Roadmap to Meeting Climate Goals Through Home Decarbonization

Monday, April 15, 2024

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM CT

Location: Room 200 F - J

CM | .75

Moderator and Speaker(s)

Marisa Bayer (she/her/hers)

Sustainability Manager
City of Edina
St. Louis Park, MN

Speaker(s)

Rebecca Olson (she/her/hers)

Sr. Director of Residential and Community Energy
Center for Energy and Environment
Minneapolis, Minnesota
AO

Arbor Otalora-Fadner

This session will describe how City of Minneapolis staff, community stakeholders, and Center for Energy and Environment collaborated to create a roadmap to decarbonize Minneapolis' 1-4 unit residential housing stock to achieve its climate goals. This roadmap considers implementation and operational costs, workforce needs, geographic and social equity, and land use and policy implications, creating a foundation for City decision makers to develop an informed climate action budget. We will share how to leverage existing demographic and building data to facilitate data-driven decision making, and the value of participatory processes that promote collective problem solving and generate community buy-in.

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Learning Objectives:

Understand the barriers and solutions, particularly in relation to equity, to scaling decarbonization projects across a city
Learn what a planner's role is to facilitate community decarbonization projects
Discover the technologies that go into creating a viable decarbonization pathway for 1-4 residential buildings