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Check out this story loaded with professional insights from CEE's Outreach Specialist Gerardo Roca, Energy Counselor Halla Dontje Lindell, and Senior Energy Auditor Matthew Fliegel. The trio led WCCO's reporter through a guided home visit, emphasizing key issues faced by homeowners in winter and summer, and practical ways CEE can help assess, inform, and start tackling key improvements.

Speaking for MN ASHP Collaborative, CEE's Rabi Vandergon speaks with ENTER Magazine, the digital magazine and annual print publication of the American Institute of Architects Minnesota to share their thoughts on key players and resources for everyone to learn more about electrifying  our homes using heat pumps. They also weigh in from a homeowner's perspective about innovative passive house building. 

The 2023 Minnesota legislative session has concluded and the Legislature assigned $13 million for a residential heat pump rebate program operated by the Commerce Department. In this article by Finance and Commerce, CEE's legislative policy associate Alyssa Eilers shares her hope for the heat pump rebate program and reminds everyone of the existing federal and utility rebates available.

CEE's Katie Jones shares her takes on a new legislation that would accelerate Minnesota's adoption of commercial building codes and put new large buildings on a path toward using 80% less energy by 2036. 

CEE's Senior Energy Auditor Anna Wiebe spoke with Fox9 on behalf of HES & Xcel on how to keep spending low as the temperatures start to rise. Anna shared energy-saving tips, insights and promoted Home Energy Squad and its features such as no-cost visits for income-qualified homes.

The Home Energy Squad Intercity Challenge award ceremony was held last week and three cities have been declared as the 2022 Intercity Challenge winners: Roseville, Faribault, and Fridley.

MN lawmakers are in the process of budgeting around $10 million for heat pump rebates up to $4,000 on top of federal incentives that could top $300 million. In this news story, CEE's Audrey Partridge illustrates the challenges of the proposed heat pumps rebate program and explains why MN is behind in heat pumps adoption compared to other states. 

CEE's Rebecca Olson and Emily McPherson speaks with CBS News regarding the advancement in heat pump technology that makes them viable in cold weather area like Minnesota and how the recently passed Federal Inflation Reduction Act encourages Minnesotans to invest in energy efficiency and clean energy improvements.

Weatherizing and electrifying the City of Minneapolis unit residential homes offers a significant opportunity to meet the City’s science-based carbon reduction goals. Katie Jones speaks with Star Tribune about the recently  published landmark roadmap to decarbonize all one-to-four-unit homes in Minneapolis.

The Intercity Home Energy Squad® Challenge was formed to challenge residents to get a home energy visit through the Home Energy Squad to learn how their home uses energy and identify energy-saving opportunities.