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Success Stories Appleton Receives $167,000 Incentive Check for New Biogas Boiler

The Boiler Substantially Lowers Natural Gas Purchased for the City’s Wastewater Treatment Facility

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Success Stories New Lighting Leads to Major Energy, Cost Savings for Manufacturer

A White Lake manufacturer is enjoying improved working conditions and energy savings after making major lighting upgrades at its shop.

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Success Stories Wisconsin Church Chooses Comfort, Efficiency in New Boiler System

A Reedsville church made the decision to replace its aging boilers before the start of another Wisconsin winter and, as a result, will keep its parishioners warm…

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Success Stories Small Business Owner Sees Benefit of Efficiency, Saves Thousands

Gillett Shell Continues Collaboration with Focus on Energy in Lighting Project

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Success Stories Energy Improvements Earn Waupun Area School District $90,000

Waupun, WI – Energy-saving upgrades to lighting, heating and cooling systems at all district schools earned the Waupun Area School District incentive payments…

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Success Stories Remodeled Superior High School is Bigger, More Efficient

Superior, WI – Superior High School was in need of an upgrade when voters passed a referendum in 2016 to upgrade facilities throughout the school district,…

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Success Stories New Furnace Keeping Performers Warm, Bills Lower at Historic Building

Green Lake, WI – When winter was quickly approaching, the Board of Directors for Thrasher Opera House knew it had to replace its failing furnace. Working with FOCUS…

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Success Stories Focus on Energy Audit Opens Eyes, Saves Money at Wisconsin Dairy

Union Grove, WI – At first glance, a dairy farm may seem like a simple operation: The cows eat, the cows are milked, and the milk is processed into the different…

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Success Stories Business Owner Overcomes Skepticism, Sees Big Energy Savings

Three Lakes, Wis. – Focus on Energy’s Community Small Business Offering CSBO was designed to reach small business owners rural Wisconsin who were not very familiar…

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Success Stories Madison Police Saving Energy, Money at New Midtown District Station

Madison, WI – Focus on Energy delivered a check for more than $17,000 to the Madison Police Department today as an incentive payment for energy-efficient features…

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Success Stories Project Improves Lighting, Safety at Apartment Complex

Milwaukee – The lighting in the parking garage at Highland Court Apartments was inadequate. The complex’s long-time manager knew it could be better and, more…

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Success Stories Bush Brothers & Company

Bush Brothers & Company is one of the largest producers of baked beans in the United States. The company’s Augusta, Wisconsin facility is the birth place of Bush’s…

Success Stories G&K Services

G&K Services operates large-scale industrial laundry facilities and has utilized Focus on Energy’s expertise and incentives for various upgrades in their facility. …

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Success Stories Thermal Design, Inc.

Rooftop solar panels now provide the electric needs of Stoughton’s Thermal Design, Inc.

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Success Stories Tweet/Garot Mechanical, Inc.

As a leading mechanical contractor, Tweet/Garot Mechanical already knew the value of energy efficiency.

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Success Stories Focus on Energy, MG&E Assist Saeman Lumber with Energy Efficiency Upgrades

Dane County’s oldest lumber and building supply dealer is saving energy and money thanks to an incentive from Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy program.

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Success Stories Northwoods Retailer Saving Energy, Money with Focus on Energy

SOLON SPRINGS – For decades the Solon Springs Mercantile has been the place where this Northwoods community goes for what they need, when they need it.

Success Stories Focus on Energy, MG&E keep Ice Age Trail on the Right Path

CROSS PLAINS – An incentive for efficient lighting from Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy program has the Ice Age Trail Alliance saving energy and money.

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Success Stories Olsen's Piggly Wiggly Projects Improve Customer Experience, Save Energy

Cedarburg – A longtime Cedarburg business was honored Wednesday when Olsen’s Piggly Wiggly received an Energy Efficiency Excellence Award from Focus on Energy.

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Success Stories Kalahari Resorts and Conventions Owner Says Working with Focus on Energy has been "Biggest Victory"

Wisconsin Dells – Already a leader in Wisconsin’s hospitality industry, Kalahari Resorts and Conventions was honored Tuesday for being a leader in energy efficiency…

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Success Stories Hampton Inn, Oliver Companies Lauded for Energy Efficiency of New Hotel in Superior

Superior – Oliver Companies was presented an Energy Efficiency Excellence Award on Wednesday for steps the company took to reduce energy waste at its new Hampton…

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Success Stories Spaulding Electric Awarded for Helping Customers Save Energy, Money

Sheboygan Falls – Spaulding Electric received an Energy Efficiency Excellence Award on Tuesday for its work this past year helping other small businesses save…

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Success Stories Trade Ally Contractor Helps Church Stay Warm, Save Big This Winter

Green Bay, WI – Having the right contractor can make a big difference when it comes to saving energy and money, as one Green Bay church found out this year.

