Climate Smart Communities

Our Climate Smart Communities division supports community-based partners and other key actors through the delivery of technical assistance and programs that deliver high-performance, climate-ready, healthy housing and community revitalization.

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  • Our team provides technical assistance services that enhance the capacity of community-based organizations to advance equitable and sustainable community development objectives.  Sample services range from high-performance design and construction support to fundraising and research assistance.   

    Our Partners Include:

  • Our team works with partners to design and administer programs that engender healthier, safer, more comfortable and affordable living environments that use less energy.

    Example:

    Energize Delaware

  • Our staff cultivate, facilitate, and deliver diverse education and engagement offerings that enable others to design, build, rehabilitate, and operate more sustainable buildings.  These services have helped:

    • Tradespeople effectively implement high-performance building approaches;

    • Residents operate and manage their new / renovated homes; and

    • Community organizations perform outreach to encourage enrollment in programs, adoption of new technologies / equipment, and behavior change.