Our Trade Up segments spotlight what’s new and growing in the skilled trades.
On Wednesday, we dug deeper into energy efficiency and the jobs it’s bringing to Southeastern Michigan.
The DTE Energy Efficiency Academy showed us what students are learning and how they put those lessons to work.
Sakinah Howard, the manager of energy efficiency at DTE and Jonathan Clark from Walker-Miller, joined Local 4 Live to talk about the academy and why it’s important. You can watch the full interview at the beginning of this article.
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Nick joined the Local 4 team in February of 2015. Prior to that he spent 6 years in Sacramento covering a long list of big stories including wildfires and earthquakes. Raised in Sterling Heights, he is no stranger to the deep history and pride Detroit has to offer.