Pretty fascinating refresh of energy.gov today.

 

Some initial thoughts:

-I've never seen the normal header not be the top most part of a gov't website.  Pretty innovative

-What is even cooler is when you scroll down, the actual normal looking header becomes the header and stays there.  pretty slick.

-Love the interactive maps/data for topics like energy expenditure per person

-I'm curious what are most popular parts of the site.  I really like govt websites that highlight the top 5 most common tasks really prominently.  energy.gov may already be doing this I'm guessing just not naming it "most popular"

-I'm guessing this will change as they are in outreach mode right now but when I hit the FB, Twitter, email buttons, I was hoping to sign up for energy information and not share the page.

-I like the color green they use.  Feels fresh and feels like 'energy'

-Only downside I would say which is not totally a negative is that it's such a different feeling for a government website.  Both the colors, fonts, and layout.  Which on initial take makes it hard to find the stuff I'm looking for.

 

What do you think?