central cert: building a clean energy future
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Statewide Outcomes Central CERT Goals
n Helped Minnesotans save over 93 billionBTUs of energy and avoid $1.6 million inenergy costs since 2010
n Awarded over $790,000 in seed grants tomore than 189 energy projects since 2006
n Impacted 87,700 people through grants,events, and programs since 2009
n Fostered robust networks in each regionand across industry sectors
n Build a sustainable future by increasingawareness and adoption of energy efficiency and clean energy resources
n Bring utilities together to scale-up energyefficiency work to reduce electricity usagein each town and utility service area
n Work toward net-zero energy buildingsand integrate energy efficiency andrenewable energy with new construction
Central CERT: Building a Clean Energy Future
The Clean Energy Resource Teams—orCERTs—are a statewide partnership witha shared mission to connect individualsand their communities to the resourcesthey need to identify and implementcommunity-based clean energy projects.
Central CERT empowers communities and theirmembers to adopt energy conservation,energy efficiency, and renewable energytechnologies and practices for their homes, businesses, and local institutions.
n Supporting local government energy projectsby providing technical assistance, in partthrough the GreenStep Cities program and theGuaranteed Energy Savings Program
n Offering tools for clean energy implementationthrough CERTified campaigns
n Helping people learn about and install solar
n Providing limited financial assistance to projectsthrough Seed Grants
n Sharing clean energy project successes and lessons learned on our MN Energy Stories blogand weekly e-mail digest
Ready to Get Started?CERTs Funders
Visit our website, get connected, & start a project!
We can help your community brainstorm, clarify
your ideas, find resources, and install projects.
Sarah HaydenCentral CERT [email protected]
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Statewide Efforts:
n Conservation Improvement Program Research andDevelopment Fund, via Division of Energy Resources
n US Department of Energy
n USDA Rural Energy for America Program
n McKnight & Southwest Initiative Foundations
n University of Minnesota Extension
n We are currently investigating the viability ofheat recovery ventilation and solar air heat onfarms in general and its potential installation onturkey barns specifically.
n A second undertaking is working on converting10% of the state’s biomass boilers to solar augmentation from 2013 to 2015.
n We are also focused on implementingrenewable energy in public spaces, including a solar PV system and electricvehicle charging station in the Crosby area.
Selected Central CERT Efforts:
Sarah Hayden, Coordinator
ON THE WEB AT CENTRAL.MNCERTS.ORG
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