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Mayor's innovation team narrows Bloomberg Sustainable Cities project to energy‑bill affordability and hires planned
Summary
Robert James, director of the Nashville Innovation Team, told the Sustainability Advisory Committee the team's Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities work will focus on reducing energy burden and energy‑bill affordability and that hiring and research will accelerate this summer.
Robert James, director of the Nashville Innovation Team in the mayor's office, briefed the Sustainability Advisory Committee on progress implementing the city's Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities grant work and on staffing and project priorities.
James said the team is using human‑centered design and a phased "path to public innovation" (aim, design, prototype, activate, sustain) to develop local solutions that reduce energy burden and increase economic opportunity. "Our draft aim focuses on reducing energy burden and increasing economic opportunity," James said. The team's draft problem frame is energy‑bill affordability; James said…
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