Energy Impact Illinois Offers OPRF Residents Opportunities for Big Savings

Adapted from information provided by Gary Cuneen Energy has been named as the number one environmental concern by Oak Park / River Forest residents in two recent surveys conducted by Green Community Connections. Since the majority of Oak Park homes were built in the early 1900’s, it’s not hard to understand why. Bonnie Marx, owner of Green Energy Improvements, says that according to the company’s estimates 25-40% of a home’s electric and gas costs are wasted on heating and cooling air that actually leaks out of the building through cracks and crevices. Marx says this can be fixed.

At least one Oak Park home has taken advantage of the Energy Impact Illinois to make improvements that will save an estimated $2,408 annually on utility bills and reduce their energy usage by 35%. Homeowners, Gary and Erica Cuneen, worked with Green Energy Improvements and to achieve these significant savings, while also making the building more safe, comfortable, and energy efficient. “Getting this work done by participating in Energy Impact Illinois (EI2) was a no brainer for us. The program helped provide up-front financing which we can easily pay back with the monthly savings on our energy bills. The program was efficient and easy, and the third party review of the work done gave us peace of mind that we were getting the value that was promised”.

Erica Cuneen, a certified Eco-Broker and owner of Beyond Properties Realty Group, added, “Not only is our two-flat more comfortable, but having this work done makes it a more valuable property for buyers should we ever decide to sell. I tell my clients all the time that adding energy-efficient upgrades gives them an edge in the real estate market. I love putting my money where my mouth is, especially when I get it right back in comfort and savings!”

GreenChoice Bank provided the loan to the Cuneens to help them get the work done. Jon Levey, Executive Vice President & Chief Lending Officer GreenChoice Bank said: "GreenChoice Bank is excited about our participation as a lender for the Energy Impact Illinois Residential Loan program. The program offers much needed capital to support energy efficient improvements within our communities.

See also related articles for more information:

http://oakpark.patch.com/articles/new-business-promises-savings http://energyimpactillinois.org/cases/the-cuneens-of-oak-park-receive-llinois-home-performance-with-energy-star-s/ PlanItGreen March 2012 Newsletter

Safe & Healthy Food & Water: The Foundations of Life

Submitted by Sally Stovall Over twenty people gathered at Greenline Wheels on May 20th to learn about and talk about the two topics that all life depends on -- safe and healthy food & water.  The focus was on the threats that are facing food and water, and also the solutions that are being addressed right here in our community, as well as nationally and globally.  Two films, Food Patriots, a work in progress currently under production by local film producer, Jeff Spitz, and Tapped, a film about the bottled water industry were the focus of the gathering.

In the US we often take the availability of safe and healthy food and water for granted, but there are many challenges that face us today when we look at these issues.  It is important that we become educated on these topics, and that we take action in our personal lives and as advocates on behalf of wise policies and practices that protect and preserve sustainable food and water systems.  For information and resources on these two issues, I highly recommend "Food and Water Watch"  Their mission:

Food & Water Watch works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. So we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of where their food comes from, keep clean, affordable, public tap water flowing freely to our homes, protect the environmental quality of oceans, force government to do its job protecting citizens, and educate about the importance of keeping the global commons — our shared resources — under public control.

You will find that their web site has great tools resources to help us educate ourselves and our community, for example:

"Take Back the Tap" curriculum for schools and communities,

"Smart Seafood Guide" which gives recommendations & information to help you take into consideration environmental impacts, socio-economic issues & health implications when choosing seafood

"The Meatrix" which offers information on factory farming and alternatives to meat, poultry, dairy, and eggs produced by them.

Contrary to what many people believe about bottled water, bottled water is not safer than tap water.

Bottled water is not safer than tap water.  Increasingly, bottled water comes from the tap.   Bottled water creates mountains of garbage and causes other major environmental problems. Bottled water is thousands of times more expensive than tap water.Bottled water companies mislead communities into giving away their public water in exchange for dangerous jobs.

Learn more and find resources about this issue and other important Food and Water topics at Food and Water Watch.

OP Home Awarded LEED Platinum Certification for Green Homebuilding

by Jason LaFleur, Alliance for Environmental Sustainability OAK PARK, IL – The home at 1135 North Grove has earned LEED Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for achievement in green homebuilding and design. It is the first residence in Oak Park to receive LEED certification.

