Residential customers of Dominion East Ohio can save several ways with the company’s Home Performance with Energy Star® program. It includes a home energy assessment to help diagnose high utility usage and comfort issues, and then provides rebates of up to $1,250 for completion of energy-efficiency improvements.

Renovate America, a provider of residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing, and the Missouri Clean Energy District (MCED) announced a recruitment effort to register local contractors to offer new financing for Missouri homeowners to make energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements.

Consumers Energy announced it is honoring nearly 70 Michigan companies that work with the Michigan energy provider to help households lower costs through energy efficiency, making an impact of over $1 billion on customer bills since 2009.

The Southeast Michigan Air Conditioning Contractors Association has announced the first ever recipient of the Clifford McCourt Lifetime Achievement Award. Edward Bartram, owner of Diversified Heating & Cooling Inc., Farmington Hills, Michigan, was presented the award.

University of Dayton students designed “supermarkets of the future” as part of the E-Week Innovation Challenge sponsored by Emerson during the university’s Engineers Week. The contest encouraged participants to deliver innovative ideas that demonstrate new approaches to today’s supermarket challenges. 

Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) announced that its IES Virtual Environment (IESVE) software has been officially approved for compliance with the state of Minnesota’s Sustainable Building 2030 (SB 2030) Energy Standard.

QA Graphics has announced its 10th year of business serving the building automation industry, providing HVAC graphic development services, system graphics, floor plan graphics, and energy dashboards to help organizations educate occupants about building performance and sustainability.

Haley Mechanical, an HVAC services provider focusing on heating, air conditioning, geothermal, plumbing, and more in Ann Arbor and surrounding areas of southeast Michigan, announced it has received the Angie's List Super Service Award for 2015.

At the recommendation of Olympia Development of Michigan, the Downtown Development Authority approved nearly $52 million in new contracts for work on the new Detroit Events Center. As part of the latest contracts awarded, MSL/Limbach JV received a $24 million contract for mechanical and plumbing work.

A manufacturer from Cadillac, Michigan; a Jackson County, Michigan, public school district; and a Kalamazoo, Michigan, greenhouse were among business customers Consumers Energy honored for successfully using energy efficiency to reduce their energy use and lower bills.