Grand Valley State University Facilities Services department received the Region III Corporate Energy
Management Award for 2013. The Association of Energy Engineers, a group dedicated to the research
and action in sustainable development, gave the award to the department. Tim Thimmesch, associate
vice president of Facilities Services, and university engineer Terry Pahl accepted the award in a
ceremony in Washington D.C. last week. Thimmesch said the Energy Projects team of facilities has
been meeting regularly over the past few years to create and install projects to conserve energy and
save money all over campus. In 2011, the Energy Project of the year for Region III Award by AEE was
given to the team. In 2012 they also received the Creating a Sustainable Future Together Award by
Armstrong and Merlo Energy.