Wells Fargo 2014 Annual Report Download - page 27

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Community
WellsFargo provided a $75,000 grant
to Boston University to support energy-
eciency research in low-income-
housing communities.
A team of professors at Boston
University is striving to improve
energy eciency and reduce
energy costs in low-income-housing
communities through a research
project with the Madison Park
Development Corporation in
Roxbury, Massachusetts.
The team has worked closely with
residents of Madison Park Village,
alow-income community, to explore
how economic, environmental,
engineering, and sociological concerns
aect energyuse.
“To solve problems, you have to
understand how people live and the
challenges they experience,” said
Robert Kaufmann, a professor in the
earth and environment department.
WellsFargo provided a $75,000
research grant to the university
through its Clean Technology and
Innovation program. It’s part of
WellsFargo’s $100million commitment
to community grants for grassroots
environmental initiatives.
Marta Marello, the project manager,
said, “It’s rare that our team is able
to see how our research directly
impacts a community. But with this
project we’re developing aroadmap
to improve eciency, cut costs, and
even find solutions to heating and
airconditioning problems.”
Robert Kaufmann, Madison Park Development Corporation’s Jean Pinādo, WellsFargo’s
Jim Quirk, and Marta Marello | Boston,Massachusetts
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