NOVI - In its 17th year, the Energy Conference & Exhibition conference is the largest event of its kind in Michigan. More than 1,000 attendees will be there May 6 representing facility managers and building planners from industries ranging from automotive manufacturers and suppliers to health services, food processing and delivery plants. Hosted by DTE
EAST LANSING ? The 24th Annual Solid Waste Technical Conference on March 17-18 at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center has been designed with the water management and environmental professionals in mind. This one-day conference, presented by The Engineering Society of Detroit and the Michigan Waste Industries Association, will educate attendees on emerging technologies and
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum and the U.S. Green Building Council West Michigan Chapter will present a luncheon program on sustainability and resiliency featuring Mayor George Heartwell on March 10. RSVP by March 7. The luncheon will be held at Cheney Place from noon to 2 pm. The program is presented by
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will honor the three professionals and three students that demonstrate the most innovative and inspirational approach to promoting sustainability within their organizations, families or peer groups. These finalists of the forum?s Third Annual Essay Contest and Eighth Annual Scholarship Competition will have an opportunity to compete for
MUSKEGON ? The Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center is hosting an event Feb. 11 featuring an energy climate speaker. The program is called The Next Renewable Energy Frontier. The speaker is Erik Nordman PhD who has recently returned from a year-long sabbatical in which he researched renewable energy options in Kenya. Residents of Sub-Sahara
HOUGHTON ? The 15th annual SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge, scheduled for March 3-8 at Michigan Technological University, is shaping up to be a perfect year. The Upper Peninsula is experiencing the snowiest winter in years with temperatures solidly sub-freezing, ideal conditions for this SAE collegiate design competition. Plus, a new major sponsor has donated an
EAST LANSING - A graduate student at Michigan State University has received the 2013 Exemplary Summer Research Citation from the National Center for Institutional Diversity and Institute for Social Research for a studying how to contain oil spills. Claudio Calderon, in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was honored for his research in MSU?s
MASON - The long-running Michigan Energy Fair, held in Onekama in year?s past, is headed south this June to the Ingham County Fairgrounds. The Michigan Energy Fair, June 27-28, is a stellar event held every year to make this all happen. The goal of this event is to allow those in the sustainable energy industry
LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Thursday approved a settlement agreement granting American Transmission Company and ATC Management Inc. a certificate to construct a 138 kilovolt overhead transmission line from Holmes Township in Menominee County to the Old Mead Substation in Delta County. "The new transmission line is intended to improve electric reliability significantly
LANSING - A poll of 600 likely voters across the state has found great preference for elected officials and candidates who support the use of clean, renewable energy such as wind or solar power, rather than traditional energy sources like coal. More than 75 percent of those surveyed in a poll commissioned by a group