IFCC Award: $30,000

Leveraged Dollars: $990,570 in private investments, $29,100 in additional grants

$10,000 from other partners = $1,029,670

Year 1 pilot period reductions: 540 mtco2e

Solar United Neighbors (SUN) was awarded $30,000 to support hiring a program director and launch Colorado’s first solar co-op. The funding provided critical support to the launch, which included educating and recruiting residents interested in installing solar installations for their homes. The group buying power allowed the solar co-op participants secure a price approximately 25% below the state average. The Fort Collins co-op helped facilitate 48 local installations, totaling 396 kW of solar capacity and nearly $1 million in local energy investment.

IFCC Award: $10,000

Leveraged Dollars: $31,850 cash, $101,600 in kind donations = $143,455

Pilot Period Reductions: 0 MtCO2e

Potential Reductions: 13,130 MTCO2e

Pretty Brainy was awarded $10,000 to develop and support the MISSion Innovation project, which sought to develop interest, participation and relevant projects with young women innovators and problem solvers to address climate change. This project hosted a 24-hour innovation marathon for climate action and the building of a scalable mobile application to encourage sustainable behavior change. This project successfully engaged 375 individuals, 12 partners and collaborators.

IFCC Award: $25,000

Leveraged Dollars: $0

Pilot Period Reductions: 9 mtco2e

The Eco Tool Library (ETL) project received $25,000 and was developed to meet community demand and ambition to reduce consumer waste and increase community resilience through knowledge and tool sharing. As a direct result of the IFCC funds received, the ETL has transitioned from concept to reality, including a built-out storage and office space, an extensive, diverse and rapidly growing inventory of more than 400 tools, and an active and growing membership base. One of the goals of the ETL is to inspire the Fort Collins community to be more collaborative as we aim for greater sustainability in our resource utilization. Individual members have used tools to work on homes, both large and small, vehicles, meet HOA landscaping requirements, and build amazing DIY projects.

IFCC Award: $8,000

Leveraged Dollars: $11,087 in kind donations

Pilot Period Reductions: 0 mtco2e

Potential Reductions: TBD

The Taco ‘Bout Solar project by Renewablue provided neutral, third-party solar education to Fort Collins residents and the real estate community. The main purpose of this project was to create a non-biased resource for homeowners that are considering solar PV and provide them a road map with clear and concrete steps. This roadmap is to assist them in making a good decision on whether solar PV was right for their situation. Another large success is was the Realtor training. The appetite from local Realtors to learn more about solar was huge. Since those trainings, additional solar training classes for Realtors have been developed to meet that demand. This is a great indication that our community is shifting toward a better understanding of the total value of solar in our market.

IFCC Award: $37,000

Leveraged Dollars: $38,000 cash, $86,185 in kind donations = $124,185

Pilot Period Reductions: 0 mtco2e

Projected Reductions through 2020: 13,130 mtco2e*

*Based on 10 full projects implementation

Colorado Clean Energy Cluster Education and Empowerment (C3E) was awarded $37,000 to establish a new component to their She’s in Power initiative (SiP) to pilot hands-on, project-based mentorship. Individuals from the clean energy industry were paired with women who will shape the clean energy economy’s future. Mentor (Energizer) and mentee (Sparks) teams launched their own Power Projects, each with the goal of measurably reducing greenhouse gases emissions in Fort Collins. Ten distinct projects were developed by 12 Sparks (women high-school aged and older) and 11 Energizers (men and women in the clean energy industry). These projects focused opportunities to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Poudre School District was awarded $40,000 to purchase a compost unit they could host at a local middle school. This type of equipment was new to the U.S. and would allow the school to process food waste from lunches and help meet the District’s goal of a 60% waste diversion by 2020.

CSU proposed developing an online education module for incoming freshman that would provide an engaging platform to educate students on local active transportation options and safe cycling practices. The module would be designed based on best practices for behavior change and included a research component to study the impact of the project.

Insecticycle is a recycling start up business that focused on developing and implementing process improvements for food waste and other organic waste materials. This project focused on growing a laboratory scale processing system using black soldier fly larvae into a pilot scale system capable of demonstrating impact of a new and revolutionary process.

This non-profit organization uses a redemptive employment model, which trains and supports men that are re-entering the workforce after struggling with barriers to sustainable living, such as unemployment, homelessness, previous incarceration, or addiction. Spring Back collects and recycles mattress sets, recycling 95% of this material for other useful products.

This project funded the installment by students of a new solar array and two electric vehicle chargers at the Harmony Library. This phase of the project is complete, but the College has additional phases planned that include working with a local non-profit, Pretty Brainy, to provide solar learning workshops with middle- and high-school students.