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<br />P.O. Box 8181 * Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Telephone: 919 245-2626 <br />10. Has your organization or <br />have your collaborators/partners <br />completed projects of this type <br />in the past? If so, what funds <br />were used? <br />☒ Yes <br />☒ Funding used (Please describe): For example, we have utilized <br />Climate Action Program funding for supplemental weatherization <br />have received more than $500,000 over five years from the Duke <br />Energy Helping Home Fund for HVAC replacement. <br />☐ No <br />11. If this project is not selected <br />for funding in this round, what <br />other funding might be used to <br />support it within the next 5 yrs? <br />☐ Other capital or operational funds <br />X None. This is a unique opportunity. <br />☐ Unknown (please describe): <br />12. Please select the <br />jurisdiction(s) where your <br />project is focused and briefly <br />state how your project aligns <br />with the relevant Climate <br />Action Plans (2-4 sentences). <br /> <br />Please name the action items <br />from each relevant plan that <br />best align with your <br />proposed project: <br />☒ Carrboro: https://townofcarrboro.org/928/Community-Climate- <br />Action-Plan <br />☒ Chapel Hill: <br />https://www.sustainchapelhill.org/featured/2020/2/18/climate- <br />action-and-response-plan <br />☒ Orange County: In progress, please instead show alignment with <br />the Orange County BOCC Goals and Priorities. <br /> <br />Extracts from Orange County jurisdiction climate action plans with <br />which this project's goals align as follows: <br /> <br />Carrboro: Recommendations are provided around the themes of <br />community integration, energy efficiency of buildings, <br />transportation, renewable energy, ecosystem protection and <br />restoration, and food choices. <br /> <br />Chapel Hill: Climate action is any activity that reduces our <br />greenhouse gas emissions, or that helps us respond to our changing <br />climate by making Chapel Hill a stronger and more resilient <br />community. <br /> <br />Orange County: Create, preserve, and protect a natural <br />environment that includes clean water, clean air, wildlife, <br />important natural lands, and sustainable energy for present and <br />future generations. <br /> <br />Energy efficiency and beneficial electrification are primary <br />objectives of the previously identified climate action plans. This <br />project contributes significantly to energy efficiency by replacing <br />furnaces (a high-efficiency gas furnace is about 95% efficient) with <br />more highly energy efficient heat-pump HVAC systems (Under ideal <br />conditions, a heat pump can transfer 300% more energy than it <br />consumes). A heat pump's source of energy is electricity. <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: E86DD11C-7C3F-4DD6-97F0-CADB5D52D35A