DTE Energy
Muskegon Service Center
Muskegon, Michigan, United States
Certified through 2025
Project Name
Project Type
Bat House Project
Bats
About the Program
The DTE Energy Muskegon Service Center is located close to Lake Michigan in Muskegon, Michigan. The team there manages two landscaped projects in accordance with Michigan Pollinator Initiatives "Protection Plan" for pollinators, which includes eliminating or limiting pesticide use, as well as guidance for gardening for pollinators and other resources. Additionally, the Muskegon Service Center has installed bat boxes to provide shelter for a variety of native bats and is initiating a project to provide nesting habitat for endangered piping plovers.
Practices and Impacts
The DTE Energy Muskegon Service Center is located close to Lake Michigan in Muskegon, Michigan. The team there manages two landscaped projects in accordance with Michigan Pollinator Initiatives "Protection Plan" for pollinators, which includes eliminating or limiting pesticide use, as well as guidance for gardening for pollinators and other resources. Additionally, the Muskegon Service Center has installed bat boxes to provide shelter for a variety of native bats and is initiating a project to provide nesting habitat for endangered piping plovers.
Practices and Impacts
- Bat boxes located in the vicinity of the on-site native landscaping project are used to attract bat species native to Michigan that use artificial structures for roosting and raising their young. Target species include the big brown bat, little brown bat, Indiana bat and northern long-eared bat. The design and construction of the bat boxes was achieved through a partnership with General Motors. The boxes are made of battery covers from Chevy Volt vehicles, reducing the number of these battery covers in landfills. Boxes are monitored but not currently occupied.
