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Delray Beach hires a new sustainability officer to help the city save money by saving energy.

On any given day up to 2,000 people visit the Dunn Building in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The building is the site for the Blue Ridge Community and Technical College, the Berkeley County Commission and other municipal offices.

When the wastewater treatment plant uses more electricity than any other public building, it makes sense to look for improvements that reduce energy costs.

In Texas City, an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) awarded last year has already been utilized to start saving the Texas Gulf Coast city money by installing more efficient lights and applying UV reduction films to windows.

With a little help from the Recovery Act, the METRO Regional Transit Authority of Akron, Ohio is adding a photovoltaic (PV) solar energy system on the roof of its central bus barn.

Grant funds help Birmingham cool seven community centers without running up their energy bills.

Newark, Delaware used an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant to install energy efficient windows and lights.

Temperatures above 100 degrees mean that staying cool and being energy efficient is important to the small town of Oro Valley, Ariz. But finding the funds to do both can be a challenge. It was this heat – and the availability of a federal grant – that Bayer Vella, the town's conservation and sustainability manager, cited as a reason the city is forging ahead with energy retrofits and solar projects.

The Henderson, Nevada, police department is going above and beyond the call of duty by tripling the size of its solar panel system on its LEED-certified station, saving the city thousands of dollars in energy costs.

Two years ago, the city of Columbia drafted a proposal to revamp lighting in some of the city's most used and important buildings. Those projects were put on hold, but found new life thanks to an energy grant.