Transcript Green Jobs and the Stimulus Act

A Workforce Initiative for the Chicago Climate Action Plan
• Background
• Research on the jobs created by the Chicago Climate Action Plan
• Green jobs training investments
1. Energy Efficient Buildings
2. Clean and Renewable Energy Sources
3. Improved Transportation Options
4. Reduced Waste and Industrial Pollution
5. Adaptation
• Chicago’s workers are prepared for the
jobs that are created or transformed
through the CCAP
• The opportunities created by the CCAP
are available to all Chicagoans and
connected to communities in need
Link investments in workforce
to green economic
development
Invest in training opportunities
that lead to green jobs
Identify and support career
ladders
• Connect workforce development system and job training
to public investments in energy efficiency, renewable
energy, waste reduction, horticulture and transportation
• Engage training providers and community colleges in
creating training programs to meet the needs of
employers and job-seekers, including disadvantaged
populations
• Define educational and career pathways and support
programming along a continuum
• Provide supports to move workers from entry-level jobs to
higher-skilled jobs
 Steering Committee chaired by Mayor’s Office and
including Chicago’s Departments of the Environment
and Community Development
 Advisory Committee of community colleges,
environmental partners, city agencies and economic
development organizations
 Staffing by the Chicago Jobs Council, a city-wide
coalition of community-based training organizations,
advocacy groups, businesses and individuals
• Background
• Research on the jobs created by the Chicago Climate Action Plan
• Green jobs training investments
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University of Illinois at Chicago, Center for Urban
Economic Development (CUED) partnered with Center
on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS)
Comprehensive analysis of the workforce impacts and
jobs created by the Chicago Climate Action Plan
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Buildin
gs
& EE
What new jobs are created?
What training exists to prepare people for these jobs?
What are the gaps?
Renewable
Energy
Transportation
Waste
&
Pollutio
n
Adaptation
ED/WD needs
opportunities
Chicago
Green Jobs
Working Group
Green Biz/
Sustainable
Developme
nt Strategy
CCAP Jobs &
Workforce
Committee
Workforce
Initiative
Goal of research not to estimate aggregate jobs created
but to identify priority areas for an economic and
workforce development strategy to accompany CCAP
Greencorps
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Methods
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COWS/UF Powell Center Model for residential and
commercial energy efficiency retrofits
Existing reports, studies and key informant interviews
for other CCAP strategy areas
RE
Install
Energy
Efficiency
Recycle
Reuse
Landsca
pe
Sectoral Workforce Partnerships
RE
Mfg
1. Energy Efficient Buildings
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Retrofitting energy efficient
buildings will have the most direct
job creation
New Job Creation
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Measure installers
 “architectural” measures
 “mechanical” measures
Auditors
“Critical jobs”
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Opportunity areas 
Up to 2,500 weatherization
jobs – energy auditing and
efficiency measure
installation
Hundreds of indirect jobs in
program administration,
warehousing and materials.
“Green” construction
Building maintenance and
operations workers
“Green” or
environmentally-preferable
building materials
1. Energy Efficient Buildings
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Noted in CUED research as a growing
area
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Positions retrofitting homes and
businesses for energy efficiency
including opportunities for every-level
workers and advancement
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Developing training programs for job
seekers to enter field
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Developing curriculum in partnership
with experienced weatherization
contractors
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Link energy efficiency investments with
workforce training programs
1. Energy Efficient Buildings
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An auditor determines the measures to be
installed in buildings to increase energy
efficiency as well as completes a postinstallation audit
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Need for computer skills, usually some
post-secondary education
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Can start out as an assistant, move up to
lead auditor and entrepreneurship
opportunities
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CUED specifically noted energy efficiency
auditors as a growing field of employment
and as a position for which adequate
training opportunities in Chicago do not
exist
2. Clean and Renewable Energy Sources
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Renewable energy was noted as an area of
opportunity for the local economy in the CUED
Research
Potential infrastructure projects include:
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Building additional renewable and alternative
energy (wind, solar, geothermal) capacity
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Increasing distributed generation
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Increasing household and commercial
applications for renewable and alternative energy
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Upgrading the two coal-fired power plants in
Chicago
New Job
Creation
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“Critical Jobs”
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Energy engineers
“Smart grid” installation
workers
Opportunity
Areas
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Renewable energy component
manufacturing, especially
wind
“Small wind” turbines
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Photo by Indie Energy, Geothermal Energy Installation
Hundreds of jobs in renewable
energy installation, including
solar, geothermal and “small
wind.”
Renewable energy
development
3. Improved Transportation Options
New Job
Creation
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Transit construction –
potentially thousands of jobs
Transit operators and
maintenance workers
Train conductors and yard
workers.