LEED for Homes is a green home certification system for assuring homes are designed and built to be energy- and resource-efficient and healthy for occupants. LEED certified homes complete a technically rigorous process that includes a home energy (HERS) rating and onsite inspections to verify that the home is built to be energy and water efficient, environmentally sound, and a healthier place to live.  1135 North Grove reduces energy use 66% below the typical new home built to code. 

The four bedroom project features low-e argon windows, high efficiency lighting fixtures, detailed attention to preventing air leakage, and blown-in fiberglass insulation.  Other energy efficiency upgrades include a geothermal heating system which also provides most hot water heat, and a rarely-used backup electric water heater. An ultra-efficient electric induction cooktop is used in the kitchen. The roof angle was optimized for solar panels which produce electricity to power the home, without visually disturbing the home’s facade.

“As a LEED Platinum home, 1135 North Grove is at the national forefront of green homes, and serves as a model of healthy and efficient living for the entire community,” said Jason La Fleur, Regional Director for the Alliance for Environmental Sustainability, who also served as the third-party verifier for the project. “Their example can help us all to live better by reducing our environmental footprint, cutting the costs of our utility bills, and coming home to a healthier place to live.” La Fleur is hosting a free webinar on May 14 for those interested in learning more about LEED homes.

Located in one of the “Top 10 Neighborhoods in the Nation” according to the American Planning Association, the home features a very walk-friendly location in the heart of a neighborhood with many historic homes designed by notable architects.

Homeowner Tim Carey says, “Fitting a new construction home into a historic neighborhood creates a challenge for designers and builders. This project demonstrates that you can build a beautiful, traditional looking home, with a green design and features, yet keep with the character of an established community such as Oak Park.”

As a result of incorporating energy saving products and technologies, 1135 North Grove has achieved an impressively low 34 Home Energy Rating System (HERS) score. Additionally, the combination of electric using-and-producing systems at 1135 North Grove has resulted in affordable energy bills for the homeowners who have been living in the home for a full year. The house has had modestly low electricity bills, and as an all-electric home no natural gas is used, so there are no natural gas bills.

A heat recovery ventilator provides fresh air distributed throughout the home to keep it healthy for the homeowners and recovering some of the energy used to condition the air. Low VOC (volatile organic compounds) paint and locally sourced materials have been used throughout the house.  Proving building green can be done affordably, 1135 North Grove was built with a total construction cost of $145 per square foot after renewable energy incentives, below the Chicagoland average construction cost for custom new homes.

1135 North Grove is one of 40 homes in Chicagoland that have been certified using LEED (view the LEED Project Profile).  The single-family home was built by Wicklow Development Group, known for their expertise in green building and historic preservation. Through their commitment to green homebuilding, Wicklow Development Group is helping to keep homeownership affordable. Green homes have substantially lower utility bills[1] and may qualify for advantageous financing, lower insurance rates and government incentives.

Learn more and see construction photos at the project web site for 1135 North Grove, or view the LEED Project Profile for the home.

About AES

The Alliance for Environmental Sustainability (AES) is a non-profit organization with a mission of providing sustainable building education to the general public and building industry. AES provides education and technical assistance with residential green building projects in communities across the Midwest. For more information, please visit www.alliancees.org

About LEED® for Homes

LEED® for Homes is a third-party certification system for building and designing high-performance green homes that are energy-and-resource-efficient and healthy for its occupants.  Developed and administered by USGBC, LEED for Homes awards points to projects in eight categories of environmental performance: Innovation & Design Process, Location & Linkages, Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Indoor Environmental Quality, Energy & Atmosphere, Materials & Resources, and Awareness & Education. To date, more than 2,200 homes have been LEED-certified, and over 14,600 are registered and under development.  For more information and guidance on greening your home, visit www.thegreenhomeguide.org.

About Wicklow Development Group

The Wicklow Development Group LLC are landmark building and restoration professionals, and have been a Chicagoland builder for over 25 years with a passion for historic preservation and green building expertise.   For more information, contact Paul Wicklow 708-351-9683, or visit www.wicklowdevelopmentgroup.com/greenhome.

