To help our Energy Assessors, please download, print and fill out the Home Energy Worksheet prior to the home visit.

Home Energy Worksheet 

Alger Energy Savers is a new program that provides free energy efficiency services to Alger County residents. Professional contractors are available to provide rapid assessments of home energy usage, install free energy saving products, and help develop a home energy plan designed to improve comfort, save money, reduce energy use, and protect the environment.

Funds are limited. Sign up today!

Alger County residents can get:

• A FREE rapid home energy assessment
• FREE energy saving measures including compact fluorescent light bulbs and low flow shower-heads
• A voucher for $10 towards the purchase of energy saving products from your local hardware stores
• A customized home energy plan

With funding provided by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Superior Watershed Partnership are teaming up to bring you Alger Energy Savers.

The Alger Energy Savers program is a collaboration of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Trust with funding provided by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

Alger Energy Savers offers a wide range of technical and financial assistance to area homeowners with special emphasis on the two gateway communities of Munising and Grand Marais, which serve as entries to the National Park.

The Program demonstrates how a community-wide approach to energy conservation can document significant savings and measurable environmental benefits. The Program is also designed to increase public awareness about the impacts of climate change at Pictured Rocks and all national parks, and to serve as a model for other communities.

Alger County Residents get for FREE:

• A home energy visit by a professional contractor
• Installation of up to $50 worth of energy saving products
• A $10 voucher towards the purchase of more energy saving products
• Personalized home energy plan of energy efficiency and conservation recommendations

Take advantage of this limited time program and sign-up now!

Homeowner Sign-up

Start saving money on your energy bills right away by having an Alger Energy Savers professional contractor visit your home, install energy saving products, and develop a customized energy plan for your house – ALL FREE!

Schedule your rapid home energy assessment today!

• Call us at 906-228-6095 , Monday – Friday, 9am-3pm.
• Download, fill out, and send in your application
• Schedule online using our website

Who qualifies?

Alger County Residents:

• Home must be owned within Alger County
• Must participate in rapid home energy assessment, kitchen table chat, and brief (5 minute) follow up call

Have Questions?

Contacts for the Alger Energy Savers program:

• Email: info@algerenergysavers.org
• Phone: 906-228-6095

Please fill out the Home Energy Worksheet prior to the home visit.  

FACT: It costs over 5 billion dollars per year to provide fuel and electricity for Michigan Residences. Dept. of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth

With much of Michigan residents' energy use coming from carbon intensive fossil fuels, electricity and energy use in homes and businesses contributes to climate change by adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. However, with Michigan residents facing high energy bills, reducing energy use by becoming more energy efficient provides a tremendous opportunity to both save money and address climate change.

FACT: Lake Superior was on track in 2010 to reach and exceed its warmest temperature ever recorded. Scientific American

The impacts of climate change can already be seen in Alger County, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, and at other national parks throughout the U.S. Both the park and the county are exposed to many of the effects of climate change that are already occurring or that are predicted to impact the Great Lakes.

Ecological impacts on the Great Lakes include:

• Declines in lake winter ice
• Lowering of lake levels
• Increased temperatures during summers
• Shifts in plant and animal species distributions
• Loss of cold water fish populations

Impacts such as lower lake levels will result in:

• Changes in infrastructure such as docks and ports
• Possible diminishment of outdoor recreation activities such as fishing, hunting, and winter snow sports
• Increases in infectious diseases and heat waves during summer months, which may harm the public health of area residents

Learn more about climate change and impacts on Michigan

Learn more about Michigan’s energy production and use

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Additional Climate Change Resources

Climate Change Information at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made Climate Change

GLISA - Climate Change and the Great Lakes

National Climate Change Adaptation Summit - May 2010

Climate Change - Impacts Around the Great Lakes

Western Forests - Recommendations and Guidance for Addressing Climate Change - Council of Western States Foresters

