‘States’ Articles

In conjunction with DOE’s TAP and TINSSL programs, MEEA recently held the Missouri Advanced Lighting Workshop in St. Louis, bringing together representatives from ARRA-funded county and city governments, manufacturers, vendors, and utilities with independent experts in advanced lighting. Hosted at the EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical [Continue]

On Wednesday August 10th, 2011, MEEA hosted the second quarterly Midwest Home Performance call designed to foster a network of, and facilitate conversation for, home performance program professionals across the Midwest. Jensen Adams, Associate Executive Director at the Metropolitan Energy Center in Kansas City, and Glenda Abney, Director of the [Continue]

In early August, MEEA hosted a train-the-trainer session on the 2009 IECC and ASHRAE 90.1 – 2007 building energy codes at the Science Museum of Minnesota.  The training was sponsored and funded by the US Department of Energy and hosted attendees from several Midwest states including North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota. The [Continue]

The winners of MEEA’s Inspiring Efficiency Awards are among the most innovative and dynamic players in the energy field.  Now that the application process is officially open for the 2012 Inspiring Efficiency Awards, we thought it might be fun to check back in with some of our award winners from last year to get an [Continue]

At the end of this month, MEEA will be hosting the Missouri Advanced Lighting Workshop, a day-long workshop on July 27th focusing on advanced lighting for municipal applications, including a discussion on municipal-utility partnerships. Attendees of the Missouri Advanced Lighting Workshop will gain an understanding of what is needed to move beyond [Continue]

Participants in the morning’s Executive Panel agreed that gaining acceptance for EE programs and ideas faces formidable challenges, North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark, currently serving a one-year term as president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, points out that most utilities, whether they deal [Continue]

Each year at our annual meeting MEEA elects a slate of new board members to join our Board of Directors. Below are the biographies of our incoming candidates. Dave Backen, Vice President, Market Strategies, Resource Solutions Group Dave brings over 28 years of program and project management, marketing, strategic planning, fiscal forecasting, and [Continue]

Ohio’s role as an energy efficiency leader will be spotlighted today at the 2011 Ohio Energy Expo, an event hosted by MEEA with sponsorship from JACO Environmental, Inc. Energy stakeholders and policymakers from throughout Ohio will gathered at the Statehouse today from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to celebrate Ohio’s progress and highlight [Continue]

One hundred percent, the minimum we strive for when accomplishing small or large goals, is a number the Iowa General Services Administration (GSA) Property Management staff knows very well. The General Service Administration, Iowa Field Office graduates are the following facilities technicians: Chad Barr Warren Faulkner Roger Foster Rick Greve [Continue]

A recent report on the implementation of Michigan’s P.A. 295 renewable energy and energy efficiency standards from the Michigan Public Service Commission and a revised plan filing by one of Michigan’s utilities bring to light some exciting news for clean energy advocates in the Midwest.  Our colleagues at Environment Michigan posted [Continue]