in the building of “green” buildings
or in “green” building remodeling initiatives.
Contact Mike Motor, DCEO Business Modernization Program
Manager at 217/524-0933 or email: michael.motor@illinois.gov
- USGBC continues its Webinar
series on Carbon Reduction in Building Projects.
- MBTAC webinar series for colleges and universities concludes
with a final webinar case study series titled "3-Part
Webinar Case Studies on Sustainable Energy Management in
Colleges and Universities." These three one-hour
interactive webinars will be broadcast live at 1:00PM CST
on December 6, 11, 13.
- The ASID Foundation and USGBC Announce Plans for REGREEN
Program -
Marks first nationwide
green residential remodeling guidelines
November 20.
- Ten
Midwestern Leaders Sign Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord,
November 15
- New
Credentialing Organization Launched for Green Building Professionals:
Green Building Certification Institute - GBCI
- President Clinton and Mayor Daley announce climate
change initiatives
- WMRC Sustainablity Series in November
- APEC Fall Energy Expo: November
14, Ramada Inn, Fairview Heights
- DCEO Peer Exchange: November
15 & 16 at the Ramada BiState Bistro in Fairview Heights.
- SEDAC client in the news - Galesburg
Register-Mail
- Governor Blagojevich announces almost $1.6
million in grants to support solar thermal (10/25/07)
- New ENERGY
STAR Tool Offers Warm Homes and Cool Savings
- Solar
Decathlon is over. Congratulations to the UI team who
placed 9th overall and took 1st
place in Market Viability and Comfort Zone.
- DOE Launches New K-12
Energy Curriculum Web Site
- EIA releases Short-Term
Energy and Winter Fuels Outlook October 9, 2007.
- Solar Decathlon is underway on the mall in Washington
DC. Follow the University
of Illinois team's progress.
- FREE WEBINAR by MIDWEST BUILDINGS TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
CENTER:Effective Energy-Efficient Lighting Opportunities
and Strategies for Colleges and Universities: Tuesday, October
23, 2007, 9:00AM Central Time Registration: www.ecw.org/mwbuildings/webinars
- The
Illinois Recycling Grants Program has formally opened
its FY08 grant cycle. Two types of recycling projects will
be considered, traditional and electronic. Grant applications
are due no later than 5 pm, December 19, 2007. Workshops
to discuss the Request-for-Application documents will be
held on October 10 - DeKalb; October 12 - Springfield; October
17 - Murphysboro.
- Governor
Blagojevich signs legislation to provide Illinoisans
relief from electric rate increases under the "Illinois
Power Agency Act" on August 28, 2007. The bill
includes a Renewable Portfolio Standard that requires Illinois
utilities to meet 25% of their customers’ electricity
needs from renewable energy sources like wind power by 2025.
- Illinois
Electric Council announces 2007
Power Quality Conferences September 18 - 20 in Collinsville,
Bloomington, and Naperville.
- Professional development offered at the University of
Wisconsin at Madison:
Geothermal
Systems for Water Source Heat Pumps and Central Systems,
September 24 - 26, 2007.
- DCEO Energy Summit for
Local Government and Education, Illinois Central College,
East Peoria, August 8, 2007.
- Greenbuild
International Conference and Expo, Chicago November
7 - 9, 2007. Registration
information.
- The
Southern Illinoisan features an article about a satisfied
SEDAC customer.
- Net
Metering Bill passes both houses 5/31/2007.
- Gov.
Blagojevich Highlights success of SB$E Program
to Help Small Businesses Reduce Energy Costs through Energy
Efficiency (press release 5/14/07)
- IL Senate passes Affordable
and Clean Energy Standards law.
- DCEO Peer
Exchange presentations.
- FREE WEBINAR by MIDWEST BUILDINGS TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
CENTER:Combined Heat and Power for Colleges and Universities
Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 9:00AM—11:00AM (CT) Cost: Free
Registration: www.ecw.org/mwbuildings/chpwebinar052207.pdf
- USDA announces NOTICE
OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE
ENERGY GRANTS AND LOANS. Proposals due May 18 for grants;
July 2 for loans.
