Building Envelope Audits
Thermal imaging and blower-door testing to find where heat actually escapes in a Minnesota winter.
Arctic Energy Group
Efficiency first. Everything else after.
Minneapolis consultancy that reduces what your building consumes before recommending anything to generate it — because the cheapest kilowatt is the one you never use.
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There is a particular kind of waste common in cold climates: buildings heated hard to compensate for envelopes that leak. It's expensive, invisible, and routinely solved by adding capacity rather than fixing the cause.
Arctic Energy Group works the other direction. Adrian Fletcher founded the practice in Minneapolis on a simple sequence — reduce demand, then optimise systems, then and only then consider generation. It's less exciting than leading with solar, and considerably more effective.
We work with commercial property owners, school districts and municipalities across Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. Our recommendations are ranked by cost per unit saved, which means solar sometimes appears near the bottom of the list.
Our Expertise
Six areas where we do our most useful work for Minneapolis businesses.
HVAC Optimisation
Control strategy and commissioning work that frequently recovers more than equipment replacement would.
Clean Energy Planning
Solar and geothermal assessed only after consumption has been reduced, so systems are sized to real need.
Utility Incentive Navigation
Rebate and incentive capture across Xcel and regional programmes, including the paperwork nobody enjoys.
Benchmarking & Reporting
Portfolio-wide energy performance tracking that identifies your worst-performing buildings quickly.
Decarbonisation Roadmaps
Staged plans toward emissions targets, sequenced by cost per tonne rather than by visibility.
What That Looks Like
Figures from our own engagements, not industry averages.
18–40%typical heating load reduction from envelope work alone
2–5 yrspayback on the measures we rank first
$0spent on generation before consumption is addressed
Year-roundcommissioning verified across both heating and cooling seasons
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