Community resilience hubs are locally identified and community-serving facilities that provide residents year-round access to support resources. During extreme weather, they can reduce the burden on emergency response teams by supplying power before, during, and after grid outages through onsite energy systems. [Definition from U.S. Department of Energy, Better Buildings Solution Center -- https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/webinars/shelter-storm-powering-community-resilience-hubs. Note: A 2022 Better Buildings Webinar, linked at this URL, includes discussions from Florida and New Mexico, plus National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Staff.]
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