working group members can introduce themselves in the chat and rename themselves by hovering over their name and clicking on "more" and then "rename"\

Good afternoon! My name is Christine and I am a Regional Environmental Planner with the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments.

Maureen Goulet, Principal Program Manager at Capitol Region Council of Governments.

Good Afternoon All, an utility-scale solar project developer at Greenskies Clean Energy located in North Haven, CT

Hello! I'm Cathy and I work as a planner at the City of Bridgeport.

https://efficiencyforall.org/wordpress/2022/03/01/efa-2021-workforce-development-outcomes/

Afternoon All. My name is Steve Bright, and I am the East Policy and Regulatory Affairs lead at WeaveGrid.

Stephanie Bahramian, environmental planner for Bloomfield

Adrienne Farrar Houel, President/CEO, Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises, Inc.

1- 4 unit housing that houses LMI and disabled people's have no way to access help, as ICAST is focusing on Multifamily properties in CT with over 5 units. Yet, 1-4 unit had the highest rates of barriers to EE- and Residential use is 15% of energy use. Addressing Housing in disadvantage communities creates resilience, addresses equity, and strengthens our grid, all while lowering the heating needs and providing local jobs . https://efficiencyforall.org/wordpress/2021/03/01/addressing-health-and-affordability-challenges-for-low-income-families/

https://efficiencyforall.org/wordpress/2020/11/22/addressing-health-safety-barriers-in-ct/

Hello, I’m Mary Donegan, a faculty member at UConn in Urban and Community Studies.

Maebel Haynes, National Correspondent for Sunrise Movement Connecticut

Hi everyone! I'm Allison Pilcher, Policy Director with the Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs

Francis Pickering, Western Connecticut Council of Governments

Hello Everyone, Anji Seth here, Climate Scientist, Professor and Interim Head of the Geography Department at UConn Storrs. I have been on the GC3 Science and Technology WG.

IgCC = International Green Construction Code (IgCC)

Hi all, I'm Shannon Laun, an attorney and CT state director for Conservation Law Foundation.

HPBS = high performance building standards

Hello - My name is Julie Paquette. Mechanical engineer, Director of Engineering & Energy Management in Yale University Facilities, and member of the Town of Guilford Sustainability Task Force. Happy to be part of this WG.

Good to be here, I'm Nathan Frohling, Dir. of External Affairs for The Nature Conservancy in CT. I oversee our climate and clean energy program.

Leticia Colon de Mejias with www.efficiencyforall.org and www.gewportal.org both CT based nonprofits run by people of color, serving with a focus on lifting people of color, and lifting at risk communities, and taking action that helps protect all of CT. I am also a NEJAC official, and a CEEJAC member, as well as co-chair of policy at BPA, I am Chair of Latino affairs in CT, and an appointed MBI member, as well as an appointed member of the office of workforce strategies. I pray and hope that this work could begin to show efforts to close the energy disparity gap, by INVESTING in our communities needs, for efficient housing, and deep investments in retrofitting our buildings and houses to lower energy and heating demands by up 30%. We need investments in solar, and shared solar, as People of color have not had equal access to clean energy in CT. Nor have we had equal chances to work in the energy , environment, or climate action sectors. Inclusion requires inclusion, and meaningful engagement also.

Re: Bullard Havens, at what point in the process were you in before seeking the additional funding for climate adaptation? Can that be applied to other schools in the (pre)construction stage? Or other types of proposed climate project

Lots of new Melissa Kops from the CT Green Building Council and Architect at the City of New Haven

Mitigation: Must support education of humans that use energy. A person can not take action to make positive change, if they not aware of the need, or of the ways to take action. People also will not be able to change with out support, or resources, which help them convert, change, or take action. These plans must take equity into account- there are several lens on equity - here: https://efficiencyforall.org/wordpress/2020/02/25/governors-council-on-climate-change-gc3-equity-lens/

Yay for new building codes!

Reports on climate energy and equity can be located here: https://efficiencyforall.org/wordpress/publications/

Oh sorry, I meant to say lots of new people here!

Hi Everyone, I am Stillman Jordan. I am the President of ENCON Heating and Air Conditioning (A large HVAC contractor based on out of Stratford CT). I also serve as the Government Affairs Chairperson for the CT Heating Cooling Contractors Association. I am a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) and Certified Energy Manager (CEM). I am glad to participate and contribute however I can.

https://efficiencyforall.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/EE-2_13-Slides-2.pdf

https://efficiencyforall.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/EE-Health_2-18-2019_Flyer.pdf

Jacob Robison, AICP, Senior Project Manager, New Haven City Plan Department

@david can you explain what you mean by a stretch code?

https://efficiencyforall.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Uconn-2.pdf

https://youtu.be/l_7MUIDb2E0

Last support document https://efficiencyforall.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2020-People-and-the-Planet-a-Plan-to-lower-carbon-emission-2.pdf

https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/climatechange/GC3/GC3-2022-agendas-and-minutes/Centering-Equity-in-Climate-Change-Resilience-PlanningA-Guide-for-Connecticut-Municipalities672022.pdf

Hi all, Kathy Fay, Director of Community Sustainability at Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven. We offer a statewide home energy concierge program, I Heart My Home CT. Locally we are also engaged in a variety of environmental equity issues impacting residents in their homes and neighborhoods - for example residential stormwater management to mitigate combined sewer outflows.

