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Fairfax outlines Sustain Fairfax outreach, climate tracker app and energy concierge pilot
Summary
OEEC announced a marketing campaign, a Climate Action Tracker app to launch Feb. 2025 and an Energy Concierge pilot aimed to assist 1,000 households and complete about 200 energy retrofits, with emphasis on lower‑income and underserved communities and coordination with incoming Virginia rebates.
John Silcox, Public Information Officer for the Office of Environmental and Energy Coordination (OEEC), updated the committee on residential clean energy efforts focused on outreach, a climate tracking app and a concierge/referral pilot.
Silcox said the Sustain Fairfax marketing campaign begins in December and will ramp in early 2025, with advertising and materials in English and Spanish and outreach to community partners to promote energy efficiency, electrification and renewable energy adoption. The county has contracted with a vendor to support the campaign and will provide toolkits for local partners to amplify messaging.
OEEC described a Climate Action Tracker web application being developed with BrightAction to allow individuals, neighborhoods and organizations to track emissions‑reducing actions, form teams, and compare results. Staff said the app is planned to be available on the county website in February 2025.
On the energy concierge pilot, Silcox said the county aims to assist 1,000 households and help 200 complete energy retrofits that could produce at least 15% energy savings, targeting lower‑income and disadvantaged communities and leveraging more than $180 million in federal home energy rebates expected to flow through the Virginia Energy Office in 2025.
Board members asked how neighborhood groupings and competitions would work; staff said registration will use mailing address and ZIP code to group participants by town or neighborhood and that materials to support local organization will be available before launch. Supervisors encouraged partnerships with universities and multifamily property managers to broaden reach.
