Saving energy gives businesses a competitive advantage, saves homeowners money, and protects the environment as well as human health.

Check out the resources below to learn about ways you can help reduce energy consumption.

• Million Solar Roofs Initiative - http://www.energy.sc.gov/Renewable%20energy/sc_solarroofs.htm
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory - http://www.nrel.gov/
• South Carolina Energy Office - http://www.state.sc.us/energy/
• Alternative Fuels - http://www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/afdc/
• Palmetto State Clean Fuels Coalition- http://www.state.sc.us/energy/Transportation/clean_cities.htm#stake
• Furman University - http://www.sc.edu/sustainableu/SCSNew/0405FurmanBiodieselArticle.pdf
• Efficient Lighting - http://www.wbdg.org/design/resource.php?cn=1.2.1&cx=0&rp=15
• High Performance HVAC - http://www.wbdg.org/design/resource.php?cn=1.2.1&cx=0&rp=18
• Santee Cooper - http://www.santeecooper.com/ 
• GOFER Program (Give Oil For Energy Recovery) – used motor oil collection http://www.scgofer.org/index.html 
• Green Power Program – customer investment in renewable energy sources http://www.santeecooper.com/greenpower/index.html 

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Myrtle Beach Center  -  Santee Cooper wants to incorporate the use of solar energy at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.  Their design allows for a 24 foot Rain Canopy lined with solar cells to be erected in the Convention Center’s plaza.  The solar cells would generate five-kilowatt hours of electricity, enough to light 50 100-watt light bulbs.  As of June 2004, this plan has yet to be approved by the City council.  http://www.wbt.com/news/detail_wbt.cfm?article_id=18084