Three Boston community-based organizations have received $150,000 in funding to lead grassroots marketing and neighborhood outreach for Renew Boston, an energy efficiency partnership with NSTAR and National Grid, that will bring 3,000 households no-cost weatherization services.
Dudley Square’s Partnership for Greening Blue Hill Avenue, East Boston’s Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) and the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corp. will share the funding, according to a statement. The organizations will serve as satellite Renew Boston offices will help connect Bostonians with Renew Boston’s weatherization and job training services. The satellite office will also work to help implement Renew Boston’s small business retrofit programs throughout Boston Main Streets districts.
"This innovative partnership provides Bostonians with a unique level of access to incentive programs for energy efficiency," said Jim Hunt, Boston’s chief of environmental and energy services. "This is critically important in Boston where space heating represents the largest share of our energy bills, and older building stock accounts for nearly 70 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions citywide."
