A Columbia Basin Trust investment will help several non profits with funding projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, energy use and climate change adaptation.
The CBT’s Sustainable, Mitigation, Adaptation and Resilience Transition, or SMART grants, are supporting 29 projects through a nearly $2-million investment through separate funding streams.
The community of ʔaq’am has been approved for two grants, this includes $377,000 to install solar at various buildings as well as $181,000 to purchase two electric vehicles and charging stations.
Meanwhile, a $111,000 funding injection for the Baynes Lake Community Society will allow for efficiency upgrades at the Baynes Lake Community Hall.
See more information from the Columbia Basin Trust, and links to lists of funding recipients, below:
Twenty-nine non-profit organizations in the Columbia Basin are undertaking projects to reduce their energy use, create fewer greenhouse gases and adapt to the impacts of climate change. The projects are being realized with support from Columbia Basin Trust.
“Non-profit organizations hold important roles when it comes to well-being in the region, from serving vulnerable people to acting as stewards of the natural environment,” said Ulli Mueller, Senior Manager, Columbia Basin Trust. “By making operational changes and infrastructure upgrades non-profits around the Basin will realize energy-savings for years to come while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and becoming more resilient to climate change.”
The Trust’s Non-profit SMART (Sustainable, Mitigation, Adaptation and Resilience Transition) Grants support projects that involve operational or infrastructure upgrades, such as installing solar panels or heat pumps, or adding building insulation, as well as purchasing electric vehicles and installing charging stations. The Trust is providing nearly $2 million for these projects. Learn more at ourtrust.org/npsmart.
To see the list of organizations purchasing electric vehicles and installing charging stations, click here.
To see the current recipients completing operational or infrastructure upgrades, click here.
– Article includes statement, links and photo supplied by Columbia Basin Trust – Photo: The Baynes Lake Community Society is facing climate change with support from Columbia Basin Trust.
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