The Small Business Association of Michigan [SBAM] represents over 6,000 small businesses across Michigan and the sponsor of the ENERGY STAR * program in the State of Michigan. As a sponsoring organization of MiIPL [ten dollars of your hundred dollar membership fee goes to SBAM] SBAM offers MiIPL members access to SBAM employee benefits and SBAM’s customer electric choice program.
www.sbam.org

Urban Options is one of the State of Michigan’s oldest energy demonstration centers. It is a vast storehouse of technical assistance from energy efficient home construction to worm composting to bio-diesel. MiIPL is currently housed at Urban Options.
www.urbanoptions.org

The Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association [GLREA] is a center both in Michigan and across the Great Lakes region for the promotion of renewable energy.
www.glrea.org

The United States Green Building Council [USGBC] provides a resource of green builders and has oversight for LEED certification in building construction
www.usgbc.org

The Regeneration Project is the coordinating body of State Interfaith Power & Lights such as Michigan’s program. Founded by the Rev. Sally Bingham the Regeneration Project is one of the leading organizations that addresses climate change from a faith perspective
www.theregenerationproject.org

* ENERGY STAR is a certification process established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that designates now nearly forty types of products for businesses and consumers that rank in the top 25% of energy efficiency. It is akin to the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for energy efficiency.