Energy Story – To Residential and
Beyond
Public Service of Colorado Ponnequin Wind Farm
February 10, 2015
1 | Energy Education and Workforce Development
Joshua Sneideman
Albert Einstein Distinguished
Educator Fellow
Department of Energy
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American Energy Literacy
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American Energy Literacy
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1DeWaters, J.E., & Powers, S.E. (2011). Energy literacy of secondary students in New York State (USA): A measure of knowledge, affect, and
behavior. Energy Policy, 39(3), 1699-1710.
2Bittle, S., Rochkind, J., & Ott, A. (2009). The energy learning curve. Public agenda. As cited in DeWaters & Powers, 2011, page 1699.
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Energy Career Growth
Solar: According to the Solar
Foundation, as of 2014, there
were nearly 174,000 jobs in the
solar industry. That represents 86
percent employment growth since
2010
• Manufacturing: adding 786,000 new
jobs since February 2010.
• Wind: According to AWEA, an
estimated 85,000 Americans are
currently employed in the wind power
industry and related fields.
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Key Initiatives to Consider
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EERE State and Local Resources
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Find information on
advanced technology,
gas mileage tips,
links, and car-by-car
fuel estimates.
Better Building Workforce Guidelines
Guidelines for assessing credentialing for 5 main job areas:
Energy Manager, Building Energy Auditor, Building Operations
Professional, Building Commissioning Professional and Federal Facility
Manager
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Home Energy Score Simulation
Training
• Become a Home Energy Score (e.g., utilities, state
agencies, non-profits, contractor associations) that
administer the delivery of the Score on a local, state, or
national basis.
• Partners must be able to score at least 500 homes a
year and fulfill quality assurance requirements in order to
participate in the program. email at
• homeenergyscore@ee.doe.gov.
• The Home Energy Score team will host a webinar on
March 4th from 2-3pm ET Register for the webinar now.
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Department of Energy: Jobs Strategy
Council
The mission of the
Jobs Strategy Council is to
accelerate the growth of and access to
jobs in all sectors of the United States
energy economy while meeting the
goals of the Administration's Climate
Action Plan.
• Chaired by the Secretary of Energy
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DOE Energy Jobs Strategy
• Reliable Data (reliable) – reliable energy jobs’ data is
needed to provide consistent criteria and standards for
energy work and policy development.
• Energy Jobs’ Toolkit– composed of DOE’s technical and
financial resources to provide assistance to economic
development planners in forging their own energy jobs
strategies
• Workforce Development - workforce development
activities, with a focus on designing tools that address the
skills gap, particularly in disadvantaged communities.
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Thank you!
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