Workforce Development Projects

Partnership with:

The Learning Source

Denver Housing Authority

Objectives:

• Provide practical educational resources to help businesses implement sustainability and energy efficiency measures, resulting in reduced operating costs and improved profitability.
• Create peer groups to collaboratively address sustainability and energy efficiency challenges.
• Use innovative e-learning resources to ensure ongoing education after program is complete.
• Provide practical tools and resources that decrease barriers to implementation of sustainability and energy efficiency.
• Demonstrate the business case for sustainability. Provide a framework to calculate return on investment.
• Educate business and property owners on the importance of behavioral changes in maximizing sustainability and energy efficiency investments.
• Work with participating businesses to help them create comprehensive action plans for both physical retrofits and behavioral changes. 

Energy Coach Program  

Designed to create a new professional in the energy efficiency industry to consult with property owners to help them navigate the new and ever-changing Energy-Efficiency/Renewable Energy field.

As our higher education partner, Red Rocks Community College works with the retrofit industry to develop the certification program for the Energy Coaches.  Entering the certificate course guides into the CCCNS allows any community college in Colorado to use the standard curriculum guides to offer the Energy Coach training for their region.  Red Rocks Community college will convene annual Faculty Institutes to ensure the consistent instruction of the core Energy Coach curricula statewide through the Colorado Community College System.  Students will complete a field experience in Building Science to gain a full appreciation of the consumer experience in undergoing the energy analysis and subsequent retrofit. The Certificate will include project management, accounting, and sales curricula.  To complete the certificate students will be expected to complete a field internship to perfect the skills associated with customer relations and soft skills identified by the Colorado Business Advisory Council of the CDLE and taught by Learning Source staff.  Students will receive a stipend for the 135 hour internship that will carry college credit and count toward the credits required to complete the certificate program. The Certificate will be “stackable” in that students will be able to use the course credits to apply toward the Associate of Applied Science in Renewable Energy offered by Red Rocks Community College.