Clean Energy

Resource Teams

                              of Southeast

                                  Minnesota

 

 

Clean Energy Resource Teams, or CERTs, are community members  --business people, farmers, local government leaders, students, and informed citizens -- working on renewable energy and energy conservation in their communities.

CERTs-SE is:

  • Sharing highlights of the  SE MN Strategic Energy plan

  • Presenting information on renewable energy & energy efficiency

  • Stimulating & working on community clean energy projects

  • Sponsoring Mini-Grants for clean energy/conservation efforts and

  • Awards for best clean energy projects at regional Science Fairs

  • Connecting people and their projects to technical resources

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CERTs-SE  Counties

The CERTS-SE encompasses the 15 counties of Southeast Minnesota and is one of 6 regional CERTS in the state. Visit  your county page to find out about your community's CERT and upcoming events:

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Take  Minnesota's Energy Challenge 

       Sign up as an individual, business, neighborhood or organization!                                  Find out how much greenhouse gas you can prevent & how much $ you can save.

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Visit the statewide CERTS website.

CERTS-SE is one of 6 regional Clean Energy Resource Teams throughout Minnesota, a partnership of the University of Minnesota's Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships and the Minnesota Project.

Special thanks to the Experiment in Rural Cooperation for its support of CERTS-SE.

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Southeast CERTs Blog - Renewable energy news, announcements and member comments.

2009 SE CERTs Science Fair Awards Offered

Clean Energy Success Stories See what innovative people, businesses & communities in Southeast Minnesota are doing to become more energy self-sufficient and reduce greenhouse emissions.  Find out about their challenges and triumphs, what the payback on their investment is, and what they would do differently next time. ____________________________________________

 

Minnesota Schools Cutting Carbon A 3-year initiative to give up to 100 Minnesota public high schools, colleges, and universities technical assistance and mini-grants to make their schools more energy efficient and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

 

 

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Contact us:If you have questions or would like CERTs to present in your community or to your group, please contact us. We welcome your ideas for this website. Better yet, become an active CERTs member!
       
CERTs-SE Steering Committee Chair: Larry Landherr
CERTs-SE Outreach Coordinator:  Susan Waughtal                                                            

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