Education & Workforce Development
Leading Clean Energy Ventures: Executive Certificate Program
Registration is now open for our 2012 LCEV Program. Apply or register for an info session.
In partnership with the Boston University School of Management, "Leading Clean Energy Ventures" is an executive certificate program. The course, which evolved out of the Council's signature Fellowship program, will feature both in-person and remote learning opportunities as well as a capstone project.
This program is administered by the New England Clean Energy Foundation, a supporting entity of the Clean Energy Council.
Click here for more information.
Clean Energy Human Resource Manager Network
The Council’s workforce development team has been busy building a database of professionals in the New England clean energy industry who serve as the human resources managers for their companies. This is the first step toward the development of the New England Clean Energy HR Network. The Network will provide a venue for shared learning about recruitment, training, hiring, retention, diversification, teamwork, evaluation, internships, staff morale, benefits, salaries, community engagement, public policy, and other topics of common interest to clean energy industry HR leaders.
This program has been funded by The Garfield Foundation.
Service on Workforce and Economic Development Advisory Committees
The Council’s workforce development consultants and staff provide advice about clean energy industry employer needs through participation on Advisory Boards to a wide variety of colleges, community colleges, training programs, government “green job” efforts, workforce investment boards, and economic development organizations. We are eager to bring accurate, practical, employer-based information to Advisory Boards anywhere in the six New England states.
Please call on us to talk about how we increase employer engagement with your workforce and economic development initiatives. Click here to download a summary of these activites.
RGGI 2.0
Funded by a grant from the Energy Foundation, the RGGI Clean Energy 2.0 Project engaged the private sector in strengthening the successful, regional energy and climate programs across New England. All 6 New England states are part of the two-year-old Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a model for federal legislation. In addition, many of the New England states have renewable portfolio standards (RPS), feed-in tariffs, enhanced net metering, mandated long-term utility renewable power purchase contracts, and other clean energy and energy efficiency programs that are models for other components of comprehensive national legislation.
The RGGI Clean Energy 2.0 Project considered the range of policies and practices across the region to develop recommendations for more consistent and valuable structures to positively impact the regional clean energy sector and the region’s GHG and clean energy economy.
Massachusetts Clean Energy Internship Opportunity Program
The Council is very excited to be the Commonwealth’s industry partner on this outstanding new program. In its first year, the program will support at least 117 competitively selected paid college interns at 70 different clean energy companies in Massachusetts, making it the largest program of its kind in the United States. The program is managed by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center in partnership with the Council, and financed with over $700,000 from the CEC. Click here to download the program brochure.
2011 Massachusetts Clean Energy Employment and Workforce Needs Study
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has conducted a comprehensive study of clean energy industry employment and workforce needs in Massachusetts, with a report due later this year. The CEC has contracted with Green LMI to conduct the study, and the Council is a sub-contractor to this leading national green labor market information firm on the project. The final report provides much needed baseline information on the number of clean energy employers and employees in Massachusetts. Other states in New England have expressed a strong interest in similar clean energy employment and workforce needs studies.
Massachusetts Clean Energy Industry Education and Training Directory 2.0
Earlier this year, the Council and Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) launched a comprehensive online directory (www.cleanenergyeducation.org) of all clean energy education and training programs in Massachusetts. The site provides information on post-doctoral education, community college programs, community-based initiatives, vocational-technical schools, and everything in between.
Cleanenergyeducation.org has been a big hit with users, especially students and career changers looking for an on-ramp to careers in our industry. As new programs emerge and existing ones changes,we’re now working hard to assure that all of the program listings are accurate and up-to-date. A Vermont directory has recently been launched at the same site.
“Defining Green” Labor Market Information Research Project
The Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development Division of Unemployment Assistance (DWD/DUA) is joined with seven other states in the “Northeast Green Labor Market Information Consortium”, funded by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
As part of the Consortium’s work, the Mass. DWD/DUA is leading an effort to increase understanding of whether and how professionals and scientists in a variety of industries important to the Massachusetts economy should be categorized as “green careers” for labor market information studies and job counting projects. The DWD/DUA has contracted with Phil Jordan of Green LMI, Inc. on this study, and the Council is working with Phil as a subcontractor. The study will be completed by year’s end.