Federal Dollars Growing Green Jobs

Posted on 12. Dec, 2009 by Karen Stewart, LEED AP in News

If you are a visual person like me, you may be intrigued by the graphic “Growing the Green Job Boom” by GOOD Magazine and Green For All.  It is a great representation that shows how stimulus money is being spent across our nation for weatherization assistance programs, energy efficiency & conservation, and state energy programs. 

You can’t help but notice the $130.8 million that is going to Texas for weatherization assistance programs!  That’s a lot of energy audits, windows, caulking and insulation.

Kudos to Kansas City, Missouri for creating the “Green Impact Zone” to create jobs and to improve energy efficiencies.

Can any of you find Arkansas on the illustration?  What is up with that?  Perhaps the information needs to be updated.

You can download the graphics here.

Green Building: Jobs of the Future

Posted on 11. Nov, 2009 by Karen Stewart, LEED AP in Green Jobs, LEED Training

Trying to decide if becoming a LEED Green Associate is right for you?

Watch this great video from the Washington State Department of Ecology about the benefits of green building and preparing for future jobs.

 

Green building is embedded in the future careers for architects, engineers, building trades, real estate professionals, and just about anyone who has decision making responsibilities in the design, construction, operation, and deconstruction of a building. 

Quotes from the video:
“You better be thinking about green building, or the market will pass you by.”
“Green building is making construction jobs cool again.”
“Good job, good pay and doing the right thing for the environment.”

Note that the video recommends that students and young professionals should become LEED AP’s!  Great advice.  The first step in that direction is to become a LEED Green Associate.