Fresh Energy believes that incorporating the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code residential provisions in the 2020 Minnesota Building Code is in the best interest of Minnesotans. Find out why.
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Healthy Buildings for All: Fresh Energy’s new Buildings department aims for deeper decarbonization
We’re launching a new Buildings department! Read about how it’s helping us lock in deeper decarbonization, and meet the Buildings team.
We Must Update Residential Energy Code to Benefit All Minnesotans
Minnesota’s residential energy code exists for the benefit of all Minnesotans and we can’t let Minnesota fall behind.
Buildings for a healthy future
Pollution from buildings continues to grow every year. Here’s how Fresh Energy is working to change and create buildings for a healthy future.
Minnesota Gears Up for Commercial and Multifamily Energy Code Advancements
The first few months of 2021 have been exciting for Fresh Energy and our partners working to advance more progressive energy codes in Minnesota.
What’s up with heat pumps?
Heat pumps have been having a “moment” lately—and rightfully so. Avoiding the worst impacts of climate change means transitioning our entire economy, starting here in Minnesota, to be carbon-neutral by 2050. That requires a dramatic change in the energy that powers our homes, businesses, and workplaces, shifting away from burning fossil fuels towards using zero- and low-carbon alternatives. Heat pumps can help us make that transition.