Skip to main content
All Posts By

Elisabeth Hamilton

Inc Best Workplaces – 2025

By Awards No Comments
For the 2nd year in a row, Michaels Energy participated in the Inc. Magazines Best Workplaces program and in turn earned the title. This program measures a wide range of research-validated workplace factors that impact employee engagement and satisfaction. Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces fosters a workplace where employees are willing to go above and beyond in their work, advocate for the organization and intend to stay into the future. In 2025, 79 of Michaels employees completed the survey. The average of their responses creates our organization's Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces score. Scores can range from 0-100 with 100 being the…
Read More

Hermes Gold Creative Award – 2025

By Awards No Comments
In 2025, the Michaels Energy team earned the Hermes Gold Creative Award for the Simplifying Energy Efficiency Opportunity Flashcards. The Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing, and design of traditional and emerging media. Hermes Creative Awards is administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). For more information, visit Hermes Creative Awards.
Read More

Hermes Platinum Creative Award – 2025

By Awards No Comments
In 2025, the Michaels Energy team earned the Hermes Platinum Creative Award for the Living Our Values (LOV) Program. The LOV program is our monthly recognition program, where employees can nominate their coworkers for going above and beyond our values. The Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing, and design of traditional and emerging media. Hermes Creative Awards is administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). For more information, visit Hermes Creative Awards.
Read More

Hermes Honorable Mention Creative Award – 2025

By Awards No Comments
In 2025, the Michaels Energy team earned the Hermes Honorable Mention Creative Award for our Company Booth Display. The Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing, and design of traditional and emerging media. Hermes Creative Awards is administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). For more information, visit Hermes Creative Awards.
Read More

dotCOMM Gold Award – 2025

By Awards No Comments
Our social media campaign, Let's Name Our Mascot, was awarded the dotCOMM Gold award in 2025. DotCOMM is an international competition honoring excellence in web creativity and digital communication. The competition is unique in that it reflects the role of creatives in the dynamic web that is transforming how we market and communicate products and services. DotCOMM Awards’ categories are the elements of the web’s evolving tools. Interactivity, content, design, social media, video, apps, blogs and influencers are all important components of digital public relations, marketing and advertising campaigns. To learn more, visit dotCOMM Awards.
Read More

dotCOMM Platinum Award – 2025

By Awards No Comments
Energy Rant, a blog written weekly by our CEO Jeff Ihnen, was awarded the dotCOMM Platinum award in 2025 for his blog series on Data Centers and AI. DotCOMM is an international competition honoring excellence in web creativity and digital communication. The competition is unique in that it reflects the role of creatives in the dynamic web that is transforming how we market and communicate products and services. DotCOMM Awards’ categories are the elements of the web’s evolving tools. Interactivity, content, design, social media, video, apps, blogs and influencers are all important components of digital public relations, marketing and advertising…
Read More

dotCOMM Gold Award – 2024

By Awards No Comments
Energy Rant, a blog written weekly by our CEO Jeff Ihnen, was awarded the dotCOMM Gold award in 2024. DotCOMM is an international competition honoring excellence in web creativity and digital communication. The competition is unique in that it reflects the role of creatives in the dynamic web that is transforming how we market and communicate products and services. DotCOMM Awards’ categories are the elements of the web’s evolving tools. Interactivity, content, design, social media, video, apps, blogs and influencers are all important components of digital public relations, marketing and advertising campaigns. To learn more, visit dotCOMM Awards.
Read More

Hermes Gold Creative Award -2024

By Awards No Comments
In 2024, the Michaels Energy team earned the Hermes Gold Creative Award for the 2024 karaoke mashup calendar. The Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing, and design of traditional and emerging media. Hermes Creative Awards is administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). For more information, visit Hermes Creative Awards.
Read More

U.S. Green Building Council LEED Certified

By Certifications No Comments
  A LEED credential denotes proficiency in today’s sustainable design, construction and operations standards. Not only do we have engineers on staff with this certification, we’ve also helped many of our clients earn this certification. In addition, our very own headquarters office in La Crosse Wisconsin, located in the Doerflinger office building, received a Gold LEED certification. To learn more, please visit the U.S. Green Building Council.
Read More

Veteran Owned Small Business

By Certifications No Comments
The veteran-owned business must be officially verified by the Department of Veteran Affairs as a VOSB. As of 2018, the VOSB certification places Michaels Energy on a respected list of veteran-owned businesses that are government approved providers of high quality products and services and added to the Veteran business database. Veteran-owned businesses must meet a comprehensive list of business requirements and quality criteria, as well as undergo a rigorous examination and verification process to earn this prestigious VOSB certification. To be eligible, applicants must be a small business, as determined by the U.S. Small Business Administration; must be at least…
Read More