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Sustainable: Quieter clean energy session likely for 2024
After making the most significant investment in clean energy programming and policies in state history last year, Minnesota lawmakers anticipate a quieter session in 2024.
Sustainable: Experts see promise in multifamily ‘passive homes’
New research shows multifamily passive home projects use significantly less energy than typical apartment buildings in Minnesota.
Sustainable: Saving cash, carbon with lighting upgrade
When it came time to change the lighting system at the Pacific Building in northeast Minneapolis earlier this year, the property manager knew the building needed an illumination upgrade.
Sustainable: Canadian solar firm seeks Twin Cities site
Heliene Inc. aims to expand solar manufacturing to the Twin Cities, seeking a site with more than 500,000 square feet that will employ more than 500 people.
Sustainable: More interior designers embrace sustainable materials
In designing more sustainable buildings, architects should pay closer attention to the materials they use.
Sustainable: Rooftop units promise fewer emissions
The Children’s Dental Services clinic in northeast Minneapolis looks like an exemplar of sustainable design.
Spotlight: Momentum aims for nimble, full-service architecture
Jeff Wrede and his fellow architects and partners at Momentum Design Group went out on their own because “we thought we could do it better.”
Sustainable: Report shows Minnesota’s energy progress
Minnesota has been reducing carbon emissions much faster than other Midwestern states and the rest of the country.
Sustainable: Grid Catalyst picks 2nd green startup cohort
The clean energy accelerator Grid Catalyst selected a second cohort of promising startups earlier this year for an incubator program aimed at helping them move their solutions into the marketplace.
Sustainable: Q&A with Minnesota LEED pioneer Brezinka
Sheri Brezinka speaks about her career in the building sustainability industry, the USGBC’s local history and the future.
Sustainable: PACE fills in construction financing gaps
A program that allows building owners to pay off clean energy investments on their property taxes has become a vital lending option as interest rates have soared.
Sustainable: Clean energy efforts will find more supportive Legislature this year
Clean energy proponents expect to find a friendlier state Legislature at the Capitol in 2023.
Beyond The Skyline Podcast
Beyond the Skyline is a podcast and video interview about economic development, real estate and construction in Minnesota.
