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Stories from Slipstream and our climate + equity allies.

May 30, 2023

How I learned to listen while researching ways for utilities to support Indigenous food sovereignty

We started a research project with good intentions. History spoke more loudly. The work was a reminder that communities we want to serve know what they need and that we can support best when we listen first.

March 31, 2023

Gen Z wants to spill the (green) tea: A conversation with Instagram Climate Activist Moriah Hamilton

A video interview with Moriah Hamilton (@Green_Tea_Gy on Instagram) on sustainability, climate activism, and Gen Z.

March 28, 2023

Partnering for climate impact with the Inflation Reduction Act

Slipstream wants to partner with state and local governments, community-based organizations, and forward-thinking energy providers to translate the IRA's incredible potential into real impacts.

March 15, 2023

VelocityGo: How we designed a simpler tool for energy financing

A look at how we built VelocityGO, a loan origination system (LOS) designed to streamline energy financing.

February 23, 2023

The Wisconsin Girl Scouts on a mission to raise awareness about embodied carbon

Girl Scout Troops 1477 and 1952 from the Badgerland Council are passionate advocates for low embodied carbon in building materials.

November 8, 2022

Do it right the first time: Electrify the residential new construction market

Demand for all-electric homes is at an all-time high, driven by rising fossil fuel costs and higher consumer awareness about the relationship between carbon emissions and climate change.

November 4, 2022

The 5 biggest industry myths about air-source heat pumps

A manufacturer details the top heat pump myths among program implementers, evaluators, and contractors that get in the way of effective program design.

October 28, 2022

Electrification and decarbonization—Why not me?

The Pembroke-Hopkins Energy Efficiency Project (PEEP) paves the way to understanding what it really takes to weatherize and support community members who live below the poverty line on the pathway to electrification.

October 15, 2022

Inside Chicago's Building Decarbonization Policy Working Group

Slipstream staff give us the inside scoop on the City of Chicago's plan to decarbonize its building stock.

September 27, 2022

Lessons on Listening: What utilities can learn from grassroots organizers

Slipstream launched a utility funded pilot program in 2019 to explore how a trusted community-based organization (CBO) could increase energy efficiency program participation. We started with the best of intentions. But every engineer knows intentions don't matter when the building falls. Through hard, honest reflection we realized where our intentions and our actions didn't align.

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