Health & Safety; New Construction; Reference Guide For new housing constructed in Alaska, there are a number of factors that can put occupant health, safety, and well-being at risk if not considered before and throughout the process. This document is intended to serve as a conceptual primer to some of the most commonly encountered health…
CCHRC is working with three communities to act on recommendations from energy audits of local community buildings. In these projects, CCHRC staff and local partners are documenting current conditions of buildings, creating scopes of work for high payback energy efficiency improvements, completing the improvements, and conducting outreach on energy efficiency. Project staff are tracking energy…
The Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) Rural Energy Department focuses on community-wide energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy efficiency buildings projects. CCHRC provides technical assistance to TCC to document the scope and resulting savings of energy projects in Interior Alaska tribal communities. Resources TitleTypeResource LinkHoly Cross Energy Project Final ReportReportsDownload Holy Cross Energy Project PosterPosterDownload Huslia…
This pilot thermalize program will install ductless heat pumps and energy efficiency retrofits in Juneau homes and buildings to evaluate the best options for the community of Juneau to attain it’s 80% renewable energy goal by 2045. Enrolled households and businesses can choose to either install a ductless heat pump or both a heat pump…
CCHRC is assisting several locations in Alaska with healthy homes remediation. These projects provide healthy housing surveys that identify health and safety hazards, accessibility shortcomings, energy inefficiencies, and other issues. These surveys are the basis for follow on healthy housing education and remediation. CCHRC staff provide support and training in grant management, environmental reviews, healthy…
The Navigating the New Arctic: Ice Rich Permafrost Systems project will look at both landscape evolution and adaptation to change in northern Alaska as permafrost evolves in the warming climate. Changes in the Arctic affect natural, social, and built environments. This project, funded by the National Science Foundation, looks at how changes in climate, snow,…
Biomass Greenhouse Handbook CCHRC produced a handbook for school districts and other organizations about how to build and operate a biomass-heated greenhouse. The project is funded through the Alaska Energy Authority and the US Forest Service. The handbook covers everything from planning a greenhouse to financing, construction, growing produce, and incorporating lessons into school curriculum. The…
Sustainable Priorities for Alaska Rural Communities CCHRC helped synthesize energy efficiency retrofits in the two rural villages of Anvik and Hughes. With funding from the Denali Commission and the State of Alaska, the communities were able to complete energy audit recommendations on several community buildings. CCHRC’s role was to document the energy audit recommendations, retrofits, and energy…
DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects This series of projects aimed to reduce energy costs in tribal buildings in four different communities in Southwest Alaska. CCHRC worked with tribal councils to perform energy audits on selected tribal buildings and create an action plan for each building. The plans emphasized efficiency as well as safety…
