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Our next B4 webinar is coming up on August 21! In the meantime, catch up on past webinar recordings on our website 💻 In our May webinar, Slipstreamer Greg Nahn discusses how the House is a System. ✅ Catch some of his takeaways in the video above and watch the entire webinar for FREE at b4conference.org/webinars. #B4Conference #B4 #Decarbonization #Electrification Visual Video Description: A turquoise screen with white text reads "Webinar Takeaways:" with an image of a laptop with a webinar screenshot below it. The B4 logo can be seen at the top of the screen. We see screen recordings from a webinar that cut between Greg Nahn speaking and showing text on the screen with graphic design that highlights the main points of the speaker. The video closes with a turquoise screen and another screenshot of the webinar with text above it that reads "Watch the full webinar: b4conference.org" and the B4 logo at the bottom.

We're ecstatic to welcome Sylvia Ewing as our new Vice President of Marketing and Communications! 👏 👏 📝 A little bit about Sylvia: Sylvia's executive experience includes marketing and communication strategy, leadership development, fundraising, narrative change, financial inclusion, media training, and special events. She has worked with government, nonprofits, political campaigns, and organizations who advocate for environmental justice and climate action.🌏 An avid mentor and collaborator, Sylvia focuses on using appreciative inquiry, creating mission- and value-based communications, and meeting people where they are. She is particularly sensitive to collaborating with people who have been disenfranchised to help them unleash their full potential and tackle barriers of inequity and injustice. Sylvia helps individuals and organizations find hidden assets and build community with others. ➡️ Sylvia is an inductee in The HistoryMakers African American archives for media and the recipient of the Illinois Humanities Award for 2020. She is the Immediate Past Board Chair of Kartemquin Films, and she currently serves on the Board of Illinois Humanities, as well as the Advisory Boards for the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University and Press Forward Chicago, an independent media initiative of The Chicago Community Trust and the MacArthur Foundation. Please join us in welcoming Sylvia to the team! 👋 #TeamSlipstream #climatesolutions #decarbonization #VPMarketing #comms4good

Congratulations to City of Madison, WI for receiving an Honorable Mention in the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s EV Video Challenge! The City of Madison Fleet, led by Mahanth Joishy, aims to convert all light- and medium-duty vehicles in their fleet to electric vehicles by 2030, and they're well on their way to succeeding. 🚒 Learn more about how they've integrated electric vehicles—including the nation's FIRST fully electric fire truck: https://bit.ly/3A06WrA 👷Slipstream's Clean Energy Careers video series highlights their EV goals and discusses how other cities can duplicate their success: https://bit.ly/3SoF1YE 🔌See the winners and other honorable mentions in this year's EPA EV Video Challenge: https://bit.ly/3WCSUVD

💥 Make a difference in the fight against climate change and the inequity of its impacts... and put your residential HVAC knowledge to good use! We're currently looking for an expert on residential systems to join our team as a Senior Researcher (Residential Decarbonization). Could that be you? 🤔 Our ideal Senior Researcher: 🔹Has experience in conducting and managing research and analysis on residential systems including HVAC, water heating, and heat pump applications. 🔹Wants to creatively address climate change using both technical skills and curiosity. 🔹Thrives in a collegial and collaborative environment, and is comfortable managing project teams with diverse groups of researchers. 📝 Apply online: https://bit.ly/3WCazwF #Decarbonization #CleanEnergyCareers #SeniorResearcher #JobOpportunity

💥 Today is National Intern Day, and we are celebrating Slipstream intern Timothy Reidell. 🙌 National Intern Day is recognized every year on the last Thursday of July. It provides employers with the opportunity to recognize and thank their hardworking interns. For Slipstream, it assures that our work toward a sustainable climate will continue. 🏢 Timothy started with Slipstream in June as an Energy Engineering Intern after discovering his passion for sustainability and environmental studies at the University of Minnesota where he majored in Building Science. Interests grew in the areas of energy-efficient buildings, their effects on occupant health, and affordable housing solutions, which prompted Timothy’s decision to pursue a master’s degree in architectural engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. At Slipstream Timothy assists with energy and equipment compliance and is proud to have a meaningful impact on projects. He is encouraged by the opportunities for continuing education and professional growth and appreciates Slipstream’s focus on equity. Much of his work has been for new affordable housing projects and Midwest Indigenous communities. 💬 He states, “If we are to transition to a clean energy economy, we must make sure that our more vulnerable communities aren’t left behind and excluded from the conversation.” We are thrilled to have Timothy on board and look forward to his contributions to the climate! 💪 #NationalInternDay #EnergyEfficiency #CleanEnergyCareers

