A $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will help educate industry professionals in New Mexico and install an energy efficiency curriculum at four local colleges.
The grant, awarded to the state’s Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, was one of 44 projects awarded across 20 states.
“New Mexico has already made great progress expanding energy efficiency by updating statewide building codes and modernizing government buildings,” EMNRD cabinet secretary Sarah Cottrell Propst…