The Ideal Blog

Ideal Energy founders Troy Van Beek and Amy Greenfield were featured on Oprah’s Next Chapter: America’s Most Unusual Town, which aired on March 25, 2012. In the episode, Oprah spends the day in Fairfield, Iowa–one of the safest, greenest and most unusual communities in America; home to the Transcendental Meditation Movement. During the episode, Oprah [...]

A conversation about rural living, clean energy, and good design Amy Greenfield + Mitra Muehlman Mitra Muehlman’s interest in building deepened during his studies at Maharishi University of Management’s Sustainable Living program. For his senior project, Mitra designed and began construction on his own 700 sq ft. timber frame home, based on principles he learned [...]

Keep your wind turbine generating power and profits Ideal team members Mark Stimson & Troy Van Beek have been busy recommissioning a Whisper 500 wind turbine. The turbine has been powering two homes for about 10 years in rural Southeast Iowa. It’s in good condition, and with a few repairs and modifications the output and [...]