| FY10 ROUND 2 GRANT, AWARDED MAY 2011.
Tennessee State University (TSU) intends to use its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) grant to perform energy evaluations of 50 homes and energy improvement rehabilitations to 30 low- and moderate-income persons in the North Nashville community. Homes will be selected based on need. Thirty (30) grants (up to $9,000 each) will be provided to low- and moderate-income homeowners in the target area to improve the energy efficiency of their property. TSU will partner with the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, Nashville/Davidson County, Hands on Nashville, Vanderbilt University, and Conservation Services Group (CSG), to complete this activity. One of Mayor Karl Dean’s Green Ribbon Committee’s recommendations is to reduce Nashville’s energy usage. The committee’s goal is a 5-percent reduction by 2012 and a 20-percent reduction by 2020. Nashville Electric Service, in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority, has developed a program to encourage energy efficiency through residential energy-efficient retrofits of existing homeowners’ adoption of energy efficient integrations into existing properties. Financial incentives are essential components of encouraging homeowners to take action, however, little to no effort has been made to reach out to our target area of North Nashville because of financial limitations, as most the target area’s homeowners are persons of low- to moderate-income. TSU will work with CSG, neighborhood leaders, churches, and nonprofits to identify potential homeowners who would most benefit from this program. This way, the program will support long-term homeowners who are committed to staying in the target area.
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