Cold Climate Housing Research Center

A US Department of Agriculture grant will help the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Cold Climate Housing Research Center in Fairbanks develop a…

A shipping container outfitted as a kitchen and bathroom unit will be incorporated into a home built in the Norton Sound community of Unalakleet. As…

A US Department of Energy-funded laboratory is partnering with the Cold Climate Housing Research Center in Fairbanks. The DOE’s non-profit National…

The Interior Gas Utility’s board of directors approved a nearly $60 million deal Tuesday to buy Pentex Alaska and its natural gas processing, storage and…

A prototype heat pump that can derive warmth from extremely cold air, will be tested in Fairbanks. As KUAC’s Dan Bross reports, the unit which amplifies…

A top-level Arctic Council meeting in Fairbanks …Sen. Lisa Murkowski says the State Department’s selection of Fairbanks as the site of the biggest and…

Alaska rates near the bottom in a nationwide survey on how states are improving energy-efficiency programs. But a state energy official says the survey…

As energy prices continue to rise, Alaskan engineers and builders are pushing the envelope in the quest to build ever-more energy-efficient housing. Some…

*This story won Third Place for Best Environmental Reporting from the Alaska Press Club in 2013.The Cold Climate Housing Research Center in Fairbanks…

Fairbanks, AK - There are an estimated 5000 publically owned buildings in the state of Alaska. Over the last three years, the Alaska Housing Finance…