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IntermediateLEED for Cities and CommunitiesLEED v4.1

Preparing the Workforce for a Clean Energy Economy: LEED Cities Advancing a Just Transition

Local governments are connecting their climate and sustainability goals with programs to develop and train the workforce and build career pathways. These efforts are also engaging workers from low income communities and communities of color.
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Objectives

  1. Understand the terms clean energy economy and just transition
  2. Discover how and why cities are engaging low income communities and communities of color in local, green workforce and economic development strategies
  3. Learn the components of a successful training program for renewable energy and energy efficiency related trades
  4. Hear how cities fund initiatives tied to the implementation of their climate action plans

Leaders

Host: Hilari Varnadore, Vice President for Cities, USGBC Moderator: Lauren Ross, Senior Director of Policy, ACEEE Speakers: Catherine Werner, Sustainability Director, City of St. Louis, MO Sal Martinez, CEO, Employment Connection, St. Louis, MO Emily Cantrell, Talent Development Senior Manager, Business Recruitment and Retention, City of Charlotte, NC Elizabeth Babcock, Climate Team Manager, Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency, City of Denver, CO

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