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Tribal Energy Program Review Denver, CO
Red Rock, New Mexico
Green Building Gepetta S. Billie
Graduate Intern, Tribal Energy Program
Master’s Candidate, Community & Regional Planning
University of New Mexico
How the Navajo Nation can Address Renewable Energy
Development at the Local Level
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Work Plan & Public Involvement
Implementation
Assessment & Evaluation
Overview
Introduction
Statement of Need
Community Profile
Conclusion
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Who am I?
Why am I doing this?
Introduction
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Statement of Need: Local Planning
“People have the basic right to determine
their own future”
- Jojola
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Addressing RE Development at the
Local Level
What are our Current Practices
• Energy Use
• Population & Consumption
• Climate Change
• Housing
What Resources are Most Feasible to
Develop?
• Solar
• Wind
BIG QUESTION: Where do we start?
Statement of Need: Renewable Energy
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Statement of Need: Green Building
Housing
Do-able
Empowering
Chapter Certification
Self-defined Vision
Custom Planning I-Sah’-Din’-Dii Housing Development Mescalero Apache Reservation
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The Land
The People
“Local Level”
Community Profile
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Break down Planning Tools
Define Green Building Sustainable Design Techniques
Break down the Planning Process
Sustainability Sustainability Planning Indigenous Planning
What specific activities need to be done to implement?
Work Plan & Public Involvement
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Public Involvement
Facilitation
• Train the Trainer
• Visioning
• Strategic Planning
• Focus Groups
• Public Meetings
Examples of Tribal Green
Building
• Mescalero
• Moores
• Navajo
Buy In
Implementation
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Assessment & Evaluation
Empowerment Evaluation
SWOT Analysis
Benchmarking
Facilitation
Assessment & Evaluation
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Empower the local people with planning
tools
Establish a link between energy & housing
Show there is a need for planning at the local level
Break down the planning process for local Navajo
communities
Break down planning tools through green building techniques
Break down Facilitation process and significance
Conclusion
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Ahéhee'
Gepetta S. Billie
Questions