For this week's Whiteboard Wednesday, we'd like to introduce you to... Kevin Frost, PE! 👏 Kevin is a Senior Energy Engineer at Slipstream, and this week, he's unpacking the question "What's VRF, and how does it save energy?". 👉 VRF (variable refrigerant flow) is an energy-saving measure that can help heat and cool spaces more efficiently, particularly older, historic buildings that might need retrofitting or multiunit buildings such as hotels, apartments, or office spaces. Tune in for more info (and, of course, some whiteboard drawings✏️ ) on how VRF works in large, multiunit spaces. And, if you'd like to learn more, check out some of Kevin's research on VRFs in cold climates: https://bit.ly/4bWhi95 #VRF #Decarbonization #HeatPumps #ColdClimateVRF 🎥 Visual Video Description: An introduction slide with the Whiteboard Wednesday logo "bounces" into the frame over a blue background with white text that reads "What's VRF, and how does it save energy?". Kevin talks directly to the camera while pointing to drawings on a whiteboard behind him. We see intermittent close-ups of the drawings while Kevin points. At the end of the video, a teal green background appears with white text that reads "Stay tuned for more" and the white version of the Whiteboard Wednesday logo. The website URL "slipstreaminc.org" is at the bottom of the screen in magenta text.

We love seeing Slipstreamers and our partners come together! Last week, we had a chance to celebrate our new Chicago office with staff and partners. We shared some valuable conversations 💬, made full use of our whiteboard wall ✏️ , and celebrated the elegant (and energy efficient!) design of the new space. 🏛️ Designed by our engineers at Slipstream in collaboration with Farr Associates Architecture & Urban Design and Kent Consulting, the suite is an example of applying modern efficiency retrofits to a historic space in the Civic Opera Building. Some of these measures might even make their way to future programs! 💡 For now, our Chicago team is just enjoying community and glad to have an efficient and beautiful place to call home! 🎉 #Decarbonization #CivicOperaBuilding #TeamSlipstream Visual video description: A slideshow of photos from Slipstream's recent Open House event at their Chicago office.

Have you been meaning to catch our B4 webinars, but missed the chance to see them live? 💻 ✅ We've got you! Watch recordings of our March and May webinars at b4conference.org/webinars. Our March webinar, Heat Pump Water Heaters in Real Life, features Slipstreamer Greg Nahn, former Slipstreamer Kevin Gries, Kurtis Anderson from Perfect Environmental Performance LLC, and Dave Alberts from Veridian Homes. Watch the recordings and register to see our next webinar live on August 21–Air Source Heat Pumps and Electrification: b4conference.org/webinars #B4Conference #B4 #HPWH #Decarbonization #Electrification Visual Video Description: A turquoise screen with white text reads "Webinar Takeaways:" with an image of a laptop with a webinar screenshot below it. The B4 logo can be seen at the top of the screen. We see screen recordings from a webinar that cut between Kevin Gries speaking and showing text on the screen with graphic design that highlights the four main points of the speaker. The video closes with a turquoise screen and another screenshot of the webinar with text above it that reads "Watch the full webinar: b4conference.org" and the B4 logo at the bottom.

Every new career starts with an opportunity. 🌠 With a $1.9 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) Innovation Grants, Faith in Place, a Chicago-based nonprofit, will collaborate with Slipstream and OAI, Inc. to increase the diversity of workers in the home energy performance and energy efficiency sector. The project team will use Faith in Place's trusted Green Team model to engage residents in the Chicago region who are often overlooked or underrepresented in the clean energy workforce. Slipstream will conduct trainings in weatherization and building science to build participants' skills in assessing and improving home energy performance. By the end of the three-year grant period, 30-45 Illinoisans will be prepared for long-term career success and to begin their journey as newly minted clean energy professionals. Learn more about the project: https://lnkd.in/gU2bVMDq #ClimateWorkforce #WorkforceDevelopment

Last Fall, Slipstream teamed up with KEEP - Wisconsin's K-12 Energy Education Program and Xcel Energy to give high-school students a truly hands-on experience with new and emerging sustainable technologies at the first annual Clean Energy Career Fair. The students attending got to: ➡️Build their own model wind turbines and test them out ➡️Use cutting-edge energy modeling software ➡️Take a look at the latest electric vehicles ➡️See how electrical power is distributed ➡️And more! Find out more about how this unique event came about—including how Wisconsin Energy Workforce Consortium's Mobile Learning Lab got involved—and why interactive experiences like this are essential for inspiring the next generation in our latest blog post: https://bit.ly/3Waxgqw #CleanEnergyCareers #Decarbonization