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OaklandShines

  1. Only 205 days left for Oakland Shines! Make sure to sign up before all the free money runs out! oaklandshines.com
  2. Win an Oakland Shines Rickshaw bag! Just get four local businesses to sign up and go through with an audit, and the bag is yours!
  3. Announcing a contest soon. Stay tuned!
  4. Oakland Shines is going CITY-WIDE! Now businesses all over the city are eligible for free energy audits and incentives. Apply today!
  5. Oakland Shines incentives covered 90% of Berti Produce's energy efficiency upgrades, and now they'll save $10,635 and 47,603 lbs CO2/year!
  6. Oakland Shines upgrades helped Nature’s Best Foods reduce its yearly CO2 emissions by almost 6000 pounds and its energy bill by about $1500!
  7. Oakland Shines gave EM Food Market $1782 towards energy efficiency upgrades, so the Kims, its owners, spent <$200 and will save $700/year!
  8. E. Salameh of City Center Sundries spent just $120 to improve his shop’s energy efficiency; now he'll save $450 a year on his energy bill!
  9. With Oakland Shines' help, Coco Cafe on Franklin reduced its energy costs by almost $300/year and its carbon footprint by 1320 lbs/year!
  10. Oakland Shines will be at Oakland Cooks at the Waterfront Hotel on Thursday with our blender bike! Come join us for a smoothie and some info
  11. Another interesting article from TED Magazine: "Shedding Light on LEDs" on page 60. bit.ly/lCkzdW
  12. Check out this article (on page 56) to learn more about one of Oakland Shines' lighting distributors, Omega Pacific! bit.ly/lCkzdW
  13. Oakland Shines is looking for two engineering interns. These are paid positions! See the listing here bit.ly/jesmdQ
  14. Oakland Shines is hiring! More info soon.
  15. Check out Oakland Shines in the East Bay Green Corridor Newsletter! bit.ly/jQwKD0
  16. Oakland Shines is working with the CLTC as a source of information for the newest in energy efficient technologies. bit.ly/iCKMoM
  17. We are proud to be featured this month in Diablo Magazine's “From Micro to Macro: 2011 Eco Awards”! http://bit.ly/kgJWsw
  18. The Shines team joins Oakland Mayor Quan in the Oakland Building Green Business Supplement to the 4/8 edition of the SF Business Times!!
  19. Hey, small business owners of Oakland! Download the Oakland Shines application here: http://bit.ly/eDFmX5