A Workforce Initiative for the Chicago Climate Action Plan.

A Workforce Initiative for the Chicago Climate Action Plan

Chicago Green Jobs For All

Agenda• Background

• Green jobs training investments

• Research on the jobs created by the Chicago Climate Action Plan

Five Strategies in the CCAP

1. Energy Efficient Buildings

2. Clean and Renewable Energy Sources

3. Improved Transportation Options

4. Reduced Waste and Industrial Pollution

5. Adaptation

CCAP’s Workforce Vision

• 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

Guiding Principles

Invest in training opportunities that lead to green jobs

• Engage training providers and community colleges in creating training programs to meet the needs of employers and job-seekers, including disadvantaged populations

Identify and support career ladders

Link investments in workforce to green economic

development

• Define educational and career pathways and support programming along a continuum

• Provide supports to move workers from entry-level jobs to higher-skilled jobs

• Connect workforce development system and job training to public investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy, waste reduction, horticulture and transportation

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

Leadership

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

What new jobs are created? What training exists to prepare people for

these jobs? What are the gaps?

Goal of research not to estimate aggregate jobs created but to identify priority areas for an economic and workforce development strategy to accompany CCAP

Methods COWS/UF Powell Center Model for

residential and commercial energy efficiency retrofits

Existing reports, studies and key informant interviews for other CCAP strategy areas

Research on CCAP Jobs

Buildings

& EE

Buildings

& EE

Renew-able

Energy

Renew-able

Energy

Trans-port-ation

Trans-port-ation

Waste &

Pollution

Waste &

Pollution

Adapt-ation

Adapt-ation

CCAP Jobs & Workforce Committee

Workforce Initiative

Workforce Initiative

Green Biz/ Sustainable Development Strategy

Green Biz/ Sustainable Development Strategy

Energy Efficiency

RecycleReuse

Landscape

Sectoral Workforce Partnerships

Greencorps

ED/WD needs

opportunitiesChicago

Green Jobs Working Group

RE Mfg

RE Install

Workforce Opportunities Retrofitting energy efficient

buildings will have the most direct job creation

Measure installers “architectural” measures “mechanical” measures

Auditors

New Job Creation

Up to 2,500 weatherization jobs – energy auditing and efficiency measure installation

Hundreds of indirect jobs in program administration, warehousing and materials.

“Critical jobs” “Green” construction Building maintenance

and operations workers

Opportunity areas

“Green” or environmentally-preferable building materials


Energy Efficiency Measure Installers Noted in CUED research as a

growing area

Positions retrofitting homes and businesses for energy efficiency including opportunities for every-level workers and advancement

Developing training programs for job seekers to enter field

Developing curriculum in partnership with experienced weatherization contractors

Link energy efficiency investments with workforce training programs


An auditor determines the measures to be installed in buildings to increase energy efficiency as well as completes a post-installation audit

Need for computer skills, usually some post-secondary education

Can start out as an assistant, move up to lead auditor and entrepreneurship opportunities

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

Energy Efficiency Auditors


Workforce OpportunitiesNew Job Creation

Hundreds of jobs in renewable energy installation, including solar, geothermal and “small wind.”

Renewable energy development

“Critical Jobs”

Energy engineers “Smart grid” installation

workers

Opportunity Areas

Renewable energy component manufacturing, especially wind

“Small wind” turbines

• Renewable energy was noted as an area of opportunity for the local economy in the CUED Research

• Potential infrastructure projects include:• Building additional renewable and alternative

energy (wind, solar, geothermal) capacity

• Increasing distributed generation

• Increasing household and commercial applications for renewable and alternative energy

• Upgrading the two coal-fired power plants in Chicago

Photo by Indie Energy, Geothermal Energy Installation

2. Clean and Renewable Energy Sources


Transit construction – potentially thousands of jobs

Transit operators and maintenance workers

Train conductors and yard workers.

“Critical jobs”

Urban planners and designers

Opportunity areas

Biofuel production from recycled sources

3. Improved Transportation Options

Workforce Opportunities Present opportunities for entry-

level work experience and transitional jobs

Recycling of e-waste Building deconstruction

and materials re-use

New Job Creation

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.

“Critical jobs”

Industrial engineers

Opportunity areas

Remanufactured products, such as engineered plastics.

4. Reduced Waste and Industrial Pollution


Green infrastructure installation and maintenance

Green roof design and installation

Water infrastructure construction

“Critical jobs”

Civil engineers and technicians

Landscape architects and designers

Opportunity areas

Green infrastructure materials, such as porous paving materials.

• Many jobs present opportunities for entry-level work experience and transitional jobs• Greencorps has been operating under this model for

over a decade

• Community gardening and local food production

• Possibility for social enterprise in this area

Photo by Andrew Collins

5. Adaptation

Living Cities: Energy Efficiency Workforce Partnership$250,000 for energy efficiency job trainingPartners

City of Chicago: Mayor’s Office and Department of Community Development

The Partnership for New CommunitiesChicago Jobs Council/Chicagoland Green Collar Jobs

Initiative

Provide training for energy efficiency retrofitsTarget residents of public housing

Community Development Block Grant

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.

12 months of Employment

Job Types

US Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)

$16M

650 Ex- Offenders and other ‘hard to employ’Target Population

Expected Funding

Funding Agency

NeighborhoodCleaning

ElectronicsCollection &Recycling

Fund

Community Green JobsRetrofittingDeconstruction

Arboriculture

Formula

Department of Labor Solicitations for Grant Applications: Green Jobs 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.

Each SGA has a different focus and has different eligibility requirements.

1. Pathways Out of Poverty2. Energy Training Partnership Grants3. Green Capacity Building Grants4. State Energy Sector Partnership Grants5. State Labor Market Information Improvement Grants

Competitive

Pathways Out of Poverty $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

Competitive

Energy Training Partnership Grants

$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.

Competitive

Green Capacity Building Grants $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

Competitive

State Energy Sector and State Labor Market Information Grants

$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

Competitive

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

What’s Next

Chicago Workforce Investment CouncilAngela [email protected]

Chicago Jobs CouncilMeghann [email protected]

For More Information

A Workforce Initiative for the Chicago Climate Action Plan.

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