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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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  • 1 | Tribal Energy Program eere.energy.gov

    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

  • Work Plan & Public Involvement

    Implementation

    Assessment & Evaluation

    Overview

    Introduction

    Statement of Need

    Community Profile

    Conclusion

    2 | Tribal Energy Program eere.energy.gov

  • 3 | Tribal Energy Program eere.energy.gov

    Who am I?

    Why am I doing this?

    Introduction

  • Statement of Need: Local Planning

    “People have the basic right to determine

    their own future”

    - Jojola

    Need for Local Planning 4 | Tribal Energy Program eere.energy.gov

  • 5 | Tribal Energy Program eere.energy.gov

    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

  • 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

    Green Building 6 | Tribal Energy Program eere.energy.gov

  • 7 | Tribal Energy Program eere.energy.gov

    The Land

    The People

    “Local Level”

    Community Profile

  • 8 | Tribal Energy Program eere.energy.gov

    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

  • 9 | Tribal Energy Program eere.energy.gov

    Public Involvement

    Facilitation

    • Train the Trainer

    • Visioning

    • Strategic Planning

    • Focus Groups

    • Public Meetings

    Examples of Tribal Green

    Building

    • Mescalero

    • Moores

    • Navajo

    Buy In

    Implementation

  • 10 | Tribal Energy Program eere.energy.gov

    Assessment & Evaluation

    Empowerment Evaluation

    SWOT Analysis

    Benchmarking

    Facilitation

    Assessment & Evaluation

  • 11 | Tribal Energy Program eere.energy.gov

    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

  • 12 | Tribal Energy Program eere.energy.gov

    Ahéhee'

    Gepetta S. Billie

    [email protected]

    Questions