New Staff Update and Fall Energy Tips
September 26, 2023 No Comments
Meet the newest team member on the Climate and Energy team! We’ll also share tips on how to prevent wildfires and save water this fall.
Climate and Energy Technician
Thank you to everyone who attended the Rural Energy Solutions: Part 2 webinar on August 9th! SNEW partnered with Sierra Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Partnership (Sierra CAMP) once again to host a panel discussion with leading experts on resilience through renewable energy and electrification for buildings and vehicles. Participants learned from:
Panelists discussed barriers and solutions to bringing projects to the Sierra Nevada region and provided real-world examples of clean energy solutions. If you would like to connect with any of our panelists or have any follow-up questions from the webinar, please email snew@sierrabusiness.org.
If you were unable to attend the webinar, you can watch the recording below.
A recent report conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) found that energy-efficient buildings can improve indoor comfortability and habitability by approximately 120% in extreme heat. The report also found that improving energy efficiency performance in buildings prevents deaths and keeps occupants safer during extreme weather events.
A great way to improve energy efficiency performance in your building is to update outdated windows, as they are responsible for 20-30% of heat gain or loss. If your windows are in good condition, taking steps to improve their efficiency may be the most cost-effective option.
There are several things you can do to improve the efficiency of your existing windows:
Meet the newest team member on the Climate and Energy team! We’ll also share tips on how to prevent wildfires and save water this fall.
As regional conveners of the Eastern Sierra CERF Region, Sierra Business Council is currently engaged in a stakeholder mapping process that includes engaging disinvested community members in a sustainable and equitable economic planning process. Our goal is to provide an inclusive forum in which community members feel encouraged to participate in, and ownership of, CERF plans and strategies that will diversify the local economy and develop sustainable industries, creating high-quality, broadly accessible jobs in this 7-county region.
The climate and government affairs teams at SBC were excited when the news came out that the Climate Adaptation Forum (CAF) would be back in-person this summer. SBC’s Government Affairs Director, Stacy Corless, and I attended CAF in early August.