CESI's Mike Weedall Receives Prestigious Conservation Eagle Award

The NorthWest Energy Coalition has honored Clean Energy Solutions' Mike Weedall with it's most prestigious award: the Bob Olsen Conservation Eagle award for energy efficiency. Mr. Weedall served as Vice President of Energy Efficiency for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and played a key leadership role in advancing the region’s clean and affordable energy future. 

BPA is a federal power marketing agency, and provides approximately 35% of the electricity to the Pacific Northwest region. 

See the full press release here.

Carrboro and Chapel Hill WISE programs hold WISE mob

CESI, program managers for the Carrboro and Chapel Hill WISE energy efficiency programs, held a WISE mob, similar to a cash mob, at the first small commercial business to participate in the Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan fund.  Surplus Sid's, a local institution in Carrboro, upgraded their HVAC equipment, insulated the roof and sealed air leaks in the building and is now saving over 70% on their utility bills from this time last year.

To read the full article: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/05/03/2039552/surplus-sids-gets-wise.html

CESI helps GCEA secure funding and support

CESI has been integral to the success of the Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance (GCEA) helping Andy Holzhauser, GCEA Executive Director, secure the initial funding and support for the alliance. The article states: "Inspiration came from a PBS documentary in April 2008 on the Cambridge Energy Alliance, based in Massachusetts", and started by CESI.  

For the complete article: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120513/BIZ/305130010

Steve Morgan speaks at Retrofit 2012 Conference Manchester, UK

Steve Morgan, President of Clean Energy Solutions, Inc. spoke at Retrofit 2012, January 24, 2012, University of Salford, Manchester, UK.  The topic of the presentation was The Path to Successful Energy Efficiency Programs in Buildings.

The presentation was based on his paper A Roadmap to Significant Reductions in Energy Use for Existing Buildings: The Long View

For more infomration about the conference: http://www.energy.salford.ac.uk/retrofit-salford-2012

For picture of the event: http://www.flickr.com/photos/retrofit__2012

CESI at the MIT Energy Finance Forum

In November, CESI Vice President Ian Fischer participated in a panel of national experts on a panel at the MIT Energy Finance Forum discussing financing solutions for scaling energy efficiency. For more information: http://mitenergyfinanceforum.org/?presentation=energy-efficiency-can-new-financing-solutions-scale-up-energy-efficiency