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[1] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ENERGY STAR (2007). Residential Home Improvement: An Overview of Energy Use and Energy Efficient Opportunities (August 2007).

Reflections on "A Sense of Wonder"

by Sally Stovall I had seen “A Sense of Wonder” with Kaiulani Lee on film and it was deeply moving. So when I saw the live performance on Saturday evening (April 21, 2012), nothing was new.  However, the Q&A with the actress afterwards, blew me away.  Below are a few notes to myself that I want to remember from that amazing conversation!

Kaiulani Lee wrote the play and has been performing it for 22 years.  When asked how she came to do this play, she told her personal story.  When she was a mom with 4 children, she thought she was doing all of the right things . . . going to the farmers market, planting a garden with the kids, encouraging creative activities.  But as her husband, an environmental attorney, started telling her about what he was seeing in some of his work regarding the environmental impact of some of the big oil and chemical companies, and the looming threat of global warming, she said it frightened her. She realized that she couldn’t just “take care of her own.”  She felt compelled to do something. She decided to use her training and experience as an actress as a platform for that something.   Note to Self #1:  We share the same home!  We’re all in this together!

Another question from the audience was, “How do you see where we are now?”   In her response  Ms. Lee first acknowledged the challenges that we face.  We are pouring 100% (or was it 100 times?) more chemicals into the environment today than we were in Rachel Carson’s day. Climate change is no longer something that might happen in the future, but rather it is a reality today.  But, she also said, that as she has travelled around to cities and towns all over the this country and beyond for the past 22 years, she has observed that the environmental movement  too, is huge.   Kaiulani Lee identified the same energy among people in her audiences as Paul Hawken wrote about in his book, Blessed Unrest:

“When asked at colleges if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same:  If you look at the science that describes what is happening on earth today and aren't pessimistic, you don't have the correct data. If you meet the people in this unnamed movement and aren't optimistic, you haven't got a heart.”

And to bring it home as Ken Trainor did in his article, “When Unrest is Blessed,” in the Wednesday Journal last October, “Think of all the people you know in Oak Park and River Forest who belong, without knowing it, to the Largest Movement in the World.”  Note to Self #2:  We are not alone!  We are part of a huge global movement -- and a dynamic local movement -- working to restore, rebuild, recover, and re-imagine the future.

In her closing remarks, Kaiulani Lee shared two reflections which also caught my attention.  She shared that she chose to name the play, “A Sense of Wonder” rather than Silent Spring, or something with Rachel Carson in the title, because she sensed Rachel Carson’s deep respect for and sense of wonder of the natural world as she observed and explored its designs. It was her relationship with the natural world that sustained her through the many difficulties that she faced in her life.  Ms Lee also made a point that Rachel Carson was not, in one sense, an extraordinary person, although her story is pretty amazing.  Her message was that Rachel Carson took the (limited) abilities and the (limited) energies that she had and did what she could do.   Note to Self #3:  We are the people that will make a difference today, and we will be sustained in that work if we maintain that sense of wonder in relationship to the natural world that we all begin with it as children – like Rachel Carson did.

One Earth Film Festival Encore Screening Event - May 20th, 4pm

One Earth Film Festival has scheduled its first encore event for Sunday May 20 at greenline wheels in Oak Park. Two of the films featured during the main festival weekend will be screened again:  Food Patriots and Tapped.  If you missed either of these fascinating films - or want to see them again for further thought and discussion - please join us! Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig’s debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water.  This timely documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our water.  View Tapped trailer.

Jeff Spitz, local filmmaker, will be present to host the screening of Food Patriots. "Food Patriots is focused on an issue that directly touches all of us — food. We aim to tell a story that unlocks the potential for healthier lives, a less polluted environment and new jobs that would evolve naturally if Americans shift by just 10% the way they buy, eat and educate the next generation about food." We will have the opportunity to see a 19-minute segment of this film that is still a work-in-progress!  View Food Patriots  trailer.

Greenline Wheels rents ecologically friendly and affordable transportation - bikes, electric bikes, and neighborhood electric vehicles. Easy to use maps with self-guided tour loops and easy access to many of Oak Park's independent tour guides makes Greenline an ideal starting point for your Oak Park adventure.  Plan to come and spend the day exploring the Oak Park area and finish up the day at the film screening.

