CRP seeks to improve the environment and serve the local community, through collaborative green initiatives and educational programming with existing agencies and other groups in Sacramento, Sutter and Yuba Counties. Through such partnerships we work together to provide local low-income residents services that increase home energy efficiency while simultaneously bringing energy bill costs down and focusing on the environment.
AVENUES NEIGHBORHOOD WEATHERIZATION PROJECT
In May, 2010, CRP and representatives from Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), Naildown Construction and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) launched an innovative pilot program called the Avenues Neighborhood Weatherization Project, designed to help income-qualified families improve energy efficiency in their homes. This project began its focus with a South Sacramento neighborhood called The Avenues, with the goal of weatherizing all of the eligible dwellings within that neighborhood.
This unique pilot program combines federal Recovery Act weatherization funds awarded to CRP with funding from PG&E and SMUD. The project will help families lower their monthly utility bills by providing free weatherization services and energy efficient appliances. By joining efforts, CRP, PG&E and SMUD help to ensure that eligible families in the neighborhood obtain the maximum benefits from existing energy efficiency programs. The partnership formed between CRP, PG&E, SMUD and Naildown Construction is crucial in completing a project of this size. Leveraging resources from all four agencies ensures that work is done as efficiently as possible and that clients receive the maximum allowable benefit. Learn more about this project here.
SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
Through partnership with SMUD, CRP’s weatherization program helps Sacramento’s low-income households manage their energy needs through reducing energy costs and creating a healthier, safer and more comfortable living environment.
SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
CRP joins forces with the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District and the State of California Department of Community Services & Development to provide a unique new program in Sacramento County – the Low-income Wood Stove & Fireplace Change Out Program. Low-income residents of Sacramento County who have a wood-burning fireplace or wood stove in their homes and who are eligible for CRP’s weatherization services will now also be eligible to receive natural gas or EPA certified wood burning device free of charge. Participants can be either homeowners or renters. Click HERE to learn more.
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