Can you explain why solar panels on buses is not feasible?

Can you share information on the culvert program?

Question for Deputy Commissioner Eucalitto: When do you expect the final report re: the electric bus fire in Hamden? When will other electric buses in the fleet return to service?

Thank you Garrett, much appreciated.

Equity - would tell us that we should ensure the investments are solving for multi issues in equity areas. Like the tool we created at DEEP- I am not hearing that Equity lens tool discussed here?

ALANIS - I have a question.

2021 GC3 Report: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/climatechange/GC3/GC3_Phase1_Report_Jan2021.pdf

Prior to anyone using any funds- this group needs to participate in the equity training, and ensuring the GC3 aligns with our governors exc order on equity. Which they can not do with out knowing of it.

I understood that there is supposed to be a liaison with the EJ group. What is happeneing with that???

I have a follow up question

Would it be useful then to know the Equity lens?

https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/climatechange/GC3/GC3_Phase1_Report_Jan2021.pdf

Should this group of excellent leaders - get the training on equity? It is online at DEEP we recorded it as a training session.

The Spin on Energy ……Many of us are focused on “Climate talk”, “Carbon Talk”, “Clean Energy”, “Green Energy” , EV policy, EV infrastructure build outs, Wind, Solar,Geothermal, Transportation, workforce, Ratepayer Funds, Green Bank, Programs, Outreach needs, highest carbon emitters, where to start, who should pay for all of what we want as goals, who should be allowed to useincentives, who can’t use the incentives and programs, what they can be used for, cost effective testing, what is the best plan to lower carbon, protect health, mitigate climate change, grow our economy, lower energy burdens, close affordability gaps, protect water and air, educate people, ensure Equity for all, and what steps we need to take this year to lay the foundation for our success. Because without a plan a goal is just a wish….. learn more here https://youtu.be/l_7MUIDb2E0

Yes - DEEP writes bills. They have an office of policy.

GC3 Annual Report Slides: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/climatechange/GC3/GC3-2022-agendas-and-minutes/GC3-Annual-Progress-Report-060822.pdf

Thanks Alanis, I appreciate the overview you did and I'm sorry if you already answered that question.

No problem!

With out education on equity lens? Which is require by a legal binding Executive order. How will you have something for Nov?

I have to leave for another meeting. Thanks all for the updates and discussion.

Regarding DEI- Equity& Inclusion and Diversity: Are there any Latino'/as or POC's representatives for any of the disadvantaged public residents in the leadership of these groups. Have any folks here with lived experience in disparity, or in directly working with those groups. been placed in a leadership role on this mitigation planning/ leadership via GC3?

Thanks for clarifying. So if we do have new recommendations, this is not the space to share those? We are just focusing on implementation and monitoring? Thank you.

When we focus on monitoring and implementing will the metrics and focus include DEI? or Equity lens?

Don't we need to know more about programs across the state to see if and how the EO is being fulfilled?

Will a link to the presentations from today be sent around including the charge of this group? If there are good recommendations that could be helpful to the '23 legislative session are we able to do that or are we really being constrained to "reporting" on what we see?

Thank you, sounds good.

That's helpful, thank you.

Saturday the EPA federal body announced the new office of EJ and external Civil rights- this is Justice 40 work- to protect the least of us.. those who have been left behind.

I saw that Leticia! It is shocking to me that such an office did not already exist.

The federal IRA act has civil right embedded in the grants- thus this GC3 group and all GC3 groups may want to brush up on civil rights and DEI- as the grants require this lens. If we do not place EQUITY at the front of the planning- then we will not get that as result of the working groups- or planning- or efforts. Thus EQUITY must be addresses at the start. Please the disadvantaged people will be left in the dark, and cold literally. Thank you for thinking of the people who are not here today- who have no PC- no AC- and NO power to be here.

I have another question if I may.

Thanks Rebecca, that's very helpful.

I think policy suggestions that limit program deployment such as conflicting department policies or regulations and barriers to deployment of important programs to vulnerable communities will be really important given the cross-expertise in the working groups.

*suggestions that fix issues that limit deployment

Solving for cumulative impacts is part of EJ and Climate ACTION, and DEI metrics must be laid. That includes the findings of the equity group work. The mapping tools, and the funds need to reach the places they have not reached.

is education part of mitigation?

It would probably be helpful to take affirmative steps to make sure the communities most negatively impacted by these issues are represented on the committee, rather than just having a public notice go out.

+++It would probably be helpful to take affirmative steps to make sure the communities most negatively impacted by these issues are represented on the committee, rather than just having a public notice go out.

++++ inclusion requires inclusion

It would probably be helpful to take affirmative steps to make sure the communities most negatively impacted by these issues are represented on the committee, rather than just having a public notice go out.