Donckers and the Delft Bistro
Donckers and the Delft Bistro – a restaurant, soda fountain, sweet shop combo – has prioritized eco-conscious operations with help from Michigan Saves, the nation’s first nonprofit green bank.
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Category: Customer Stories
Detroit Pizza Bar
After losing funding during the pandemic, Michigan Saves joined the project to help finance sustainable equipment and features, including 11 solar panels and custom water and light fixtures throughout the restaurant.
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Zack Waas Smith and Claire McKenna
Ypsilanti homeowners Zack and Claire made their home more comfortable and energy efficient by electrifying their whole house with the help of Michigan Saves.
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Chris and Marla Drury
When planning for their family’s future, Chris and Marla always look at the long-term investment. Solar power offered them the security they need now and down the road.
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City of Fraser
When the City of Fraser looked at their old and inefficient streetlights, they wanted better for their residents.
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Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church
To accommodate their burgeoning numbers, the church’s leadership team decided to build a new edifice in the early 2000s. It was not long before they realized the lighting—one of the most essential components of many religious institutions—was inefficient and outdated.
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Dearborn Country Club
The Dearborn Country Club is a historic icon. “But just because it’s a gorgeous, old, historic building doesn’t mean it has to be wasteful. They’re not mutually exclusive,” said longtime member Linda Rex.
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Jeremy and Cynthia Ligman
The Ligman family’s home was extremely uncomfortable. “In the summertime, the upstairs was oppressive . . . ten degrees hotter than the main floor. In the winter, it was freezing, especially the kids’ rooms.
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Dave and Kathy Peters
Dave and Kathy Peters wondered why their floors were so cold in the winter and their air conditioner ran so often in the summer.
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