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Page 17 of 27 <br /> <br />17. Are the impacted residents <br />already aware of the potential <br />positive and negative impacts <br />of your project and the steps <br />you are taking? If not, please <br />describe your plan to engage <br />with them and how you will act <br />based on their input: <br />Tamara has already engaged with 25 members of her neighborhood and <br />overall has received strong interest from the neighborhood to get <br />involved with a community energy efficiency program. She has also <br />provided them with an idea of the time and effort involved, although this <br />will be illustrated more clearly to the neighborhood upon launch of the <br />project. <br />This project focuses on placing as little lift in terms of time and cost on <br />the resident as possible. The retrofits will be completely free of charge <br />and the small amount of time required from the resident is to be present <br />in the house during the installation of the retrofit. <br /> <br /> <br />18. During and after the project, <br />what will your continued <br />engagement with the <br />community be? <br />Throughout the project, the project team (particularly the community <br />organizer) will carry out regular outreach to inform residents about the <br />retrofit application process, energy education resources, community <br />events, benefits of energy usage reduction and answer any que stions that <br />residents have about the program. The project team will also maintain <br />regular contact with the community groups for discussions on future <br />collaboration opportunities to continue promoting energy conservation in <br />Orange County. <br />After retrofits are installed, the team will monitor energy usage up to one <br />year after retrofit to measure the impact. The community organizer will <br />also continue to make residents aware of the projects energy conservation <br />materials that are available to them. <br />The project team will conduct a survey for homes that receive a retrofit. <br />This survey will be sent 6 months after the retrofit and will ask about <br />health related benefits, overall satisfaction, and other benefits of energy <br />efficiency. For example, one question may be: "After the work was done, <br />did you set your thermostat differently to be comfortable?" While the <br />energy data analysis will provide the project team with significant insight <br />on impacts, the survey will provide further insight from the resident <br />perspective that can guide program design going forward. <br /> <br /> <br />19. Please describe any other <br />aspect of your project that is <br />relevant to Social Justice and <br />Racial Equity: <br />As mentioned in Question 15, this project was initiated out of the <br />Alabama/Davie Rd neighborhood that seeks to positively build on a <br />successful collective effort to halt a discount chain store back in 2012. <br />● INDY Week: Carrboro residents fighting Family Dollar discount <br />store <br />● INDY Week: Carrboro Family Dollar hits another snag <br />The success of this model very much depends on the social network that <br />exists in these small communities. The means of engagement has been <br />and will continue to be in a manner that works for each individual <br />resident. Furthermore, this project has the potential to bolster a <br />community that is not served by a traditional homeowners’ association <br />(HOA) and can set a model that can be replicated for neighborhoods of <br />similar structure and demographics. <br /> <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 05316BF7-95C7-4D54-82D9-7EBD5926DA4D