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Tribal Green Building Gepetta S. Billie Graduate Intern, Tribal Energy Program MCRP, Community & Regional Planning University of New Mexico
A Sustainable Approach to Addressing Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy on the Navajo Reservation
Windcatcher House, Navajo Nation
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• Introduction • Statement of Need • Community Profile • Work Plan & Public
Involvement • Implementation • Assessment &
Evaluation • Conclusion &
Recommendations
Overview
Introduction
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• Objective: Convey how NN can learn to plan through green building to address renewable energy development
• Focus: Energy efficiency techniques & renewable energy designs
• Process: – Id link between housing & energy – Show need for planning & better housing at local level – Break down community planning process – Break down planning tools through green building and
facilitation
Introduction
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Power Generation
•Distribution •Transmission
R & D •Highly technical •Nerd work
Energy Efficiency
•Less technical •People work
Tying Renewable Energy & Green Building Together
Statement of Need
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Statement of Need
• 18,000 Navajo families do not have access to electricity
• Navajo tribal leadership recognizes the need for planning at the local level
• 110 chapters involved in planning activities at different scales with different degrees of resources, rigor, and purposes
• The Navajo Nation needs to build 34,000 new homes to fill the housing need on the reservation
“Local planning is important since it represents the wishes of community members.” Housing, Utility & Planning
Chapter meeting – Red Rock Chapter House
Typical home in need of repair – Red Rock
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Renewable Energy
Exploring Potential
Possess the
Resources
Sovereignty &
NAEDSDA 2003
Serves Many goals
& Needs
Resource-Intensive
“Our values, beliefs and traditional link to the
land and role as stewards of the environment
compel us to develop our energy resources.” ~Draft NN Energy Policy, March
2011
Sustainable Development
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Statement of Need
Green Building on the Navajo Reservation
Current Practices • Energy Use • Population &
Consumption
Tribal Housing • Housing Stock • Housing Need
Sustainability • Who’s definition? • What does it mean?
Sustainability & Tribes
Community Profile
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The Navajo Nation
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Tsé Łichii’
“The key to our prosperity and self-determination is our people and our land.”
~ NN President Ben Shelly
Government Structure
Community Resources & Public Facilities
Land Use
Geography
Economic Data
Population Characteristics
Housing Characteristics
Work Plan & Public Involvement
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Initial
• Decide to plan
• Commit resources
• Gather information
Preliminary
• Id problem • Analyze
problem • Develop
goals & objectives for a Vision
Decision
• Id alternative solutions
• Choose solution & plan of action
• Implement
Follow-up
• Monitor & feedback
• Adjust solution
What specific activities need to be done to implement? Break down the Planning Process
Define the Community Planning Process
Work Plan & Public Involvement
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Break down the Planning Process
Community Planning
The Process
Action focus
Indigenous Planning
Worldview
Strategic focus
Work Plan & Public Involvement
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Break down Planning Tools
Green Building
Definition Elements
Sustainable Design
Techniques
Site Water Energy Materials Indoor Environment Education
Benefits
Work Plan & Public Involvement
Implementation
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Implementation
Success
Sustainability Planning • Long term
perspective • Holistic Outlook • Acceptance of
Limits • Focus on Place • Active
Involvement
Facilitation • Focus • Collaboration • Better decision-
making Tribal Projects • Seeing is
Believing • Mescalero • Hualapai • Navajo
Assessment & Evaluation
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Assessment & Evaluation
Deconstructionism
SWOT
Benchmarking
Facilitation
Empowerment Evaluation
• Strengths & weaknesses • Opportunities & threats
• Goals accomplished within certain timeframe
• Accountability
• Focused unbiased discussions
• Recognizes potential stalemates
• People drive process • Self-check
Conclusion & Recommendations
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Conclusion
Empower Local People with Planning
Establish a link between energy & housing
Show there is a need for planning at the local
level
Break Down Planning Processes for local
Navajo communities
Break down planning tools through green building techniques
Break down Facilitation process and significance
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Recommendations
Is planning appropriate? Obtain blessing Greater sense of ownership
Define how to involve
community Include “have not” citizens From empty ritual to
productive & empowering
Use facilitation to engage Include good facilitator early Greater level of cooperation
& mutual respect
Educate the public
Conduct transparent, comprehensive & inviting
Empowers people with a voice
Id a community Champion Advocates for the community Provides longevity &
continuity
Establish a planning office
Provides organization & structure
Validates community’s commitment to planning
Recommendation Result Action
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Ahé’ héé’
Gepetta Billie MCRP [email protected]