The Center for Energy and the Environment (CEE) recently released a new Energy Efficient Cities report, summarizing a two-year effort to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of innovative energy efficiency strategies in households across the state of Minnesota.

Highlights from the report include the following:

• twenty-one percent  of the 6,922 participating households completed at least one recommended big upgrade (insulation and/or heating system replacement)
• efficiency programs generated $4.8 million in work  for Minnesota insulation and heating contractors
• installed measures are projected to achieve $13.8 million in energy savings over their lifetime

Increasing household efficiency keeps more money in Minnesotans’ pocketbooks and creates more work for local employers. It’s easy to see why energy efficiency programs really add up!

Increasing household efficiency keeps more money in Minnesotans’ pocketbooks and creates more work for local employers. It’s easy to see why energy efficiency programs really add up!