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Climate Change and Your Home

Education, Energy Efficiency, Home
Climate Change and Your Home By: Teresa Siqueira Origional article  Homeowners are increasingly concerned about how climate change will impact their homes. As the planet continues to warm, we see more frequent and severe weather events, such as hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, and extreme heat waves. These events can cause significant damage to homes ...

Community Spotlight

Board Member Highlight, Energy Efficiency, Partner Highlight
Community Spotlight: Meet James Metoyer This month, we are shining a light on an esteemed member of the Portland community, James Metoyer. James serves as a CEP Board Member and is the Founder and Executive Director of EnerCity Collaborative. James shared his background in clean energy, how climate change impacts frontline ...

CEP Joins PCEF’s High Road Advisory Council

Energy Efficiency, Home, PCEF
Our very own In-Homes Program Director, Jim Plantico, is now a member of the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) High Road Advisory Council. “This 11-member council was created to provide guidance regarding a range of workforce and contracting issues. The High Road Advisory Council members were selected from a ...

Portland Clean Energy Fund & CEP

Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Home, PCEF
Community Energy Project is on track to install home energy retrofits in black-owned homes in Portland as part of our partnership with the Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF).  These retrofits include insulation, air sealing, heating and cooling system replacement, and related repairs. Some of the homes will also receive rooftop solar ...

Cleaner Buildings? We Need To Spend Billions.

Education, Energy Efficiency, Home, Weatherization
By Andrew Engelson October 8, 2021 Retrofitting programs across Cascadia make a difference, but results are probably too small and too slow. Pumping insulation into walls and scrapping gas furnaces aren’t the most glamorous ways to attack climate change. Renovating old buildings seems downright mundane compared to fast-charging electric cars or sleek, efficient ...