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 Register today for our upcoming Catalyst Communities webinar on climate and health adaptation planning and listening sessions on Michigan's home energy rebates
The Catalyst Communities Initiative is a comprehensive program to provide education, training, planning, and technical resources to local governments as they work toward their sustainability goals.?This initiative offers an array of resources on various environmental, social, and economic topics to help communities across Michigan make a just transition to decarbonization and meet our MI Healthy Climate Plan goals. The initiative aims to provide a range of resource options to meet communities wherever they are, regardless of geography, population size, or pre-existing knowledge.? The?Michigan?s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), Catalyst Communities Initiative is hosting this webinar series free to communities.
Webinar recordings are?posted online for future viewing on the Catalyst Communities Webinars Webpage and anyone who registers will:
- get notification when the recording is available,
- receive a copy of the presentation handout, and
- get resource and contact links for taking a deeper dive into each webinar topic.?
Upcoming Sessions
Climate and Health Adaptation Planning: A Health in All Policies Approach, is the third in a three-part mini-series in the Catalyst Communities Webinar Series focusing on integrating health considerations into climate adaptation planning. Applying the concepts shared in the first two webinars from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services? Michigan Climate and Health Adaptation Program (MICHAP) - Climate and Health Adaptation Planning Guide for Michigan Communities, this session aims to show how community engagement and support for climate adaptation can be enhanced through use of before and after images of climate adaptations for specific sites in a community. The webinar will also detail how landscape performance metrics can be quantified; for example, site designs with respect to onsite stormwater management. By participating in the three-part webinar series, communities will be positioned to engage with MICHAP in a future technical assistance planning opportunity.
Attendance at this webinar is worth one continuing education or professional development hour for professional engineers. ?
EGLE is hosting a number of listening session for the home energy rebate programs to invite feedback on the implementation of the Michigan Home Efficiency Rebates Program (IRA Section 50121), and the Home Electrification and Appliance Rebate Program (IRA Section 50122).?
The Home Efficiency Rebates will provide funding to lower the upfront cost of whole-home energy efficiency upgrades in single-family and multi-family homes aiding retrofitting and electrification efforts. The Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates will help finance the upfront cost of efficient electric technologies in single-family and multi-family homes.
The agenda will start with education around the home energy rebate programs, with most of the session focused on hearing about top community priorities, barriers to implementation of the home rebate program, and environmental justice considerations in formulating potential implementation projects.? Register today for these session on the Home Energy Rebates Webpage.?
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REGISTRATION QUESTIONS:
Alana Berthold:?[email protected]
Joel Roseberry:?[email protected]
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