Fresh Energy is cutting emissions from our buildings by making it easy to electrify, ensuring energy burden inequities are addressed, improving health and safety, and spurring market transformation with the creation of new, family-supporting jobs.
Ensuring buildings are resilient and affordable for all
Advancing innovative technologies and forge new pathways to decarbonize the natural gas system
Expanding all-electric buildings through market transformation
- Could this Cohasset home be the future of Minnesota’s buildings?
Sam Friesen reinvented the all-electric home in Cohasset, Minnesota with Itasca County Habitat for Humanity to show that sustainable homes can save families money in the near- and long-term. - Keep Minnesota on track to healthier and more efficient homes
Our state representatives need to hear that their constituents want smart, strong, and modern building codes. - Regulatory Update: Commission finalizes cost of carbon modeling as Xcel Energy develops first Integrated Resource Plan
The Public Utilities Commission updated its regulatory cost of carbon modelling, and Xcel Energy filed its first gas plan. - Ayada Leads helps Minnesotans understand health impacts of gas stoves
Ayada Leads helped four Minnesotan families track their home’s indoor air pollution from using a gas stove. After seeing the data and reducing their exposure, they’re now advocating for change with Minnesota’s decision-makers.
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Hidden beneath our feet: Minnesota’s growing decarbonization challenge
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Fact Sheet: Accelerate residential energy codes
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Going all electric in a cold-weather climate
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Understanding the Gas System
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Working Group Recommendations on the Minnesota Weatherization Assistance Program
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Inaugural cycle of MWBDC grants program drives equity, justice, and community power
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Electrification of Multifamily Housing in Minnesota
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Report: Proposal for a heat pump transition in Minnesota
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Buildings for a Healthy Future
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The Hanson House: powering our future with clean electricity
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Clean Energy Brief: Natural Gas in Minnesota
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2020 Midwest Getting to Zero Buildings List