Before getting elected, he served on the staff of Les Aspin, former Member of Congress and U.S. Defense Secretary, and Wisconsin Governor Tony Earl.
Senator Poulsen was the prime sponsor of the High Performance Green Buildings legislation, one of the environmental community’s priorities.
As a result, our state will save energy and water, we will improve student learning and employee performance, and these buildings will be operated more cheaply.
That same year, Poulsen received the Northwest Energy Coalition's Bob Olsen Memorial Conservation Eagle Award.
The Eagle is NWEC's highest honor, awarded annually to recognize individual or organizational leadership for a clean and affordable energy future.