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Page 6 of 14 <br /> <br />c. Please provide a brief description <br />of your organization’s past <br />achievements in carrying out <br />similar projects and evidence of <br />successful record of meeting <br />proposed budgets and <br />timetables (2-4 sentences): <br /> <br />d. Living Wage: Does this <br />organization pay permanent <br />employees a minimum living <br />wage? (Yes / No) <br /> <br />If yes, is this <br />organization an <br />Orange County <br />Living Wage <br />Certified Employer? <br />(Yes / No) <br /> <br />If no, please briefly <br />explain. <br /> <br />e. Schedule of Positions: <br />a. Number of Full-Time Paid <br />Positons: <br />b. Number of Part-Time Paid <br />Positions: <br />c. Number of volunteers: <br />Average hours <br />worked per <br />volunteer per month <br /> <br /> <br />Project Information <br />*Please submit for each project if applying for funding for more than one project. <br /> <br />6. Project Name: <br />7. Please briefly describe the <br />proposed project and the target <br />population to benefit from the <br />program. How many people will <br />benefit? (100-300 words) <br /> <br />EmPOWERment will partner with SolarEquity whose <br />experience has been as a key stakeholder in the <br />installation of rooftop solar on 15 HFH homes in Orange <br />County, securing the donation of 260 panels while also <br />donating $10,000 to help cover labor costs. They are also <br /> working with CASA, a local non-profit that provides <br />affordable housing, to install rooftop solar on the Bryan <br />Place Apartments in Durham County. <br />Yes <br />EmPOWERment <br />Inc (EI) pays its <br />employees a <br />living wage. Yes, <br />EI is an Orange <br />County Living <br />Wage Certified <br />Employer. <br />SolarEquity is a <br />non-profit <br />comprised of UNC <br />student <br />volunteers. <br />3 <br />2 <br />70 150 <br />Rooftop Solar on EmPOWERment's Peach Apartments <br />EmPOWERment Inc. (EI) is building an apartment <br />building. As a partner, SolarEquity will install rooftop solar <br /> on The PEACH Apartments, a rental complex for ten <br />low-income and very low-income families. Installing <br />rooftop solar will mitigate carbon emissions while <br />decreasing the target population’s energy burden. Grant <br />funding will be dedicated to establishing a 42.075 kW <br />system, reducing each apartment unit’s energy bill by an <br />average of $46 monthly. There will be 2- studio <br />apartments, 4- one-bedroom units, 3- two-bedroom units, <br />and 1 -three-bedroom units. The rooftop solar installation <br />will benefit around 26 individuals on average at any given <br /> time. Since the apartments are available for rent, the <br />lifetime of the solar panels is projected to be 30 years. <br />The system will likely benefit far more than ten different <br />families, depending on the tenant turnover rate. EI will <br />receive a reduced energy bill from Duke Energy. The <br />savings will be passed on to the tenants based on the <br />number of bedrooms per unit. The apartments are only <br />available to those earning 30% AMI, ensuring that the <br />benefits of reduced energy bills are restricted to very <br />low-income people subjected to overwhelming energy <br />burdens. EI’s clients are comprised of low-wealth and <br />communities of color. Of EI’s 62 owned and managed <br />households, 50% are African American, 39% are <br />Hispanic, and 10% are White, the remainder identifying <br />as “Other.” 74.8% of the heads of household are women, <br />and 85% are African American or Latino. Of the twelve <br />units in the Pine Knolls community, 80% of the homes are <br /> African American, with 60% having female heads of <br />households. The construction of the PEACH Apartments <br />will be completed in 1Q of 2024, and the solar installation <br />will take place in the weeks after that. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: EB7B9CC8-B910-4965-AF93-0969E3E03E78