Indiana University is partnering with eight local governments this year to accelerate adoption of energy-efficient heating and cooling systems and to expand community tree canopies.
The program, the latest chapter of the IU Environmental Resilience Institute’s Resilience Cohort, aids Hoosier communities with their climate goals by connecting them to specialized training and resources as well as support from IU students.
This year’s Resilience Cohort is split between two tracks: a heat pump accelerator track and an urban green infrastructure track. Heat pump accelerator participants will be spreading awareness about the technology’s benefits and building a local contractor network. Urban green infrastructure participants will conduct community-wide tree canopy assessments and plant trees in areas that will benefit the most from investment.
Evansville, Lafayette, Indianapolis and South Bend are participating in the heat pump accelerator track. Culver, Dearborn County, Goshen and Hammond. are participating in the urban green infrastructure track.
