Indie Energy - Providing Renewable Energy for Businesses in Chicago
1 08 2007
All Business for Now?
When I first stumbled upon Indie Energy at www.indieenergy.com, I was looking for something that we could sign up for at our home. The website doesn’t clearly state whether or not it would provide renewable energy for a residential building, but it looks like it might be geared more towards businesses and larger projects. Which is still pretty cool, but do any of you know of a business that provides renewable energy to homes?
On Indie Energy’s website, they list several projects they are working for as the Hubbard Street office complex, the Church Street Village Apartments in Evanston, the Greenwood Live/Work lofts in Evanston, and, most interesting to me, the BooCoo Cultural Center and Cafe in Evanston, where one of my friends runs the cafe.
Boocoo Cultural Center and Cafe
Boocoo just opened in July, on 1823 Church St in Evanston. The founder of Boocoo played in bands for years, and now wanted to create a cultural center in Evanston where bands can record their music, where you can take all types of classes you’d expect from a top notch cultural center, and where you can eat delicious and healthful foods! Boocoo chose to use Indie Energy to save operating costs, using a combination of geothermal and energy recovery ventilation.
Support local businesses that use renewable energy! As the consumers, we are the ones with the real power (the power of our pocketbooks) to encourage change in businesses.
Check out Boocoo’s website at boocoo.org!
