New Bill Savers Program Offers Energy-Saving Home Installs

May 30, 2025

Starting this June 2025 homeowners and renters can request free installation of energy-saving measures when they sign up for Bill Savers, a new program for Winneshiek County residents offered by the Winneshiek Energy District.A Bill …

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Successful Electrify! Fair Answers Questions about Everything Electric

April 27, 2023

Heidi Eger, Communications Last Saturday, we had a wonderful time hosting the Electrify! Fair in the big community building a the Winneshiek County Fairgrounds. We split the building with Winneshiek County Conservation who hosted a …

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Green Iowa Americorps Team Offers Free Tree Seedlings

March 23, 2022

In partnership with Winneshiek Energy District members, Kevin and Leslie Sand, our Green Iowa Americorps team created the Tiny Trees Initiative to make Decorah a little greener and help reduce the energy bills of Decorah …

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Green Iowa Americorps Team Update

January 31, 2022

This year’s GIA team is small but mighty! Max has been working with WED since June and Maddi joined us in December. Since the start of their terms, the team has been completing energy efficiency …

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Watts Cooking?

April 26, 2021

Martin Donovan, Green Iowa Americorps When you’re cooking up ways to increase the efficiency of your home, upgrading your stove to an induction cooktop could be a fun and useful thing to consider. Unlike electric …

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Applications for the Green Iowa Program Open!

March 30, 2021

Join the Winneshiek Energy District’s Green Iowa Americorps team!Applications are now open for both summer and full 11 month terms. WED Americorps members provide valuable energy efficiency services to households in our community, create and …

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First Step Home Audit Signups Re-open for Vaccinated Families

March 24, 2021

Is every member of your household fully vaccinated against Covid-19? If so, the Green Iowa Americorps team is excited to offer you a First Step Home Energy Audit! Call our office (563) 382-4207 to schedule …

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Green Iowa Team Finishes Service Year

August 31, 2020

The 2019-2020 Americorps team wrapped up their service year in mid-August. The team of 5 full-time and 3 summer members made an incredible impact in our community!Between September of 2019 and March of 2020, the …

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Welcome, New Green Iowa Americorps Team!

August 31, 2020

Heidi Eger, CommunicationsOn September 24th, 2020 the new team of Green Iowa Americorps members arrived at the WED office. We are excited to have each of the 5 new members joining us for an 11 …

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Bright Box Program Offers No-Contact Energy and Carbon Savings

June 17, 2020

by Jessica Hegdahl, Audit CoordinatorThere’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and when it will be safe for the Winneshiek Energy District to resume in-home energy assessments. So we got creative! We are excited to …

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Green Iowa Team helps with Food Distribution, Pilots No-contact Lighting Program

April 27, 2020

Bri Burke, Green Iowa MemberIn the midst of this pandemic and all of the changes it has brought, one thing is still the same; the Green Iowa Americorps team is hard at work serving our …

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GreenIowa Service Continues

March 26, 2020

Bri Burke, GreenIowa Americorps Member COVID-19 has brought our regular home energy assessment work to a temporary halt. In response, we have been hard at work brainstorming new ways to continue serving the community while …

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Green Iowa AmeriCorps: “The coolest thing I’ve done so far…”

December 30, 2019

Briana Burke, Green Iowa AmeriCorps When asked, “What’s the coolest thing you’ve done so far during your term?”, my mind is filled with images of changing light bulbs during energy assessments, kids excited about a …

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Decorah Bank and Trust: A key partner for Energy Efficiency

November 26, 2019

By: Briana Burke, Green Iowa AmeriCorpsNE Iowa’s Energy-Efficiency TriadIn 2017 an estimated 66.7% to 86% of energy production in the United States was wasted (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2017). In a time when we are …

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Huzzah! They are Here! 2019/20 AmeriCorps Team

October 1, 2019

On Monday, September 30th, a new Green Iowa AmeriCorps team started orientation at the Winneshiek Energy District. This is the 10th Green Iowa AmeriCorps team that our organization has hosted!This year’s team consists of Briana …

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