The Clean Energy Coalition got its start eight years ago looking to help bring more sustainability to southeast Michigan. Today it's services are spreading across the Midwest as the Ann Arbor-based non-profit continues to grow.
The organization got its start servicing Ann Arbor and Metro Detroit. It steadily grew to offer its broad range of sustainability-enhancement services across Michigan and now in other neighboring midwestern states.
"The organization is continuing to provide its services in more and more places," says Sean Reed, executive director of
Clean Energy Coalition. "We're also doing more and more things."
The Clean Energy Coalition focuses on spreading green practices, such as improving fuel efficiency in local government automobile fleets and helping make homes more energy efficient. The non-profit has hired four people over the last year, including marketing professionals and project coordinators. It now has 25 employees and five interns.
Some of the projects it is working on for the next year include helping launch
Ann Arbor Bike Share next spring. It is also working with the Clinton Global Initiative on its
Home Energy Affordability Loan program by helping employees at local businesses, like
Zingerman's, make their homes more energy efficient.
Source: Sean Reed, executive director of Clean Energy Coalition
Writer: Jon Zemke
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