New EECBG Grant Awards Announced 

 

Waste Reduction Partners offers it congratulations to several WNC communities recently awarded ARRA-funded Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (EECBG) from the State Energy Office.  Waste Reduction Partners' engineers are proud to have played a role in providing technical assistance and guidance to these grant recipients. Awards included:  

 

1. Madison County (collaborative application with Mars Hill and Marshall), $144,718   
2. Asheville City Schools, $200,000
3. Clay County (collaborative application with Hayesville), $51,472
4. Graham County, $26,175
5. Graham County Schools, $199,380
6. McDowell County, $59,279
7. Pilot Mountain, $39,840
8. Western Piedmont Community College, $121,890

WRP staff and volunteers continue to work with local governments, community colleges and K-12 school systems to provide energy audits, building assessments, energy plan development, and grant-writing assistance for energy-related projects as a SEO-approved technical assistance provider.