City of Evanston Blog
City Recruits NU Students to Help Sign-up Evanston Businesses for $350,000 in Reserved ComEd Energy Efficiency Program Funds
The City of Evanston’s Office of Sustainability has recruited over a dozen Northwestern University students to pound the pavement during the month of January, visiting area businesses and encouraging them to go green and save green by signing up for ComEd’s Smart Ideas for Your Business (SIYB) program.
As a participant in the ComEd Community Energy Challenge (CEC), $350,000 in SIYB program incentives was set aside for Evanston businesses exclusively. This funding is still available, but time is running out. If the reserved funding isn't spent by January 31st, the funds will be returned and reallocated to projects on ComEd's waiting list. The reserved dollars for the 2009 program year ensure that Evanston businesses will be able to participate in this beneficial program to "go green and save green.”
Some downtown business owners have contacted City officials asking about these visits, so we thought we would do some more publicity about them.
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