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Sorry, it’s not Whitney Houston, or Jeff Ihnen, writing this week’s Rant. It’s Kristin Laursen filling in while Jeff puts his feet up, sips martinis, and listens to 90s love songs (at least two of the three of those are true). Last week in Jeff’s Rant, he told us that consumers rule and drive everything,Read more

June 1, 2017.  Does that ring a bell?  To many, it is a day of infamy – the day Trump bid adieu to the Paris climate deal, accord, treaty, or whatever (Paris).  Since then, I have read many an article, LinkedIn posts, and Tweets filled with wailing and gnashing of teeth.  Was Paris that good? Read more

Guest blog alert! Kristin Laursen and Teri Lutz here, filling in for Jeff while he relaxes somewhere in the middle of Iowa, sipping martinis and riding tractors (for real, we couldn’t make this up). So if you disagree with anything in this Rant, you’ll have to wait until Jeff returns and take it up withRead more

Michaels Energy Named a Hot Firm for Third Consecutive Year La Crosse, WI – July 25, 2014 – Michaels Energy was named a “Hot Firm” on The ZweigWhite Hot Firm List for the third consecutive year. The ZweigWhite 2014 Hot Firm List recognizes the 100 fastest-growing architecture, engineering, planning and environmental consulting firms in anRead more

Michaels Energy Expands Ownership La Crosse, WI – April 25, 2014 – Michaels Energy is excited to announce it has expanded company ownership to include three key employees – Scott Siefkes, Bryce Dvorak and Ryan Kroll.  These Department Managers join majority shareholder, Dave Waffenschmidt, and the planned successor, Jeff Ihnen, in company ownership. The ongoingRead more

Michaels Energy Celebrates 30 Years of Business! La Crosse, WI – March 24, 2014 – Michaels Energy is celebrating 30 years of business this week!  Since its founding in 1984, Michaels has maximized cost effective energy savings for efficiency programs, facilities, and processes through both energy efficiency and building system design services. Michaels’ dedication toRead more

Michaels Energy Awarded CARD Grant from MN DOC La Crosse, WI – February 4, 2014 – Michaels Energy was recently awarded a Conservation Applied Research and Development (CARD) Grant from the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Division of Energy Resources, for their “Mainstreaming Motel Optimization” program.  This program falls under the “Test or Demonstrate Innovative Program ImplementationRead more

Michaels Energy Named a 2013 Hot Firm La Crosse, WI – August 15, 2013 – Michaels Energy was named a “Hot Firm” on The Zweig Letter Hot Firm List for the second year in a row. The Zweig Letter 2013 Hot Firm List recognizes the 100 fastest-growing architecture, engineering, planning and environmental consulting firms inRead more

Connect with Michaels! Michaels Energy gave away three $100 Amazon gift cards as part of a social media contest!  Once we reached 200 followers on the respective social media site, we announced a winner:  Twitter follower (June 2013), LinkedIn follower (March 2014), and Facebook follower (June 2014).  All you had to do was like ourRead more

Michaels Energy Poised to Better Serve Utilities in Minneapolis/St. Paul La Crosse, WI – March 13, 2013 – Michaels Energy has made another strategic move to better serve utilities and other clients by opening an office in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.  The fifth location of Michaels Energy opened for business last month at 2233 N.Read more

Michaels’ Energy Efficiency Division Hires New Engineer La Crosse, WI – July 11, 2006 – Michaels Engineering would like to announce the addition of a new team member, Eric Borchardt. Borchardt, a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Platteville, has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. His most recent experience includes an engineering co-opRead more

Michaels’ Energy Efficiency Division Hires New Engineer La Crosse, WI – August 30, 2006 – Michaels Engineering would like to announce the addition of a new team member, Ryan Kroll. Kroll is currently finishing a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University. At ISU, he worked as part of the NASA combustion research team.Read more