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Evansville Collaborative hires IU intern to lead heat-pump outreach and workforce work

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The Collaborative introduced an intern from Indiana University's Environmental Resilience Institute to lead a local heat-pump HVAC cohort and outreach; staff highlighted rebates and state programs to offset upfront costs.

Lauren Norvell, director of the Evansville Climate Collaborative, introduced Lucy Swenson, an intern from Indiana University’s Environmental Resilience Institute, and said Swenson will champion local workforce development and market outreach for heat-pump HVAC systems.

“She is with IU's Environmental Resilience Institute and we are participating in their heat pump HVAC cohort,” Norvell said. Swenson will be with staff through early August to “develop the local market and the local workforce, to be more familiar and accepting of heat pump HVAC systems,” Norvell said.

Norvell described…

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