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Clean Energy Art Garden Launches at the Bakken Museum

The Bakken, Minneapolis’ museum of Electricity in Life, is devoted to educating the public about the role of electricity in our lives. Their exhibits cover every aspect of electricity from our own...

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Ely’s Adventure Inn is a Lean, Green, Hospitality Machine

Susan and Mike Edgington know how important it is to protect the environment. As people who rely on the pristine beauty of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and the Superior National Forest to...

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Out of the Classroom and Into the Field: Renewable Energy at the BioHaus

Concordia Language Villages (CLV) is widely known for providing students with the opportunity to immerse themselves in a different language and culture. Whether it’s German, Italian, Chinese, Swedish,...

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A Citywide Energy Efficiency Overhaul: Saint Paul Recommissioning, Lighting,...

The City of Saint Paul understands the value of decreasing its energy load. It saves the city and taxpayers money, enhances the community by offering a healthier and safer place to live, and decreases...

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Simple Fixes, Maximum Savings: The Minneapolis Energy Efficiency Business...

For local businesses, energy efficiency is an effective method of reducing overhead costs, but the upfront capital needed for improvements can be challenging to find. That’s one reason the City of...

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Downtown Saint Paul Ramps up Energy Efficiency Work at the RiverCentre

In 2009, when the City of Saint Paul received a substantial Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) from the U.S. Department of Energy, city leaders wanted to implement high-profile...

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Sustainable Living Workshops Inspire Change among Rental Community Residents

The idea of high-level sustainable living for residents of apartment buildings has been a concept in the minds of some in the Twin Cities metro area. Aeon, a non-profit organization, thought about...

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Solar Projects Popping Up Along the Energy Innovation Corridor

Minneapolis has big hopes for renewable energy in the city, with a goal of 1MW installed renewable capacity by 2014. A large step toward this goal was completed in 2011 with six individual solar...

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Cookin’ up savings: Energy efficiency workshops held in Cook County

Being an energy efficiency authority requires practicing what you preach—and that is exactly what Cook County is doing. In 2012, Cook County Higher Education and the Cook County Local Energy Project...

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Shakopee High School Brings Learning to the Outdoors Utilizing Renewable Energy

All of us, at some point in life, were stuck indoors on a beautiful day, and wished we could be outside. As kids, we’ve daydreamed about our teacher conducting class outside. As adults, we’ve joked...

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Clean Energy Art Garden Launches at the Bakken Museum

The Bakken, Minneapolis’ museum of Electricity in Life, is devoted to educating the public about the role of electricity in our lives. Their exhibits cover every aspect of electricity from our own...

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Ely’s Adventure Inn is a Lean, Green, Hospitality Machine

Susan and Mike Edgington know how important it is to protect the environment. As people who rely on the pristine beauty of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and the Superior National Forest to...

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Out of the Classroom and Into the Field: Renewable Energy at the BioHaus

Concordia Language Villages (CLV) is widely known for providing students with the opportunity to immerse themselves in a different language and culture. Whether it’s German, Italian, Chinese, Swedish,...

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A Citywide Energy Efficiency Overhaul: Saint Paul Recommissioning, Lighting,...

The City of Saint Paul understands the value of decreasing its energy load. It saves the city and taxpayers money, enhances the community by offering a healthier and safer place to live, and decreases...

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Simple Fixes, Maximum Savings: The Minneapolis Energy Efficiency Business...

For local businesses, energy efficiency is an effective method of reducing overhead costs, but the upfront capital needed for improvements can be challenging to find. That’s one reason the City of...

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Downtown Saint Paul Ramps up Energy Efficiency Work at the RiverCentre

In 2009, when the City of Saint Paul received a substantial Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) from the U.S. Department of Energy, city leaders wanted to implement high-profile...

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Sustainable Living Workshops Inspire Change among Rental Community Residents

The idea of high-level sustainable living for residents of apartment buildings has been a concept in the minds of some in the Twin Cities metro area. Aeon, a non-profit organization, thought about...

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Solar Projects Popping Up Along the Energy Innovation Corridor

Minneapolis has big hopes for renewable energy in the city, with a goal of 1MW installed renewable capacity by 2014. A large step toward this goal was completed in 2011 with six individual solar...

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Cookin’ up savings: Energy efficiency workshops held in Cook County

Being an energy efficiency authority requires practicing what you preach—and that is exactly what Cook County is doing. In 2012, Cook County Higher Education and the Cook County Local Energy Project...

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Shakopee High School Brings Learning to the Outdoors Utilizing Renewable Energy

All of us, at some point in life, were stuck indoors on a beautiful day, and wished we could be outside. As kids, we’ve daydreamed about our teacher conducting class outside. As adults, we’ve joked...

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