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Explore Thought Leadership from Michaels Energy
At Michaels Energy, we don’t just deliver projects—we shape the energy conversation. Our thought leadership content is designed to inform, challenge, and elevate the way our industry thinks about energy efficiency, decarbonization, program design, and thermal energy storage.
Whether you’re a utility leader, facility manager, policy maker, or program evaluator, you’ll find actionable insights grounded in real-world engineering, market experience, and system-level thinking.
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Demand Flexibility: Layering Assets and Behaviors for Greater Grid Value
Prepared by Stan Nabozny for AESP Energy Intel Q1 2026
Redefining Leadership: Driving Industrial Energy Efficiency for a Sustainable Future
Prepared by Kenny Porter for AESP Energy Intel Q3 2025
Michaels Energy FlexForce Staffing and Continuity Guide
Prepared by Michaels Energy
IceRack Readiness Checklist
Prepared by Michaels Energy
White Paper – Energy Audits for Refrigeration
Prepared by Michaels Energy
Using Energy Audits to Maximize Operations
Prepared by Michaels Energy
Unlocking Demand Flexibility – Leveraging Thermal Energy Storage for Decarbonization and Grid Resilience
Written by Jeff Ihnen for AESP Energy Intel Q1 2024
Thermal Energy Storage – 65 GW of DERs Ready for Deployment
Prepared by Jeff Ihnen and Stan Nabozny for AESP Energy Intel Q1 2023
Energy Efficiency Potential of Nanofluids
Prepared by Michaels Energy for MN Dept. of Commerce
Golden Opportunities with Efficiency, DR, and Electrification Paper
Prepared by Michaels Energy
(Almost) All About Heat Pumps
Article by Jeff Ihnen (Michaels Energy) and Kevin DeMaster with contributions from Ryan Kerr for the 2020 AESP Magazine
Not a Carbon Copy: Navigating the Age of Carbon
Article by Jake Millette (Michaels Energy) and Elizabeth Titus for the 2020 AESP Magazine
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The Minnesota Model – Electrification
Prepared by Michaels Energy and MN Dept. of Commerce for the ACEEE Summer Study 2020
The Development of Energy Efficiency Engineers
Prepared by Michaels Energy for ACEEE Summer Study on EE in Industry 2011
Energy Efficiency Financing that Delivers Results for Business
Prepared by Michaels Energy for ACEEE Summer Study
Rescuing New Construction from Widgetitis with Simple HVAC Design
Prepared by Michaels Energy
Energy Mis-Management Systems
Prepared by Michaels Energy
More is Better? Residential Lighting Evaluations
Prepared by Michaels Energy for IEPEC
Knowledge Equals Power Savings When it Comes to Pumping Systems
Prepared by Michaels Energy
Silver Bullet List: Impactful Investments in EE
Prepared by Michaels Energy for ACEEE Summer Study
Beyond Traditional Evaluation for Systems-based Program Designs
Prepared by Michaels Energy for ACEEE Summer Study
Safe Comfortable and Efficient: Pick Two, EE for Surgical Suites
Prepared by Michaels Energy for ACEEE Summer Study
Embedded Evaluation and Data Mining
Prepared by Michaels Energy for ACEEE Summer Study
The E Doesn’t Stand for Easy: EIS in the Real World
Prepared by Michaels Energy for ACEEE Summer Study
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Thermal Batteries 44GW of Storage Ready for Deployment
Resiliency Superpowers
Thermal Energy Storage with Phase Change Materials
Electrification Stakeholder Meeting #2b: Electrification Around the U.S.
The Electrified Frontier: Sharing results from stakeholder interviews and research
Building Energy Use – Learn How to Control It
On-Going Commissioning of Outpatient Medical Facilities