00E05005

Description: This agreement provides funding under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to City of Madison.

Specifically, the project will address energy justice head on and implement equitable residential energy efficiency and workforce training programs tailored to and delivering meaningful benefits for disadvantaged communities in Madison.

The project will serve 61 census block groups designated as disadvantaged on the EPA IRA disadvantaged communities map.

These disadvantaged block groups correspond to 10 City of Madison neighborhoods - Wexford Ridge, Park Edge-Park Ridge, Hammersley Theresa, Balsam Russet Road, Meadowood, University Avenue Student Housing, Tenney Lapham, Marquette, Sherman, Sheridan Triangle, Brentwood Northport Corridor, Carpenter Ridgeway, Darbo-Worthington, East Town-Burke Heights - and 3 neighborhoods shared by the City of Madison and City of Fitchburg, including Allied-Dunn's Marsh, Arbor Hills-Leopold, and Park Street-Fish Hatchery.

Activities: - The project will train and lead a CBO ambassador network to collaboratively provide outreach and education to residents and housing owners in the disadvantaged communities served by this project.

- This project will provide free energy-efficiency and healthy home upgrades to both single- and multi-family housing serving low-income residents in Madison's disadvantaged neighborhoods.

- This project will provide workforce training through Operation Fresh Start's Build Academy and Climate Corps programs.

Subrecipient: Project Home will serve on the leadership team (Task 1) and lead implementation of weatherization and healthy home upgrades to 50 single-family homes per year.

Sustain Dane will serve on the leadership team (Task 2) and lead implementation of energy efficiency and healthy home upgrades to 135 multi-family buildings (675 units) through their Efficiency Navigator program.

Operation Fresh Start will serve on the leadership team (Task 1) and lead implementation of green workforce training.

Urban Triage will serve on the project's leadership team (Task 1) and implement community engagement.

Outcomes: Lower energy usage by 20% or more in 285 residential buildings (825 units); complete 295 or more energy audits and home health assessments;

Weatherization (air sealing and insulation) completed on 150 single-family homes and 675 multifamily units; electrification and HVAC upgrades completed on 75 single-family homes and 50 or more multifamily units (10 buildings); the intended beneficiaries are disadvantaged communities.

60 trainees complete Build Academy training; 36 trainees complete Climate Corps training; weatherization (air sealing and insulation) completed on 150 single-family homes and 675 multifamily units.

Electrification and HVAC upgrades completed on 75 single-family homes and 50 or more multifamily units (10 buildings);

Outcomes: Reduced energy burden for residents of upgraded homes (calculated from energy bills); reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from reduction in fossil fuel use (calculated using EPA GHG equivalencies calculator);

Reduced combustion of fossil fuels resulting in improved indoor air quality due to reduction in CO2, volatile organic compounds, and particulate matter (calculated from indoor air quality testing in a sample of units);

Increased business opportunities for disadvantaged contractors and other local contractors (measured by number of minority/women/veteran owned business engaged through the program);

Improved job opportunities for trainees including opportunities to work with participating contractors and/or enter apprenticeship programs (measured by number of trainees that obtain jobs or enter apprenticeship programs);

Reduced combustion of fossil fuels resulting in improved indoor air quality due to reduction in CO2, volatile organic compounds, and particulate matter (calculated from indoor air quality sampling on sample number of units);

Improved comfort from weatherization.

City Of Madison

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66.616 - Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program

EPA Region 5: Chicago [EPA - RO]

Madison, Wisconsin United States

City-Wide

Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (EPA-R-OEJECR-OCS-23-04)

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 11/30/27 to 07/25/25.