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Page 13 of 27 <br /> <br />community education strategy. Thirdly, “financial savings through energy <br />efficiency” for the community is specifically mentioned as a strategy to <br />help achieve measures outlined in the Plan. <br /> <br />Specific recommendations in the Plan related to this project include: <br />● Community Integration Recommendation #1: Create Grass Roots <br />Partnerships to Engage Community <br />● Community Integration Recommendation #6: Facilitate Low Cost <br />Financing for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects <br />● Community Integration Recommendation #7: Integrate Climate <br />Action and Social/Equity Initiatives <br />● Buildings Recommendation #1: 50% Challenge <br />● Buildings Recommendation #2: Energy Audit/Performance <br />Rating <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Collaborators and Partners <br /> <br />In some projects, collaborators and partners provide essential capacity and connections. If collaborators <br />or partners are an essential part of your project whether or not they are receiving grant funds, please <br />use this section to provide more details. If you are not working with collaborators or partners, please <br />feel free to write N/A in this section and move to the Social Justice and Racial Equity section. <br />13. Please describe one to three <br />key partnerships/collaborations <br />that add the most value to the <br />success of the proposed <br />project: <br />Key to this project is the partnership between the community organizer, <br />resident Tamara Sanders, and the residents in her Carrboro neighborhood. <br />This historically-Black and -disadvantaged neighborhood was where the <br />origination of the project idea took place (see Question 19 for more <br />details) and will be the focus for energy retrofits and energy education <br />events. The project will lean on the community organizer’s ability to raise <br />awareness of the program to the neighborhood, build rapport with <br />residents, help identify homes that would generate the most impacts from <br />retrofits, and identify new opportunities for promoting energy <br />conservation. Tamara’s strategy will involve door-to-door canvassing and <br />information gathering to determine ideal methods of communication with <br />each resident. In the parts of the neighborhood where she doesn’t have an <br />established history she will rely more on the existing relationships <br />between the residents to gather information and distribute resources. Her <br />goal is to remove any communication barriers for residents wanting to be <br />included in the programs and she is committed to being personally <br />available and creating a personalized experience for each resident who <br />receives a retrofit. <br /> <br />Second, the skills and engagement abilities of ERS will be critical to <br />ensuring impactful retrofits and meaningful educational experiences for <br />the resident. ERS has a history of working with the other key project <br />team members and has demonstrated a comprehensive knowledge of <br />whole-house energy efficiency and an ability to communicate it in a way <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 05316BF7-95C7-4D54-82D9-7EBD5926DA4D