Farmington Hills, MI. During the Annual Meeting of the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association (GLREA) in Lansing, MI, on Dec 2nd, Jim Newman, Managing Partner of Newman Consulting Group LLC (NCG), accepted GLREA’s 2017 “Exemplary Project Award.” NCG was commended for work on preserving The Whitney Restaurant using PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) to finance new building energy systems. The Exemplary Project Award, presented annually by the GLREA, recognizes the renewable energy or energy efficiency project that demonstrates the most innovative and practical use of technologies and methods for creating or conserving energy.