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D36. Please <br />describe how you will <br />engage with and/or <br />educate project <br />participants and/or <br />the community. (250 <br />word limit) <br />From the outset of this project, SolarEquity has been committed to initiating <br />and maintaining sustained engagement with the church congregation and <br />broader Northside community. Months of dialogue with the church <br />leadership and the Jackson Center culminated in our first town-hall-style <br />community meeting at the church, where the entire congregation was <br />invited and encouraged to participate in shaping our project’s plans. During <br />the meeting, we distributed technical assistance packets to cultivate an <br />understanding of solar and energy among the community. Our team also <br />took the Jackson Center’s audio tour to better understand the <br />neighborhood’s history and the St. Joseph’s CME Church’s role within it. <br />After the project’s completion, SolarEquity will remain involved. W e plan to <br />host follow-up meetings and interviews, and participate in church services <br />and events. W e will also provide ongoing support, system monitoring, and <br />educational outreach. SolarEquity plans to collaborate with the Jackson <br />Center to track the project’s influence on residential solar adoption and <br />energy awareness across Northside. Finally, we will share the <br />neighborhood’s story with the broader UNC Chapel Hill student body. W e <br />hope this will foster meaningful connections between UNC students and the <br />neighborhood’s long-term residents. <br />D37. How will you <br />measure the success <br />of that engagement <br />or educational effort? <br />(200 word limit) <br />SolarEquity’s education and engagement efforts, and the corresponding <br />evaluations of their success, are divided into two distinct sections. <br />First, we will measure the efficacy of the technical assistance packet by <br />tracking the number of structures in the Northside Neighborhood that adopt <br />solar in the 3 years following the church’s adoption of solar. The technical <br />assistance packet outlines the benefits of solar from an environmental and <br />financial standpoint. Furthermore, the packet highlights the lack of <br />maintenance required to maintain a solar project. W e will know if the <br />technical assistance packet and educational efforts were successful if <br />Northside denizens take the benefits to heart and decide to adopt solar on <br />their own accord. W e plan on lobbying the Jackson Center to track the <br />number of solar projects in the neighborhood in their bi-annual censuses. <br />W e will evaluate the success of the organization's engagement efforts in <br />the Northside Neighborhood with service opportunity participation. For the <br />next three years, we set the expectation that SolarEquity participates in <br />three community service initiatives in the Northside Neighborhood per <br />semester. At least five SolarEquity volunteers must attend the service <br />opportunity for it to register as a successful service day. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: F42389BC-2D83-4E00-BC11-D720BFF48873