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4/3/2024
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4/3/2024
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4/9/2024
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$61,623.00
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Project Description: Habitat for Humanity of Orange County proposes to use $55,000 in Orange County Climate <br />Action Grant Funds to provide supplemental weatherization services on five homes being repaired through the <br />organization’s Home Preservation program in the coming year. Habitat’s Home Preservation program serves <br />Orange County residents who own their homes but are unable to afford necessary repairs due to low or fixed <br />incomes. Of this amount, $50,000 will go towards the direct cost of the weatherization projects, including <br />materials, subcontractor labor, and direct construction staff labor. The remaining $5,000 is a 10% overhead <br />charge for support staff and other costs to administer the program. <br /> <br />Project Benefits: Funds will increase the energy efficiency of homes through projects such as repair or <br />replacement of aging HVAC systems, repair or replacement of drafty windows, and the addition of insulation in <br />crawl spaces and attics. Of the repair applications that Habitat receives, about half are for these types of <br />weatherization projects. Increasing the energy efficiency of aging homes can immediately create savings for <br />Orange County homeowners while reducing the demand on the power grid or removing gas and oil furnaces. <br /> <br />Habitat considers this work to preserve the affordable housing stock that already exists in our County to be <br />essential and urgent. Once these properties are sold and often redeveloped, they will likely never be affordable <br />again. <br /> <br />Reviewer Comments: <br />We are pleased to continue supporting this community leader in their efforts to provide energy efficiency <br />services for low‐income residents in Orange County. <br /> <br />Grant Dollars Requested Per Metric Ton of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduced During Project Lifetime: $733 <br />#2 Ranked Project – Urban Sustainability Solutions <br />Applicant (Collaborators): Burts Bees Foundation, NC DEQ/EPA, Carrboro Stormwater/Public Works, Triangle <br />Community Foundation <br />Funding Requested: $69,156 <br />Recommended Funding Level: $69,156 <br />Total Score (Out of 26 pts): 21 <br /> <br />Project Description: Urban Sustainability Solutions is requesting grant funding to create a Green Infrastructure <br />Workforce Development Apprenticeship Program for underserved youth and to fund 40% of the installation cost of Green <br />Infrastructure on single family residences that are in neighborhoods that the North Carolina Department of Environmental <br />Quality’s Environmental Justice Program has designated as underserved and low income. <br /> <br />Project Benefits: Students will obtain after‐school green‐jobs training by job shadowing with environmental contractors <br />who will be installing rain gardens, rain‐harvesting cisterns, riparian buffers, and other sustainable stormwater “best <br />management practices” (BMP’s) on underserved/low‐income properties suffering from flooding and erosion issues in <br />Orange County. The curriculum specifically targets students who have not performed at grade level in math and sciences. <br />Based on direct past experience this hands‐on curriculum leads to improved student performance in traditional STEM <br />curricula and improves environmental literacy and stewardship. <br /> <br />Reviewer Comments: We are pleased to support this project as it builds on work previously started in <br />neighboring Durham County. Additionally, we are excited to receive an application that is focused on nature‐ <br />based climate solutions that engage young people in our community. <br /> <br />Grant Dollars Requested Per Metric Ton of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduced During Project Lifetime: $191 <br /> <br />#3 Ranked Project – Town of Chapel Hill <br />Applicant (Collaborators): The Hargraves Community Center <br />Funding Requested: $95,000 <br />Recommended Funding Level: $0 <br />Total Score (Out of 26 pts): 20 <br /> <br />7 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: EB7B9CC8-B910-4965-AF93-0969E3E03E78
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