Woodbury Joins 14 Other Cities To Promote Home Energy Efficiency

Press release from the City of Woodbury:

June 15, 2020

Help us reduce our community’s energy use and save energy by joining the Intercity Challenge. Compete with your neighbors and other cities in Minnesota!

Woodbury has joined fourteen other cities to promote home energy efficiency to help residents lower their energy bills and increase home comfort.

Our challenge to you – sign up for a free virtual Home Energy Squad® visit this year to learn more about your home’s energy use and opportunities to save.

Our goal is to be the city that completes the most number of visits per capita in 2020 to help save energy and reduce our carbon footprint.

The Home Energy Squad is usually delivered as an in-person home visit. To help Minnesotans save energy while also staying safe at home, Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy are currently offering free Virtual Home Energy Squad visits. During a virtual visit an energy consultant will guide customers on a walk-through assessment of their homes via video chat. Homeowners will receive energy saving tips to start saving energy right away and recommendations for next steps that may include an in-person visit and the installation of energy saving products.

Learn more and sign up

Frequently asked questions

What is the challenge?

Woodbury joined fourteen other Minnesota cities to challenge residents to increase their home energy efficiency with the Home Energy Squad. By learning more about your home’s energy use, you can be better stewards of our resources and increase your home’s comfort by making small improvements.

Each participating city is tracking their community’s Home Energy Squad sign-ups. At the end of 2020, the city with the highest participation per capita wins. A traveling trophy will be on display for the winning city.

What is the Home Energy Squad?

The Home Energy Squad is a joint program offered by Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy to help customers reduce energy use. To qualify for a visit, you must live in a single family, duplex, triplex or fourplex home, and be a Minnesota electric customer of Xcel Energy, and an Xcel Energy or CenterPoint Energy natural gas customer. Right now, to support Stay Safe MN, the Home Energy Squad is being offered as a virtual visit.

How do I sign up?

Call 651-328-6220 to schedule your visit or sign up online.

Why sign up?

Many of us are spending more time at home and using more energy. A free virtual Home Energy Squad visit will help you learn how your home uses energy, reduce heating and cooling costs, improve comfort year-round and connect you with additional energy-saving resources.

This press release was produced by the City of Woodbury. The views expressed here are the author’s own.