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Tempe advances residential energy equity roadmap to help heat‑vulnerable residents afford cooling
Summary
City staff introduced a residential energy equity roadmap Feb. 24 that was co‑created with neighborhood residents and community partners; the plan focuses this year on energy efficiency outreach and advocacy, streamlining rooftop solar permitting, and an urban cooling tree stewards program and will return for formal approval March 6.
The Tempe Sustainability and Resilience Division presented a residential energy equity roadmap to City Council on Feb. 24 aimed at lowering energy burden for heat‑vulnerable residents by advancing energy efficiency, renewable energy access and urban cooling. Energy Equity Coordinator Andy Escobar sought council feedback and said staff will return for formal approval March 6.
Escobar said the roadmap was co‑created with residents from the Allegre, Escalante and Victory Acres neighborhoods and informed by the city’s heat priority scores and federal energy‑burden data. "We believe it's important that…
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