“Critical jobs”
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Urban planners and
designers
Opportunity
areas
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Biofuel production from
recycled sources
4. Reduced Waste and Industrial Pollution
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Present opportunities for entry-level
work experience and transitional jobs
 Recycling of e-waste
 Building deconstruction and
materials re-use
New Job
Creation
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“Critical jobs” 
Opportunity
areas
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Hundreds of jobs in the
processing, handling and resale
and remanufacture of materials,
e.g.: Municipal solid waste;
Appliances and electronics;
Organic and food waste; and
Building materials.
Industrial engineers
Remanufactured products, such
as engineered plastics.
5. Adaptation
• Many jobs present opportunities for entrylevel work experience and transitional jobs
New Job
Creation
• Greencorps has been operating under this model for
over a decade
• Community gardening and local food
production
• Possibility for social enterprise in this area
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“Critical jobs”
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Opportunity
areas
Photo by Andrew Collins
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Green infrastructure
installation and maintenance
Green roof design and
installation
Water infrastructure
construction
Civil engineers and
technicians
Landscape architects and
designers
Green infrastructure
materials, such as porous
paving materials.
• Background
• Research on the jobs created by the Chicago Climate Action Plan
• Green jobs training investments
 $250,000 for energy efficiency job training
 Partners
 City of Chicago: Mayor’s Office and Department of
Community Development
 The Partnership for New Communities
 Chicago Jobs Council/Chicagoland Green Collar Jobs
Initiative
 Provide training for energy efficiency retrofits
 Target residents of public housing
Fund
The CDBG program works to ensure decent affordable housing, to provide services to
the most vulnerable in our communities, and to create jobs through the expansion and
retention of businesses.
Funding
Agency
US Department of Housing &
Urban Development (HUD)
Expected
Funding
$16M
Target
Population
650 Ex- Offenders and other ‘hard to employ’
12 months of Employment
Deconstruction
Retrofitting
Community Green Jobs
Arboriculture
Electronics
Collection &
Recycling
Neighborhood
Cleaning
Job
Types
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On June 24th, the US Department of Labor released five Solicitations for Grant
Applications (SGAs) for $500 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
funding for green jobs training.
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Each SGA has a different focus and has different eligibility requirements.
1. Pathways Out of Poverty
2. Energy Training Partnership Grants
3. Green Capacity Building Grants
4. State Energy Sector Partnership Grants
5. State Labor Market Information Improvement Grants
 $150M nationally
 $2-4M locally
 Applications will also be submitted by national organizations with local
affiliates/networks
 The Chicago Workforce Investment Council (CWIC)—formerly Chicago
Workforce Board– will lead City of Chicago’s application
 Community-based providers determined by RFI
 Proposal focuses on jobs created by the Chicago Climate Action Plan
 Jobs retrofitting buildings for energy efficiency
 Renewable energy manufacturing
 Landscaping, horticulture and waste reduction
 $100M nationally
 $2-5M locally
 National, nonprofit labor management organizations and statewide or local
nonprofit entities with a joint partnership of labor organizations, WIBs, and
one stops and employers or industry organizations.
 Chicago Federation of Labor is the lead applicant for the City of Chicago.
 WIBs cannot be the applicant but must be a partner.
 Proposal focuses on training 4,235 incumbent and dislocated worker in within
renewable energy generation; energy-efficient building; construction and
retrofit industries; as well as green construction and advance manufacturing.
 $5M nationally,
 $50-100K locally
 This funding is only for existing DOL grantees under the following programs
 Indian and Native American Program, Farm worker Jobs Program, Prisoner
Re-entry Initiative, Senior Community Service Employment Program,
Women in Apprenticeship and Non-traditional Occupations, Advancing
Registered Apprenticeship into the 21st Century, YouthBuild, Young
Offenders Grant
 $190M nationally
 $2-6M locally
 The Illinois Workforce Investment Board is the only entity in
Illinois that is eligible to apply for the State Energy Sector grants
and they intend to do so
 $50M nationally
 $750k-$1.25M for single states
 $2-4M for consortium
 The Illinois Department of Employment Security is eligible to apply
for the State Labor Market Information Improvement SGA
 CWIC application to DCEO for State Energy Sector
Partnership Grant
 Administering and monitoring CDBG Green Job
Grants (programs should start by November or
December)
 Developing a strategic plan for Chicago’s green jobs
and training
 Defining our partnership with Labor groups
Chicago Workforce Investment Council
Angela Dluger
[email protected]
Chicago Jobs Council
Meghann Moses
[email protected]