About
Minnesotans Building a Clean Energy Future
The Clean Energy Resource Teams—or CERTs—are a statewide partnership with a shared mission to connect individuals and their communities to the resources they need to identify and implement community-based clean energy projects.
We empower communities and their members to adopt energy conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy technologies and practices for their homes, businesses, and local institutions.
Learn more about CERTs, meet our staff, or check out our structure. You can also see press releases and news sightings, read and submit testimonials, or find someone to contact.
CERTs in the News
11/01/2018
Minnesota State University Mankato is teaming up with Clean Energy Resource Teams and Xcel Energy to highlight energy efficiency.
The team will highlight what they learned from personal experience...
11/01/2018
Minnesota State University Mankato is being recognized for its energy conservation efforts.
The school has replaced most of its incandescent and fluorescent lighting with energy efficient LED bulbs...
10/31/2018
In the age of the Anthropocene, with climate change accelerating, finding ways to conserve energy usage and utilize clean energy have never been more crucial to the future of the human race.
The...
10/30/2018
MANKATO — Minnesota State University, which was already working in 2014 to reduce its carbon footprint, will be the host of a seminar Thursday advising cities, schools and counties on how to follow...
10/21/2018
Back-to-back clean energy events were held Oct. 11 at Lakeland PBS in Bemidji.
The event featured a tour of solar, geothermal and energy efficiency projects at Lakeland, as well as the screening of...
Our Impact
CERTs makes a measurable impact through seed grants, campaigns, and programs.
ENERGY SAVED: 384 billion BTUs
SEED GRANTS: Awarded $1,210,000
PEOPLE: 287,000 impacted since 2009
For the Media
Meet CERTs Staff!
Joel Anastasio is the Northwest CERT Coordinator with the University of Minnesota Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships (RSDP).
Clean Energy Resource Teams