EmPowering Communities
Through the generosity and support of the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, WARM Training Center and Chase are teaming up to help improve the energy efficiency of Detroit's residents and communities. The Empowering Communities program provides three free services for residents, non-profits,
and neighborhoods in the Northend and Southwest communities of Detroit.
1. Provide Education for Detroit Residents
EmPowering Communities will provide workshops on home repair and energy efficiency to 350 Detroit residents. These workshops are free to the public and teach residents how to make their homes more energy efficient. The impact these workshops have on resident's lives is phenominal. They help lower their energy usage, improve the health of their home, and save money.
If you are interested in attedending a free workshop or hosting one in your community please contact:
Alicia Miller at (313) 894-1030 or amiller@warmtraining.org
2. Provide 10 Energy Audits to Neighborhood Non-profit Organizations and Small Businesses
The EmPowering Communities program will help 10 local non-profits or small businesses improve the energy efficiency of their buildings and lower their expenses through energy audits and educational workshops. Each energy audit examines the building's energy usage and makes facility recommendations. In addition to the free audit, participating nonprofit organizations may be eligible for up to $5,000 in building improvements and upgrades through this program. Each non-profit also receives an educational workshop on how to operate an energy efficient building.
If you are a non-profit in Detroit interested in receiving a free energy audit, please contact Erinn Fahey at (313) 894-1030 ext. 120 or email her at: efahey@warmtraining.org
3. Provide Technical Assistance for Community Development Organizations
The EmPowering Communities program is helping four Detroit neighborhood community development organizations (CDOs) improve, build, or rehabilitate housing that models the best practices of energy efficiency and health. By helping these neighborhood CDOs, we can improve the health and well being of Detroit's homes and create models for home improvement and building in our neighborhoods.
* Funding for the EmPowering Communities program is made possible by a grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation *
