Events & Webinars

Minnesota Conference on Architecture is a major event for the state's architecture and design community hosted by AIA Minnesota, the professional association for architects in the state. CEE's New Homes (Phil Anderson, Tony Beres, Jake Selstad) and Wise Window Hub (Steve Sylvestre, Ellen Hofstede) teams will be attending as exhibitors. CEE's Julia Wells is moderating a presentation by fellow CEE representatives, Sophia Jungbauer and Jett Roeser, entitled: Cracking the Code: What You Need to Know about the Commercial Energy Code. This session is 75 minutes on 11/4/2025 from 3:15 PM to 4:30 PM at the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel | The Depot in the Great Northern room.

CEE's Casey Hilbelink and David Olson will present at the Minneapolis Area Synod's event, Tool Kit: Workshop for Congregational Leaders, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Eden Prairie on November 8, 2025. Attendees will learn about CEE’s free energy consulting services, available utility rebates, and grants for efficiency projects. Casey and David will also highlight real-world lighting and HVAC upgrades completed by Twin Cities churches. The session will conclude with Q&A where attendees can get advice on their churches’ energy challenges.

The Buildings XVI Conference brings together product manufacturers, research organizations, academia, builders, designers, architects, and consultants to discuss their work achievements, interest, and awareness of buildings issues, and to provide solutions and insight into some of our major building envelope problems. CEE's Dave Bohac will present "Using Aerosols to Seal Occupied Residences From Exterior Spaces" on Monday, December 8, 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

This hands-on, in-person workshop is built to give you real experience with luminaire-level lighting controls (LLLCs), leaving you with practical learning you can put to work. Attendees will get familiar with multiple systems, practice app-based setup, and walk away with best practices for layering lighting control strategies. We’ll cover current lighting control trends and show you how to position LLLCs as better, higher value options for your customers.

Who should attend: Electrical contractors, electrical distributors, manufacturer representatives, lighting designers, facility operators, and owners.

Held across two locations, Elk River and Rochester, attendees can choose the location that works best for their schedule.

Join us January 27–29, 2026 in Chicago for the Midwest’s premier gathering of energy-efficiency leaders and innovators. MES brings together utility professionals, policy makers, product and service providers, researchers, and program administrators from across the region to explore, discuss and advance the future of efficient energy use. Several CEE staff members will be attending and speaking at this event.