Toolkit for Rural Energy Efficiency (TREE)—Rural Electric Cooperative Outreach
MEEA is creating a Toolkit for Rural Energy Efficiency (TREE), an efficiency best-practices resource for energy cooperatives throughout the region. MEEA surveyed over eighty regional rural electric cooperatives in an effort to provide a informational database representing co-ops across the region, and ultimately to provide resources to ensure their success in delivering effective energy efficiency programs. After thoroughly analyzing the data gathered through our research efforts, MEEA is developing several outreach pieces, which include a formal report, a presentation, and a professional video documenting the experiences of cooperatives surveyed. Paul Dow of the Association for Illinois Electric Cooperatives will assist MEEA in developing the informational video. TREE will be available as a resource for energy cooperatives in early 2010.
For more information, or to request presentation of TREE at your cooperative or organization, please email Jay Wrobel, MEEA Program Director, or call him at 312-784-7245.
