Tim Hanrahan

Communications, @MNCEE: Research & programs to promote energy efficiency, strengthening the economy while improving the environment

[Tim Hanrahan @thanrahan]

#Mpls #Lakota woman uses green career to support community, via @MNCERTs @MnCEE @XcelEnergyMN @CenterPoint <-- Nowadays Angeline works as a home energy auditor trainer: "I'm now training people to do the position I was trained to do." #cleanenergy #jobs https://t.co/ukAOx22d1L

[Tim Hanrahan @thanrahan]

Why do electric space heating rates matter? @MnCEE explains how electric heating rates help cut operating costs for efficient & low-emissions tech like #heatpumps, upping cost-effectiveness while balancing the historically lower cost of natural gas https://t.co/js8nF4DVLr

[Tim Hanrahan @thanrahan]

#Heatpumps can replace traditional water heaters, via @StarTribune @jbjorhus @MnCEE <-- #Weatherizing & installing an electric furnace make up 3/4 of potential home GHG reductions, and upcoming rebates means now's the time to get organized https://t.co/xSqxTDs0cB

[Tim Hanrahan @thanrahan]

Sealing up your home can fight #climatechange, via @StarTribune @_ChloeAJ @MnCEE <-- Sealing & insulating is huge for cutting energy waste and carbon. Great 1st step is an energy audit to figure out where exactly your home is leaking https://t.co/oRH3s6Nene

[Tim Hanrahan @thanrahan]

Air-to-Water #HeatPumps offer meaningful savings in home heating & cooling <-- @MnCEE researchers found savings of up to $1.4K/year compared w/ electric boilers or propane furnaces, call for standardized ratings https://t.co/R2AjiXZBxe

[Tim Hanrahan @thanrahan]

Big win for #MN consumers: @MNCommerce awarded $5M this week for #conservation research, including $3.5M to @MnCEE & partners for 11 multiyear projects to help energy utilities ID new technologies & strategies to maximize #energy savings in MN homes https://t.co/4MAYJH5Qg9

[Tim Hanrahan @thanrahan]

Celebrating Clean Energy Business Day! @MnCEE staff joined 200 advocates & businesses at the #MN State Capitol today to meet with legislators and emphasize the importance of investing in #energyefficiency & #cleanenergy --> https://t.co/bIOS7TamAz

[Tim Hanrahan @thanrahan]

"Yes, heat pumps work" even in very cold temps, if they're designed for it >> @MnCEE senior researcher Josh Quinnell weighs in with @ChicagoTribune on the transformative value & realistic expectations for #heatpump #efficiency in all climates https://t.co/m5oFWWJKET

[Center for Energy and Environment @MnCEE]

CEE is proud to be a co-host of the Midwest Air Source Heat Pump Collaborative Pre-conference Workshop at #2024MES. Julia Wells is presenting on the successes the MN ASHP collab has seen in the past year.

Visit https://t.co/ygsWzRo02L to learn more about the MN ASHP Collab.

[Tim Hanrahan @thanrahan]

"Getting to Green: One home at a time" via @MPR @dan_kraker @kirstimarohn @majabeckstrom <-- @MnCEE's Rebecca Olson & @MNCommerce's Michelle Gransee talk practical opps, resources to rethink & improve home energy use #EnergyEfficiency #decarbonization https://t.co/kGLC3VnUnp

[MN Dept. of Commerce @MNCommerce]

Live on the air w @MPRnews (https://t.co/r8A1qCVDeo) w
@MNCommerce Deputy Commissioner of Energy Resources Michelle Gransee and Rebecca Olson w @MnCEE, talking about energy efficiency.
More about Commerce's New Energy Program https://t.co/Z2yCDOFo4u

[Tim Hanrahan @thanrahan]

Tune into MPR at 9 CT today to hear from @MnCEE's Rebecca Olson, one of our region's brightest minds on residential energy efficiency https://t.co/kGLC3VnUnp

[Center for Energy and Environment @MnCEE]

CEE's Senior Director of Residential and Community Energy Rebecca Olson will be live on https://t.co/dsxdSzhPqA at 9 am today. Rebecca will talk with hosts Dan Kraker & Kirsti Marohn and answer listener questions. Tune in to learn about "getting to green," one home at a time!

[Chris Duffrin @cduffrin]

Our own Becky Olson and Emily McPherson talking today at the Energy Foundation conference @ Sabathani Center on IRA home electrification opportunities. @MnCEE.

[Chris Duffrin @cduffrin]

72% of them in the energy efficiency sector.

[Tim Hanrahan @thanrahan]

In northern MN, early adopters make case for cold-climate #heatpumps, via @StephJHemphill @energynews_US @MnCEE “We expect to see another jump [in sales]” ... Rebate & tax credit programs soon to be avail thru the federal IRA & MN’s 2023 energy legislation https://t.co/dvLBrI6IfV

[Center for Energy and Environment @MnCEE]

This year, the MN House and Senate passed a record number of innovative energy policies to advance the clean energy transition in MN.

Read our latest blog post that details a few of the clean energy policies that CEE supported this session.
https://t.co/WMqq08pX7w

[Tim Hanrahan @thanrahan]

DFL energy plans include incentives for #heatpumps and other climate-friendly technology, via @walkerorenstein @MinnPost @Audrey_MNCEE @PattyAcomb <-- "legislators need to intro new tech & be moving on 'all fronts' to avoid worst impacts of #climatechange" https://t.co/JtsC69Sj80

[Center for Energy and Environment @MnCEE]

Last week, CEE's Tenley Feinberg and Sarah Northrup met with with State Rep Jay Xiong & a laborer from the union @LIUNAMinnesota at Clean Energy Business Day in Mpls.

They discussed the importance of workforce development investments and CEE's important role in the field.

[Katie Jones (she/her) @KatieJonesMpls]

What will it take to #decarbonize all 1-4 unit homes in #Minneapolis? Our @MnCEE study made the front page: https://t.co/MYcsA5VsTI #energytwitter

[CEEM @CleanEnergyMN]

👏 #CleanEnergyBizDay 2023 is a wrap! Thank you to all of the partners & sponsors that helped make this day a success and to all of the #mnleg lawmakers who took the time to speak to our members! #WeNeedCleanMN