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Banding Together: Energy Experts Share Lessons Learned from Heat Pump Projects with the Alaska Energy Training Group

Heat pump projects are growing rapidly throughout Alaska, with incentives in the form of tax credits and upcoming rebates through Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) and grant programs set to help install over 7,000 heat pumps throughout coastal communities and the...

Posts / Alaska Specific / Electric Vehicles / Energy Efficiency / Energy Policy / Finance / Renewable Energy / Solar

Clean Energy Funding for Alaskan Homes & Businesses

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) introduced and expanded tax credits for clean energy technologies including game-changing new provisions that enable tax-exempt and governmental entities—such as states, local governments, Tribes, territories, and nonprofits—to take an...

Posts / Building Science / Energy Education / Energy Efficiency

Spreading the Word on Home Energy Efficiency

On an unseasonably warm day in February, I flew up to Fairbanks to meet with families at the Fairbanks Native Association (FNA) Head Start program. Angi Thomas, FNA’s Head Start family wellness coordinator, had reached out to REAP the prior November to see what education we...

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Home Energy Basics With a Hands-On Twist

To expand the energy literacy and skills of teens from the Lower Yukon, REAP led a collaboration of cross-disciplinary educators to teach a Home Energy Basics course at Kusilvak Career Academy this fall.

Initiatives / Partnerships

People in Power

People in Power (PIP) is a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy’s Arctic Energy Office, Denali Commission and REAP that works to improve performance at small, independent electric utilities in rural Alaska through targeted staff training. Independent...

People, Policy, & Finance / Energy Efficiency / Energy Policy / Finance / Legislation / Railbelt

How to Save Money and Reduce Energy Use: A Guide For Alaskan Homeowners

The Inflation Reduction Act is the most ambitious energy and climate policy ever passed by Congress. It is estimated that its provisions will drive investment of $369 billion into clean energy and climate priorities. This investment comes in several different forms including...

Resources / Curriculum / Energy Education / Energy Efficiency

Electricity Calculator

Type: link
Organization: AK EnergySmart
Published On: November 3, 2022

Resources / Energy Education / Presentation

Measuring Energy Use

Type: document
Author: Colleen Fisk
Organization: REAP
Published On: November 2, 2022

Events / Alaska Specific / Energy Efficiency / Finance / Presentation / Railbelt

Energy Speaker Series: CPACE in Alaska

October 19, 202212:00 pm

Anchorage is the first municipality in Alaska to set up a Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program, and the first project under this program is in progress. Join us to hear from Melanie Lucas-Conwell, the new manager of Anchorage’s C-PACE program on the...

Posts / Energy Education / Training

Forever learners: trainings for teachers

This fall REAP is offering several teacher trainings all about clean energy. A large part of the work that REAP’s educators do is offering trainings for teachers. We often hear how teachers just don’t know enough about energy to teach it, don’t know what...

Posts / Alaska Specific / Curriculum / Energy Education / Energy Efficiency / Renewable Energy

Alaska Classrooms Compete in Statewide Power Pledge Challenge

More than 1,200 Kindergarten through twelfth grade students from 22 schools in eight regions around the state participated in the ninth annual Power Pledge Challenge (PPC), an initiative from AK EnergySmart aimed at helping youth better understand energy use. Participating...

Posts / Alaska Specific / Electric Vehicles / Energy Efficiency / Renewable Energy

Prince of Wales – POWered by Renewable Energy

Alaska is a magical place. Beautiful, big and remote. Especially Taan, Sea Lion (Prince of Wales Island). In June 2021, I was lucky enough to tour this sprawling island as a part of REAP’s project with the Sustainable Southeast Partnership. And to see first-hand...

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