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Commission partners with Building Power Resource Center and readies short renter survey for Earth Day outreach

Ithaca City Sustainability Commission · April 14, 2026
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Staff outlined renter-focused recommendations in the draft climate plan (home energy score, portable heat pump pilot, maximum temperature ordinance), said the city will partner with Building Power Resource Center for a year of technical assistance, and asked commissioners to help collect anecdotal survey responses at an Earth Day event with QR-code outreach.

Siobhan, the sustainability planner, presented housing-sector recommendations from the draft climate action plan and described a proposed partnership with the Building Power Resource Center for a year of technical assistance and a national policy scan focused on a maximum temperature ordinance. “They’re offering us a year of technical assistance. They have a cohort of research fellows who are going to help us conduct a national policy scan,” she said.

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