Wisconsin won more funding Thursday than every state but California when the U.S. Department of Energy awarded $76 million in funds for development of energy-efficiency technologies and careers. Wisconsin was awarded $7.9 million in this round of stimulus funding, the agency said.That includes two projects at Johnson Controls Inc., one at Eaton Corp., two at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and one at Milwaukee Area Technical College. UW-Madison will receive $246,249 to work on technology linked to a high performing non-vapor compression cooling system. The $7.9 million for Wisconsin includes $1.6 million for training projects funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. That includes $934,712 for a UW-Madison initiative to develop a curriculum to train operations staff working in commercial buildings on ways to manage a buildingâ??s energy consumption and environmental impacts.
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