How do you get a homeowner or building owner to invest in energy efficiency? With "improvement bundling," or providing additional incentives for when quick payback improvements are paired with longer payback improvements.

A recent Public Utilities Commission decision marked solar's arrival as a legitimate option for utilities to diversify their generation portfolios.

Imagine if your furnace let you know it needed a tune-up, or if your home theatre saw you coming and turned itself on. According to Marc Jensen, managing partner and chief technology officer at space150, the Internet of Things is already beginning to connect us to the built environment using communication technology.

Blog post summarizing why and how to properly ventilate your home.

Minneapolis contracted with CEE to develop a vision for the Minneapolis’ future energy system and potential legal, regulatory, and program options to achieve its aggressive clean energy goals. Our recommendation, to create a formal City-Utility Clean Energy Partnership, is both innovative and pragmatic.

The latest findings and new resources from our field research in energy efficiency.

80 percent of Minneapolis’s housing stock was built before World War II, but 40 percent of these homes have never upgraded their wall insulation. After investigating barriers to completing efficiency projects, CEE’s latest report proposes awarding a certificate to homes that achieve basic efficiency standards.

Energy Challenge Coordinator Emma Shriver and Program Coordinator Helen Booth-Tobin describe CEE’s more formal education work over the past ten years.

The Minnesota Department of Commerce, Division of Energy Resources awarded CEE three CARD grants for projects to investigate new technologies with promising energy efficiency potential.