Energy Grants
Energy grants are awarded to individuals and clients who work to improve the nation’s use of energy. Recipients have shown powerful leadership in energy reform and conservation. When preparing energy grant applications, IWM works to bring out the unique qualities of each client. Following a formal guide, IWM is practiced in completing both a formal and an informal grant application. We research the needs of various energy grant makers to best pair its clients with the proper offers.
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program
The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, funded for the first time by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) of 2009, represents a Presidential priority to deploy the cheapest, cleanest, and most reliable energy technologies we have -- energy efficiency and conservation -- across the country. The program, authorized inTitle V, Subtitle E of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) and signed into law on December 19, 2007, is modeled after the Community Development Block Grant program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). It is intended to assist U.S. cities, counties, states, territories, and Indian tribes to develop, promote, implement, and manage energy efficiency and conservation projects and programs designed to:
- Reduce fossil fuel emissions
- Reduce the total energy use of the eligible entities
- Improve energy efficiency in the transportation, building, and other appropriate sectors
- Create and retain jobs.
Through formula and competitive grants the Program empowers local communities to make strategic investments to meet the nation's long-term goals for energy independence and leadership on climate change.
IWM has been active in the EECBG program winning over $1,200,000 in June of 2010 for local counties,towns, businesses and non-profit organizations in Indiana.