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Palo Alto launches new Youth Climate Advisory Board term and expands heat-pump water heater outreach
Summary
Public works staff reported the Youth Climate Advisory Board will begin a new term Sept. 2 and described expanded outreach for heat pump water heaters, including a giveaway campaign that led to 29 contracts and 34 installations tied to recent outreach.
Brad Eggleston, the city’s Director of Public Works, told the Climate Action and Sustainability Committee on Aug. 22 that the Youth Climate Advisory Board’s new term will begin Sept. 2 and that outreach tied to home electrification has increased this summer.
Eggleston said the city will have “11 high school students that come from Pali, Gunn, Castawayja, and Kahila high schools” serving on YCAB in the new term and that staff are starting collaboration with the teens to produce Instagram content aimed at younger audiences.
The update also summarized recent…
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