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Success Stories Collaboration Helping Large Retailers Save Energy, Money in Wisconsin

ROI Energy Investments helps retailers with nationwide locations identify energy efficiency projects in the various states where those retailers do business. That…

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Success Stories Focus on Energy Helps Save Energy, Money at Renovated Little Chute School

School District’s Efforts Earn Large Payment from Focus on Energy, Utilities

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Success Stories Onalaska Church Improves Comfort, Sees Savings with Energy Efficiency

Onalaska, WI – At River of Life Assembly of God Church, the journey towards energy efficiency started with a goal to provide a better experience for the…

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Success Stories SES Group, Inc. Honored for Partnership with Focus on Energy

Green Bay, Wis. – A Wisconsin company’s commitment to saving its customers energy and money earned it an Energy Efficiency Excellence Award from FOCUS ON ENERGY® on…

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Success Stories Roundy's Creates a Sustainable Energy-Efficient Future

Roundy's committed $10,700,000 towards energy-reduction initiatives in 2020. In the last 10 years, energy efficiency projects at Pick N' Save, Copps, and Metro…

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Success Stories Focused on Comfort for 62 Years: Hurlburt Heating, AC & Plumbing 2022 Trade Ally Contractor Excellence Award

Heating and cooling make up the largest chunk of your monthly utility bill. In the last 10 years, Hurlburt Heating, AC & Plumbing has helped almost 1,200 utility…

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Success Stories Superior Lighting, Superior Education: UW-Superior Earns a 2022 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award

Focus on Energy presented UW-Superior with a 2022 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award for not only completing the $812,000 lighting project, but for all the energy…

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Success Stories Happy Cows Focus on Milk: Maple Ridge Dairy Earns a 2022 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award

Brian Forrest says all the energy efficiency projects he works on with Focus on Energy will help him keep Maple Ridge Diary open for the next 40, 50, 60 years. The…

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Success Stories Follow the Plan, Reap the Benefits: The City of Madison Honored with a 2022 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award

Madison city leaders created a sustainability plan in 2005 and have worked hard with Focus on Energy nearly every year sticking to that plan, revamping it as new…

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Success Stories 167 Years in “The Valley” Focused on Brewing, Community: Molson Coors Beverage Company Earns 2022 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award

Miller Brewery implemented more than 30 energy efficiency projects since 2012, reducing annual energy consumption by 7,300,000 kWh and 650,000 therms. What does…

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Success Stories Dedicated to Customized Industrial Energy Solutions: Rohde Brothers 2022 Energy Efficiency Trade Ally Excellence Award

Improving industrial and business energy efficiency, Rohde Brothers designs innovative products and fabricates award-winning mechanical infrastructure systems for…

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Success Stories Focus on Wisconsin Veterans: Milwaukee VAMC Earns 2022 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award

Starting in 2019 and each year since, the VA's energy bill has dropped by $6 million. For electrical costs alone, bills have been reduced by 30%.

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Success Stories Lighting the Way for Industry: Contemporary Energy Solutions 2022 Energy Efficiency Trade Ally Excellence Award

From custom to remodeling projects for manufacturers and rural industrial, CES has successfully designed more than 2,000 energy-efficient lighting projects since…

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Success Stories ND Paper Focused on Recycling and Reducing Energy Costs, Waste at New Biron, WI Facility

ND Paper has worked with Focus on Energy since 2016, on more than 40 projects.

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Success Stories A Day in the Life of Mercury Marine's Focus on Energy Advisor

Focus on Energy Advisors are the energy efficiency heroes you've probably never heard of before. Wisconsin businesses focused on energy sustainability not only…

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Success Stories Uniquely Innovative Redline Plastics Energizes Company Culture

When you see the extensive energy efficiency goals Redline Plastics has achieved you will recognize why the company is a 2023 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award…

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Success Stories Students Collaborate with Kettle Moraine School District, Help Choose Energy Projects

The Kettle Moraine School District is making sure the more than 3,500 students it educates have a hand in how a portion of $19 million from a taxpayer approved…

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Success Stories Integrating Energy Efficiency into the College Experience

University of Wisconsin-Platteville Chancellor, Dr. Tammy Evetovich isn’t taking the school’s 2023 Energy Efficiency Excellence Award lightly.

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Success Stories Lighting an Energy-Efficient Future For Wisconsin Manufacturers

Wisconsin’s large industrials around Wausau can thank Bill Smiley for lower energy bills every month, better lighting for employees and…

Success Stories Embracing Energy Efficiency in Home Construction

In 1999, many builders probably thought that embracing energy efficient building practices was risky, unnecessary, and financially unsound, but not Veridian Homes.

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Success Stories No Energy Wasted at Milwaukee Wastewater Facilities

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) saves residents millions of dollars every year and helps fertilize lawns across the country.

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Success Stories Faith in the Team Accomplishes Energy Savings for Wisconsin Businesses

In five years, a De Pere lighting contractor and his passionate staff of five helped businesses receive almost $1.4 million in Focus on Energy incentives.

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Success Stories 130-Year-Old Northern Wisconsin Manufacturer Logs Energy Efficiency Milestone

Great Lakes Veneer in Marion, Wisconsin is the birthplace of many of the precision-crafted, one-of-a-kind products in your home. It’s also a cutting-edge…

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Success Stories Saving Taxpayers Thousands & Only One Year on the Job

When you start a new job, it can take time “learning the ropes.” Most people tend to figure out processes, determine needs, and how to integrate into the workplace…

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Success Stories Wisconsin's Largest Robotic Dairy Farm: Family-Owned Tradition and Energy Efficiency Innovation

Miltrim Farms in Athens, Wisconsin, committed years ago to innovative approaches for environmental protection, energy efficiency technology that saves money while…

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Success Stories 125 Years in Germantown Using Energy Efficiency for Sustainability and the Community

Gehl Food & Beverage understands the energy it requires for production knowing its sustainability and growth relies on responsible energy usage.

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Success Stories Saving Taxpayers, Saving Energy, Saving the Environment from Downtown La Crosse

Western Technical College realized almost 20 years ago that energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy sustainability projects could dramatically keep tuition…

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