Adopt-A-Watt

Parking Today  May, 2013   Adopt-A-Watt Program Funds ‘Green’ Initiatives for Public Agencies   By Melissa Bean Sterzick. Universities and municipalities looking to upgrade their garage lighting systems now have an additional source of capital for such projects. Adopt-A-Watt is a national program designed to provide a business-based funding methodology to help...

Daily Tribune By Catherine Kavanaugh Posted: Monday, 04/22/13 02:48 pm  With the flip of a switch, a parking deck on Center Street in downtown Royal Oak became a model for businesses putting the planet — and local government — before profits on Monday. There were a lot of smiles at...

Royal Oak Patch By Judy Davids  April 22, 2013 The city shows off 102 energy-efficient lights and Devin Scillian, news anchorman for NBC affiliate WDIV-TV, demonstrates a new electric vehicle charging station in the Center Street garage. The city of Royal Oak flipped a figurative and literal switch on its Adopt-A-Watt...

PARKING Magazine – March 2013 P3 Agreements Provide Energy Savings at No Cost to Cities The cities of Dearborn and Royal Oak, Mich., recently launched historic Public-Private-Partnership agreements with Adopt-A-Watt®, Inc. to replace more than 200 inefficient lights, with energy efficient lights in their parking garages.  Funded entirely through sponsorships, these projects incurred no costs...

Public Works – March 2013 Adopt-a-What?! Company pairs sponsors with agencies to provide no-cost clean energy.  Posted on: March 15, 2013 By Kelley Lindsey   Eaton Corp. sponsored an electric vehicle charging station in Dearborn, Mich., which was the first city in the nation to move forward with Adopt-A-Watt’s energy saving...