Saving Money and the Planet with Home Energy Retrofits

by Doug Burke

A new program in Illinois offers homeowners “one-stop shopping” for home energy retrofits.  It provides guidance in saving energy and money in homes.  Since buildings use more energy than cars or any other single sector, saving energy use in homes saves more greenhouse gases than anything else that most individuals can do.

Many people would like to have more energy-efficient homes, but don't know exactly what to do, what is efficient, how much will it cost, how much will it save, how can they tell if the work was done right, etc.  The goal of Energy Impact Illinois (EI2), a government-funded program, is to guide people through these questions.

A presentation at Oak Park Village Hall on March 21 laid out the program.  EI2 checks out qualified contractors who are certified in energy efficiency.  They can refer you to a contractor (their site lists a number of qualified contractors).  They will inspect the work after it is done.  They will give you a Green certificate at the end, certifying that your house is energy-efficient.  They have lined up lenders to make loans to pay for the work, if that is needed.  In other words, they will guide you step by step through the process.

Gary Cuneen, executive director of Seven Generations Ahead, and his wife Erica shared their experience with the process as it was implemented at their Oak Park two-flat.  The contractor recommended $10,000 worth of work.  With the help of EI2, they got a seven-year loan with payments of $170 per month.  The energy improvements are saving them about $200 per month, which means: they are much more comfortable from day 1, they are helping the planet from day 1, they are saving a little money from day 1, and in the long run, after the loan is paid, they will be much better off with a more valuable house.  The contractor the Cuneens used, Green Energy Improvement, says they can typically cut energy bills by 30-50%, which is equivalent to taking a car off the road.

There is nothing you can do as an individual that will fight global warming more than retrofitting your house.  Please check out this website operated by EI2:  Energy Impact Illinois.  At that site, I recommend clicking on Learn How to Maximize Your Savings.

Oak Park Earth Fest 2012 - April 21st, 10am-2pm

The Village’s third annual celebration of green living — Earth Fest — scheduled for  10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Sat., April 21, in the LEED® Gold-certified Public Works Center, 201 South Blvd. This year's event will focus on the local, sustainable food movement. Chef demos, kid-friendly activities, a community mural, farmers, and eco-focused vendors will help to make this the biggest and best Earth Fest to date.  Download Earth Fest flyer here to post and share with others.

Recycle on-site at Earth Fest

New for the 2012 festival, visitors to the Earth Fest event will be able to bring items to recycle. Thanks to several local businesses and organizations, tables will be set-up for recycling intake of items that aren't typically recyclable in everyday bins.Recycling opportunities include:

• Blue jeans - Oak Leyden
• Glasses & hearing aids - Lion's Club
• Prescription medication - Cook County
• CFL lightbulbs, cell phones and rechargeable batteries - Oak Park Public Works
• Corks - Green Home Experts

Sponsors now being sought Sponsors are now being sought for the Village's third annual celebration of green living – Earth Fest – scheduled for Sat., April 21, in the LEED® Gold-certified Public Works Center, 201 South Blvd. Sponsors not only receive special recognition in event promotional materials, they also help move the community forward toward the important goal of living sustainably. Earth Fest celebrates green living, encouraging and educating people on how to live more sustainably to support a healthier planet. Sponsors earn the opportunity to not only educate but also to engage and empower people to make healthier choices for themselves, their families and the planet. Sponsorships range from $125 to $1,000. Click here to download a sponsorship application form. For more information on Earth Fest call 708.660.1443 or e-mail maria@ghexperts.com.

Contractors Promoting Green Building Practices

Editors' Note:  Finding a contractor that is knowledgeable about materials, practices and products that will help to make your home more eco-friendly is often a challenge.  This article features two contractors that have made promoting green building practices part of their business purpose.

• Keith Wright is a contractor specializing in remodeling vintage homes who has brought together a Chicagoland Green Building Team. 

• Mark Rzucildo is a full service contractor with Green Power Works in Chicago.

