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February 16, 2010 Switzer Fellows Webinar Jeremy Hays – Green For All

Learn about Clean Energy Works Portland, a program offering green jobs and energy efficiency solutions to combat climate change. With a revolving loan fund and partnerships with various stakeholders, this initiative aims to scale up to retrofit 100,000 homes, creating 10,000 jobs. Through community workforce agreements, job training, business support services, and performance monitoring, the program ensures diversity, local hiring, and skilled workforce development. Join us in replicating and scaling this model nationwide for a more sustainable future.

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February 16, 2010 Switzer Fellows Webinar Jeremy Hays – Green For All

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  1. Clean Energy Works PortlandInnovative Solutions to Climate Change:  Green Jobs and Energy Efficiency February 16, 2010 Switzer Fellows Webinar Jeremy Hays – Green For All

  2. Overview • Revolving Loan Fund with on-bill repayment • Now: 500 home pilot • Mid-2010: Scale up  100,000 homes (10,00 Jobs) Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. and Irvington Covenant Pre-apprenticeship Program are partners in the innovative Community Workforce Agreement

  3. Partners • City • State Energy Trust • County • Shorebank • Utilities • WIB • Green For All • (Broad Array of Stakeholders)

  4. How CEWP Works Pool of Contractors #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 Revolving Loan Fund $2.5 Million from ARRA and City Later: Investors Loan Agreement Contract for Work

  5. How CEWP Works Pool of Contractors #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 Revolving Loan Fund $2.5 Million from ARRA and City Later: Investors Loan Agreement Utilities On-bill repayment Contract for Work

  6. Community Workforce Agreement • Goals and Targets + Strategies • Workforce diversity, local hire, family-supporting jobs, diverse business participation, highly-skilled workforce • Stakeholder Committee leading implementation

  7. Job Training • Designated Training Programs • Provide essential skills • Provide opportunities to disadvantaged groups • Training utilization requirement • All contractors in the program pool must hire their new workers from these programs • Results: more skills, more opportunity

  8. Business Support Services • Goal – grow a strong, diverse, local base of retrofit contractors • Support for pre-application, application, implementation phases • Technical assistance, working capital, reporting, prime-sub relationships, etc

  9. Performance Monitoring • Ongoing evaluation and adjustment • Reporting schemes • Pioneering software

  10. Replication & Scale • Replication of this model • Other cities across the country • Scaling up • Rental housing, multi-family, and commercial • Expanding statewide

  11. Thanks! Jeremy Hays Green For All Switzer Fellow 2001 jeremy@greenforall.org More info: www.greenforall.org/portland

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