Iowa Energy Center

Overview

The Iowa Energy Center seeks to advance Iowa’s energy efficiency and renewable energy use through research, education and demonstration.

Involvement with Green & Main

The Iowa Energy Center’s research role is in educating Iowans and those across the Midwest about the possibility for small and medium-sized buildings to serve as models for green building and best management practices. The Energy Center is supporting the data collection of the building’s performance pre-retrofit and post-retrofit, which will provide consistent building information to people looking into similar projects.

The Iowa Energy Center invests its resources to create a stable energy future for the state of Iowa. Through consistency of vision and the dissemination of research-based and balanced energy information, the Energy Center continues to support Iowa communities, businesses and individuals. The people and projects in which the Iowa Energy Center invests are making a difference in the state’s present and future. The Energy Center supports projects that help Iowans understand how to make homes more comfortable and affordable to own.