"With these grants, communities across the country will be able to make major investments in energy solutions that will strengthen America's economy and create jobs at the local level," said Steven Chu, Secretary for U.S. Department of Energy.

"The County will strategically leverage available EECBG funds by integrating EECBG activities with County operational and community-wide energy and climate change policy goals as well as existing and planned initiatives of the County and other government and public, non-profit, or private stakeholders," said Susanne M. Torriente, Director for Miami-Dade County Office of Sustainability. "This will create benefits that sustain beyond the period of investment of grant dollars." 

Through the EECBG Program, the County will implementing a total of 14 projects with a mix of energy management projects, citizen outreach and education, sub-grants, pilot/demonstration programs, construction projects, and incentive programs.

For additional information about the EECBG Program visit www.eecbg.energy.gov. 

About Miami-Dade County's Energy Conservation Strategy
Miami-Dade County's Energy Efficiency Conservation Strategy (EECS) seeks to maximize energy efficiency and demonstrate and evaluate the use of renewable/alternative energy technologies for government operations (representing 3-4% of countywide GHG emissions) as well as encourage and incentivize the larger community to do the same. Our integrated strategy combines projects that will: (1) improve our ability to manage and reduce energy use across our government operations (2) enable, demonstrate, and evaluate the performance of energy-efficiency/renewable energy retrofits of facilities and other energy consuming government assets; (3) provide targeted community-wide financial assistance and industry-based financial incentives for energy efficiency and renewable energy; and (4) target behavior change community-wide for energy conservation.