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Berea Friends Meeting House in Berea, Kentucky, wanted to save operating costs and reduce its carbon footprint. The meeting had a small budget to make an improvement to its facility. Learn more… |
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Owsely County Judge Executive Cale Turner wanted to cut operating costs at the county courthouse. He had recently read that utility rates were going to increase and could see that electric bills at the courthouse were already on the rise. Learn more… |
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Union Church in Berea, Kentucky, wanted to save operating costs and reduce the church’s carbon footprint. MACED’s E3 team was called in for consultation. Learn more…
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A newcomer to town wanted to purchase an existing laundromat. Through a loan from MACED, the individual was able to buy the business, remove a leaky gas boiler, replace it with two natural gas powered instantaneous water heaters… Learn more… |
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Jack and Fonda Gross are the owners and operators of Jack’s IGA, a full-service grocery store in Lee County, Kentucky. With 25 employees, Jack’s IGA is a major employer in the community and one of only two grocery stores in the area. Learn more... |
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Harlan City Fire Chief Linette Hutchison contacted MACED’s Energy Efficient Enterprises team about finding ways to reduce the City of Harlan’s fire station electricity bills. Learn more… |
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Clear Creek Festival, LLC, is a business that hosts a music and arts festival in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. The business was previously dependent on generators to power the event, but in 2010 they decided to install their own solar electric system instead. Learn more… |
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As electricity prices have risen in recent years, dairymen and women have taken notice and started to address the biggest energy users on their farms, including motors, pumps, water heaters and refrigeration systems. Learn more… |
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The owners of a daycare on twenty acres of wooded property, contacted MACED in the spring of 2008 seeking a way to lower their utility bills at the daycare, a maintenance barn and their house. Learn more… |
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The ultimate goal of the Zero Energy Homes program is to construct houses that generate enough energy from solar thermal and solar PV to power all of a home’s needs. Learn more… |
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