Climate Change Archives - Community Energy Project

Beating the Heatwave: The CEP Guide to Staying Cool and Safe

August 10, 2023 Climate Change, Education

Beating the Heatwave: The CEP Guide to Staying Cool and Safe Most of the year Oregonians are looking forward to sunny days and outdoor adventures, but it’s important to remember that extreme heat can quickly turn from pleasant to perilous. Rising temperatures not only put a strain on our comfort, but ...

PCEF & CEP Partnership Builds Portland Housing Resiliency

September 29, 2022 Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Home, PCEF, Weatherization

Project funded though Portland Clean Energy Fund. Portland Housing Bureau and Energy Trust of Oregon https://youtu.be/_4igMr3wdw8 Copywrite Community Energy Project Shot and edited by Aeon Visual

Energy grant benefits North Portland residents and utilities

February 14, 2022 Climate Change, Education, Energy Efficiency

How do you transform a neighborhood into a virtual power plant while reducing utility bills and avoiding greenhouse gas emissions? Portland General Electric (PGE) and partner organizations aim to find out thanks to a $6.65 million Connected Communities grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for the Smart Grid Asset Load Management & Optimized ...

Portland Clean Energy Fund & CEP

December 6, 2021 Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Home, PCEF

Community Energy Project is on track to install home energy retrofits in black-owned homes in Portland as part of our partnership with the Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF). These retrofits include insulation, air sealing, heating and cooling system replacement, and related repairs. Some of the homes will also receive rooftop solar ...

Run Up The Numbers X Community Energy Project

October 4, 2021 Climate Change

Podcast Episode 2: Our Partnership with Run Up The Numbers we will be informing the community of resources available to them that can directly alter their use of energy toward a more renewable future and impact their bottom dollar. In this episode CEP's Executive Director Charity Fain and Program Director ...

Portland Clean Energy Fund & CEP

September 14, 2021 Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Home, PCEF

Community Energy Project is on track to install home energy retrofits in black-owned homes in Portland as part of our partnership with the Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF). These retrofits include insulation, air sealing, heating and cooling system replacement, and related repairs. Some of the homes will also receive rooftop solar ...

Importance of Efficient Homes and Their Ties to Our Health

September 16, 2020 Climate Change, Education, Energy Efficiency, Home

Community Energy Project offers Home Energy Scores as a FFS program and for free for income qualified households. We started conducting HES’s at the beginning of the program in 2018. Over time, we noticed the value of knowing a home’s energy efficiency and started partnering with other organizations to provide ...

Air Quality

September 16, 2020 Climate Change, Education, Home

Indoor and outdoor air quality have become top stories in the news recently due to the wildfires we are facing. Indoor Air Quality is an important part of home performance because it affects the health and safety of your family and the longevity of your home. Pollutants and undesirable moisture levels ...

Resources

June 18, 2020 Black Lives Matter, Climate Change

Personal Stories to Read · Equity is About Justice by Michelle DePass · Being Black in Portland Oregon by Karis Stoudamire-Phillips · The Best Ticket Out of Poverty is Education by Toya Fick · It’s Not Hard to Be Black…It Is Hard To Be Misunderstood by Karol Collymore · Racial Equity Calling Cards by Chabre ...

Fighting Climate Change with your Thermostat

February 20, 2020 Climate Change, thermostats

The news is abuzz with climate crises from California and Australian Wildfires to devastating hurricanes and typhoons. These extreme events impact individuals and frontline communities, and their effects are only intensifying as a result of human caused climate change. It is easy to feel powerless to make a difference in the ...