- FREE WEBINAR by MIDWEST BUILDINGS TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
CENTER:Effective Energy-Efficient Lighting Opportunities
and Strategies for Colleges and Universities: Tuesday, April
10, 2007, 9:00AM Central Time Registration: www.ecw.org/mwbuildings/webinars
- Illinois Farm Bureau and the Environmental Law and Policy
Center (ELPC) are sponsoring a Clean
Energy Grant & Loan Guarantee Workshop in Bloomington
on Monday, April 2, 2007 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
- SEDAC adds two more sessions of GEOEXCHANGE
101 on April 17 & 18 in Oak Brook and Springfield.
- IEC adds 2 more Energy Solutions Workshops on April 3
and April 5 at Princeton and Quincy. Details...
- USGBC
announces Greenbuild 2007 will move to Chicago, November
7 - 9.
- "Advancing
Renewables in the Midwest", One-day Conference,
March 28, 2007, Columbia, Missouri.
- SEDAC announces GEOEXCHANGE
101, March 6, Oak Brook.
- UIUC Professor George Gross explains the
new Illinois electric rates.
- DCEO
lists all Bureau of Recycling and Energy Programs (1/07)
- IEC Energy Solutions Workshops, March 14 and 15. Agenda.
- Global
Warming - What can YOU do? Town Hall Meeting, Jan 20
- MEAA Workshops: Tax
Incentives for Energy Efficient Buildings.
- DCEO announces Environmental Workshops. Details..
- Lighting Lunch & Learn on January 26 with Peter Brown
of Energy Planning Associates. PDF
of presentation 4MB
- SEDAC launches a Frequently Asked
Questions page
- ICC approves Ameren's
and ComEd's
plans to phase in increases.
- ICC staff issues Post-Auction
report, December 6, 2006
- DCEO invites the public to their Energy
Peer Exchange, Nov 14 &15
- DCEO has published
a new SB$E brochure
- Ameren
offers tips for the heating season
- SEDAC launches ENERGY
PROJECT ECONOMICS CALCULATOR
- SEDAC announces FALL courses
- SEDAC is linked to Energy
Guide's Business Energy Analyzer
- Keep
Cool Illinois
- Gov. Blagojevich
announces SOLAR ENERGY rebate program June 26, 2006
- Ameren
releases energy savings tips
- DOE
announces $2 Billion Federal Loan Guarantee Program, August
7
- Federal
Energy Management Program Energy Expo, August 6 - 9
- IL
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, May 2,
2006 Press Release
- SEDAC Fact Sheet on Disaster
Recovery - renovating with energy efficiency in mind
- University
of Illinois News Bureau, April 25, 2006
- AgriNews
article about SEDAC, March 14, 2006
- “Meet the Energy Specialist”
- Keep
Warm Illinois
- Renewable
Energy Development Fund to promote community-scale wind
energy projects across Illinois
- SEDAC COURSE: Energy
Basics for Small Business.
- DOE
launches its Financial Opportunities Web Site
- Summary
of Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives in Energy Policy Act
of 2005
- NEMA
hails passage of U.S. comprehensive energy bill August
2, 2005
- Energy legislation approved in August by the U.S. Congress
includes a tax deduction of up to $1.80 per ft2 ($19.38
per m2) for new or renovated buildings that exceed the ASHRAE
Standard 90.1-2001 by 50% or more. According to the National
Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), individual
systems can receive a deduction of 60 cents per ft2 ($6.46
per m2) for individual systems. The deductions will take
effect Dec. 31.
- Clean Air
Clips, Summer 2005
- USDA
Guarantees up to $200 Million in Clean Energy Loans.
Regulations
- Governor
Blagojevich announces Sustainable Energy Plan Press
Release, July 19, 2005
- BP
Solar and Sun Edison project with Staples, June 9, 2005
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