Looking for a green job in the clean energy industry but keep hearing that you need more technical training and/or hands-on experience?? Then this might be the program for you!!

Become a part of the emerging Green Collar Economy; learn to guide small businesses towards the “double green” benefits of energy cost savings and a reduced carbon footprint through this hands-on small business energy efficiency campaign.

Program Overview:

Envirolution’s Win-Win Campaign is a neighborhood based, energy efficiency focused green economic development program. Win-Win provides energy efficiency outreach, education and implementation assistance to small businesses while simultaneously providing real world, hands on job training for a broad range of green job seekers.

The green jobs training portion of the campaign is comprised of two, interwoven components:

1. Clean Energy Analyst (CEA)Training Program (Primarily in-Class — 60 Hours of Training)

2. Community Energy Consultant (CEC) Internship Program (Primarily in the Field — Conduct 5 Energy Audits)

Through this innovative program that combines classroom training, mentoring and fieldwork, participating interns become Community Energy Consultants (CECs). Working alongside energy efficiency professionals, CECs provide free preliminary energy efficiency assessments and incentive qualification guidance for small businesses and other institutions in their neighborhoods. CECs are responsible for performing at least five energy assessments of local small businesses and reporting back to the business owners with an individualized Energy Action Plan. Participating interns will gain invaluable, real world, hands-on job training and establish concrete energy auditing and project management skills.

Training:

This 60-Hour course blends technical training on building performance, energy auditing and weatherization, with broader green training related to sustainability, green business and social entrepreneurship. The technical, building science and energy conservation portion of the course is based on the Building Performance Institute Building Analyst certification guidelines.

The training will cover the following topics:

• Sustainability, Climate Change and Systems Thinking

• Energy Principles, Climate & Habitat

• The main building systems that contribute to energy performance, including: HVAC, Envelope, Hot Water, Lighting & Appliances

• Energy Auditing, including: building inspection, data collection, equipment diagnostics, efficiency calculations and building benchmarking

• Energy Conservation Strategies and specific Energy Conservation Measures, including new products and technology

• Energy financial analysis, including: energy economic incentives, Returns on Investment (ROI), Paybacks, Savings-to-investment Ratios (SIR)

• Green and energy laws, codes and standards at federal, state and local levels

• Building construction process & materials characteristics

• Reporting and rating standards for green buildings and green businesses

• Energy-related project management, sales & marketing, and consulting

The NYC Fall 2010 session of the Win-Win Campaign is being implemented in partnership with the Manhattan Borough President’s GoGreen Initiative and is generously supported by ConEdison, the Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AA/ARI) at CUNY, Bright Power, Solar1 and the Mertz Gilmore Foundation.

Costs:

* Participation in the program cost $500 per participant ($350 for training + $150 for gear)

* Participation in the program requires a commitment of 160 hours (60 hrs of in-class + 100 hrs internship field work) over 3 consecutive months

Benefit:

Technical Training, Hands-on experience & Energy Professional Gear including:

* 60 Hours of BPI approved Energy Efficiency Technical Training (including field training)

* 5 Completed Energy Audit Reports for your portfolio

* Energy Audit Kits (including light & watt meters)

* Program Polo shirt

* Program Business Cards

* Job Placement assistance upon successful completion (with over 80% placement success within 3 months)

Participation

The Fall 2010 Session will be limited to 20 participants. We welcome participants from any and all backgrounds that are at least 18 years of age. However, we are particularly interested in candidates that have a strong interest in and commitment for helping grow the green economy in NYC, and that fall into one or more of the following categories:

* Participating through an academic institution as a for-credit internship or capstone project;

* Recent graduates entering into and young professionals establishing themselves within the workforce

* Seasoned professionals looking to transitioning careers

* Participating through a partner green job training program (i.e. Solar1, Osborne Association, Strive, BedStuy Restoration, NEW, Green City Force, Seedco)

* Live, study and/or work in the Lower East Side, Harlem or Washington Heights

Expectations:

* Commit to a minimum of 10 hours per week for 12 weeks (off work hours – nights & weekends)

* Complete 30 Hour Intensive Boot Camp Training 2 weekends – (Sept 25 & 26th and Oct 2nd & 3rd)

* Attend weekly Classes (3 Hours / week, on Weds nights from 6 – 9pm)

* Attend weekly team meetings (1 hours; time & location TBD)

* Complete at least 5 audits over the course of the program

* Work in a team to create a Zone Needs Assessment Report

Scholarships:

We anticipate providing at least 5 full scholarships, on a need basis. If you would like to be considered for one of the scholarships, please indicate it in the body of your email.

Apply:

To apply to participate in this program, please send your resume and an introductory email indicating why you wish to participate in the program to intern@envirolution.org.

Contact

For more information on Envirolution’s Win-Win Campaign, please visit our website – http://winwin.envirolution.org

For information or any of Envirolution’s other programs, please visit our website at http://www.envirolution.org or email us at info@envirolution.org