GL Inventory and Monitoring Network Newsletter - The Current - NPS

Confronting Climate Change in the GL Region - A Report of The Union of Concerned Scientists and The Ecological Society of America

Improving the Odds:  Using Climate-Readiness Planning to Reduce the Impacts of Climate Change on the Great Lakes Ecosystem - Oct 2010, National Wildlife Federation

Climate Change in the National Parks Brochure

Climate-Smart Coastal Restoration in the Great Lakes - National Wildlife Federation

Climate Change - Impacts of Midwest Warming - NPS

Climate Change Communication Strategy - Pictured Rocks NL

Alger County Climate Change Survey - 2010

10 Things We Can Do - Pictured Rocks NL

Linking Global Trends to Local Watershed Planning - ICF International Environmental Update
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Media Coverage

Listen to a radio interview with Program Manager, Natasha Koss on WDBC in Escanaba.

Mining Journal, 12/14/10 - SWP, PRNL Look at Alger County Energy Use

Munising News, 1/19/11 - Energy Saving Program Comes to Alger County, Guest Editorial

Great Lakes Information Network, 1/28/11 - Community Battles Climate Change

Great Lakes Echo, 1/27/11 - Community Battles Climate Change

Mining Journal, 2/6/11 - Alger Energy Savers Focus on Energy Conservation

Public Radio 90 (local NPR), 2/16/11 - Groups fund energy efficiency program in Alger County

Mining Journal, 2/23/11 - New Plan Aims to Save Energy in Alger County

Mining Journal, 3/2/11 - Energy Upgrades Program Offered

Other Relevant Media

Mining Journal, 2/11/11 - Programs Available for Energy Cuts
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Local Energy Efficiency Resources

ALGER DELTA ELECTRIC INCENTIVES (ENERGY OPTIMIZATION)

Rebates for Appliances, CFL’s, and power strips
Appliance Recycling

PHONE: 877-296-4319
WEBSITE: http://michigan-energy.org/
 

ALGER-MARQUETTE COMMUNITY ACTION BOARD (AMCAB)

Income eligible weatherization services including weather stripping, caulking, and insulation of attics, walls and crawl spaces.  

PHONE: 906-228-6522
WEBSITE: http://www.amcab.org/housing/

HOME HEATING TAX CREDIT

Assistance for home heating bills

PHONE: 517-636-4486
WEBSITE: http://www.michigan.gov/heatingassistance/0,1607,7-215-33210---,00.html

MICHCON / DTE ENERGY 

Rebates for appliances, audits for heating systems, water heaters, insulation and new construction

PHONE: 800-482-8720
WEBSITE: http://www.dteenergy.com

MICHIGAN ENERGY OPTIONS

Energy services and programs, CFL and thermostat recycling center

PHONE: 906-226-1136
WEBSITE: http://michiganenergyoptions.org/

MICHIGAN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (MSHDA)

Low interest home improvement loans

PHONE: 517-373-1974
WEBSITE: http://www.michigan.gov/mshda

MICHIGAN SAVES

Home improvement loans 

PHONE: 734-494-2190
WEBSITE: http://www.michigansaves.org/

SEMCO GAS COMPANY (ENERGY OPTIMIZATION)

Rebates for appliances, heating systems, water heaters, and programmable thermostats

PHONE: 877-367-3191
WEBSITE: http://efficiencyunited.com/util_semco.asp

UPPERPENINSULA COMMISSION PROGRESS (UPCAP) 

Coordination of U.P. Energy Resources

PHONE: 906-786-4701
WEBSITE: http://www.upcap.org/

UPPCO ELECTRIC COMPANY (ENERGY OPTIMIZATION)

Rebates for appliances, audits, CFL’s and power strips

PHONE: 877-367-3191
WEBSITE: http://www.efficiencyunited.com/util_upp.asp

USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Housing repair loans and grants

PHONE: 800-944-8119
WEBSITE: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/Home.html

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