Mpower campaign helps businesses cut CO2

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Madison’s Mpower campaign has launched an expanded effort to provide a year’s worth of free one-on-one help to area businesses to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. 

Financed by a two-year grant from the EPA and sponsorship from several area organizations, Mpower will select businesses that demonstrate a serious commitment to sustainability to receive assistance. That help will include: training on sustainable business practices, an energy assessment, direct access to the city’s MadiSUN solar agent, use of a software program to track energy use, and assistance in developing a transportation demand management program to provide commuter options.

Large and small businesses as well as nonprofit organizations will be considered, but only those in the greater Madison area are eligible to apply.

Those interested in participating should visit to get an application, which are due by Dec. 31.

The Mpower campaign, established by the city of Madison and several partners in October 2007, aims to encourage area businesses and individuals to fight climate change by changing practices and measuring those changes.

The city hopes to reduce its CO2 footprint by 25 percent by 2011. The University of Wisconsin-Madison has already cut energy cost and CO2 emissions substantially, and 275 people have received help from the MadiSUN program in getting solar equipment installed on their homes or businesses.

 

The Capital Times  —  12/16/2008 9:14 am