If you have worked with a contractor that you would like to recommend, please let us know and we will add the information to Green Community Connections.   Please click on the link below for the full article by Cassandra West, and check out the resources on each of these contractors' websites for lots more information on green building options.

by Cassandra West

The Chicagoland Green Building Team

Keith Wright, a contractor specializing in remodeling vintage homes, is determined to make suburban living a little greener—one step at a time. The Chicagoland Green Building Team is an association of contractors, designers and consultants brought together by his firm, Wright Services Corp., to promote green building practices in the construction/remodeling industry.

Together, the team can provide homeowners a comprehensive selection of green building products and practices or, as Wright puts it, “options that fit their budgets.” Wright works with clients to determine their needs, then they tailor solutions to fit their wallets.

For owners of older vintage homes who want to their abodes to be greener, it’s typically the simple things that make the most sense, Wright says. Heating and cooling that is high efficiency is a good start. “People want to do the right thing and be environmentally friendly, but it always comes down to their budgets.”

Some of the more high-end improvements such as geothermal may be out of a lot of people’s reach in this climate, Wright says. “People will really want to make a statement to do geothermal in this climate because of the cost associated with it. But there’s tremendous improvements in heating and cooling, and you can get something that’s very efficient.”

Green is the Future and There's No Turning Back

Wright, 49, has seen lots of innovations during his years in the building trades. Sustainable material solutions like bamboo or cork flooring, and low-VOC (volatile organic compounds) paints that don’t have as many toxic substances are drawing the attention of more homeowners, he says. And, continuing innovations will help bring down the cost, making green construction more attraction to more homeowners.

“If you look at innovations in solar going back 10 years and how far that’s come, it’s unbelievable,” he says. “As you move forward more, the costs will be reduced. When you reach a level that’s more affordable for your average homeowner, that’s when you’ll start seeing a lot more of these things.”

For now, though, homeowners can take one step at a time. Green is the future and there’s no turning back, Wright believes. “The reason that I’ve educated myself along these lines is to keep pace with where this industry is going. Eventually this is the way the building industry will go. I don’t think there’s any alternative.”

Mark Rzucildo of Green Power Works, Inc.

On the Northwest side of Chicago, Mark Rzucildo, of Green Power Works Inc., a full-service general contractor, helps his clients live greener inside their homes. His company installs solar and wind turbine systems and LED lighting. While most of his business is commercial, he’s hoping more residential customers will come around to green power solutions.

Switching to LED lights is a simple solution, Rzucildo says. LED lights use less than half the amount of energy as standard lighting, he points out. The amount of energy cost saving for solar depends on how much energy a household uses and how many people live in the home. Solar panels are installed mostly on the roof and can be made to operate on or off the electrical grid.

Wind turbines can be installed several winds. In Chicago, wind turbines can be installed 15 feet above the roof line. Different suburbs have different regulations, says Rzucildo, who is looking into what the regulations are for the western suburbs. Oak Park currently has no specific regulations governing wind turbines.

Rzucildo wants to see more government support for green power. When that happens, he expects more consumers will come around to it, too.

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring -- What Individuals Can do to Prevent Flooding

By Amy Boruta

Spring is approaching and the snow will soon change to rain. Is your property prone to flooding?  Are you prepared to prevent this mishap?   There are some simple and natural options that residents around Oak Park are implementing to minimize the threat of local flooding.  Two approaches are highlighted in this article -- disconnecting your downspout to prevent rainwater from going into the sewer; and planting native plants which are adapted to the environment and soils in this area.  The deep roots of the native plants allow the water to infiltrate into the ground.

Try Disconnecting

One option is to disconnect your gutter downspouts from the sewer line.  You can redirect the downspouts to run into your yard.  This strategy has the potential of reducing 600 gallons of water from entering the sewer.  Eliminating this water from the sewer system can reduce the chances of a back up into lower areas of your home.   The Village of Oak Park Public Works Department has created an  easy to follow video tutorial on how to connect your downspout.  The video, along with additional ideas on what residents can do to reduce the chance of flooding can be found on the Oak Park Village website: http://www.oak-park.us/Publicworks/floodprevention.html.

Let Nature’s Design Work for You

Another alternative is ‘native landscaping’ which is the purposeful use of plants that are native to a specific geographic local in a designed landscape.   I spoke to Doug Chien, a local native landscaper that implemented this planting philosophy on his own Oak Park property.   Doug provided his perspective of the many benefits of ‘native landscaping’, some examples being flooding reduction and recharging groundwater.

Doug has been interested in protecting and restoring natural areas ever since college.  It was only natural that once he had his own plot of land, he would want to replace the non-native lawn with native plants.  By native one generally means plants found in an area prior to European settlement.   For North East Illinois this would be plants found in the prairie, oak woodlands, and savannas.  He often refers to the book "Plants of the Chicago Region" by Swink and Wilhelm, which is considered the definitive guide to North East Illinois ‘native landscaping’.

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Roots run deep

Doug has observed that all the rain that falls on his lot now stays since the deep roots of the native plants allow the water to infiltrate into the ground.  “Even with our small lot we are able to use small areas planted with natives to hold runoff,” he stated.  He adds that many yards have low spots where native vegetation can be planted and the runoff water can be directed.  A low spot can also be easily dug to accommodate the runoff rain from the roof.

Doug also enjoys his native plot because he believes it is more engaging and enriching for his family. “I love just crouching down and looking at the complexity and variety of things growing.  The look is always changing and there are always different bugs and butterflies.  So, we spend more time outside just wandering around and enjoying the yard,” says Doug.  His five-year-old daughter loves collecting bugs and flowers found in the vegetation.

Doug encourages others to implement this idea as well because it has numerous benefits for the health of the environment.  Native vegetation provides food and shelter for wildlife that is not available with non-natives.  His landscaping does not require fertilizer, watering, or mowing and also sequesters carbon.  He sees this as an educational opportunity as well.  The interesting plants and animals that can be found on his property encourage conversation about the environment with his neighbors.   These conversations can lead to others making this type of change and assistant in reducing overall flooding in our community.

Planting a community

Selecting the right plants is very important.  Over the years, Doug has tweaked the plants he uses and removes those that get too big.  Doug also recommends that those interested follow a key concept when planting a native garden; one must plant a community not a bunch of individual plants. This is an important concept because the flowers and grasses work together to support each other in a native landscape. “If you don't plant enough grasses and sedges your flowers will flop over and leave room for weeds.  I suggest a 60% grasses/sedges to 40% flowers”.  He also suggests that anyone interested in this type of landscaping consult those with experience.

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Doug Chien would be happy to speak with anyone interested in finding out more about this landscaping practices.  He can be contacted at dskchien@sbcglobal.net.  Some additional resources that Doug recommends include the Chicago Wilderness and the US EPA.

http://www.chicagowilderness.org/sustainable/landscaping_sourcebook.php)

http://www.epa.gov/greenacres/nativeplants/factsht.html)

Energy Impact Illinois Creates Marketplace for Energy Efficiency

Energy Impact Illinois (EI2) is a collaborative effort among its partners with the mission of helping residents, businesses and non-profits reduce energy use. The alliance provides simplified access to information, financial mechanisms and workforce resources that empower people to make their own energy impact.

The Vision of Energy Impact Illinois (EI2) is to create a marketplace for energy efficiency.

Energy Impact Illinois strives to connect the dots between financial institutions, home and building owners, contractors and energy efficiency.  The elements of the vision include . . .

• Financial institutions provide access to capital at affordable rates so residents and businesses can make efficiency improvements
• Home and building owners make improvements to their property to reduce energy costs, freeing up money for other living and operating expenses
• Contractors respond to a greater demand for energy upgrades by hiring additional workers and purchasing new equipment and materials, creating new jobs and contributing to increased economic development
• Market transformation leads to energy efficiency measures and practices becoming “business as usual”, which helps our environment and leads to greater energy security.

The Energy Impact Illinois (EI2) program is led by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), in partnership with the City of Chicago, City of Rockford, ComEd, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Illinois Science & Technology Coalition, Nicor Gas, North Shore Gas, Peoples Gas and The Northern Illinois Energy Project.

To learn more about the Energy Impact Illinois Program, visit www.energyimpactillinois.org/about/.  To speak with the partners in the Oak Park project, contact Jon Levey at jlevey@greenchoicebank.com; Bonnie Mark at bmarx@greenenergyimprovement.com; or Erica Cuneen at erica@beyondpropertiesrealty.com.

Check back for additional details coming soon.