California Green Workforce Environmental Scan Reports

The following environmental scanning reports are available through the Centers for Excellence (COE), The California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development (EWD) program. Located on COE website at: http://www.coeccc.net/products_industry_scans.asp

Energy Efficiency Occupations, Bay Region - 2007
Green Building and Construction, Los Angeles Region - 2007
Green Building Occupational Profiles, Los Angeles Region - 2007
Green Building: Related Community College Programs in Southern CA, Los Angeles Region - 2007
Solar Energy, Bay Region - 2006
Solar Industry, Bay Region - 2008
Solar Technicians, Statewide - 2008
Wind Energy, Bay Region - 2005

Recommended Publications

Apollo Alliance, Green for All, Center for American Progress, Center on Wisconsin Strategy (2008). Green-collar jobs in America's cities: Building pathways out of poverty and careers in the clean energy economy. http://www.apolloalliance.org/downloads/greencollarjobs.pdf

Burns, P. & Flaming, D. (January, 2006). Jobs in L.A.'s green technology sector. Prepared for the Department of Water and Power and the Workforce Investment Board of the City of Los Angeles through a contract with the Milken Institute. http://www.economicrt.org/summaries/Green_Tech_synopsis.html

BW Research (2008). Clean Technology Workforce Challenges and Opportunities. Prepared for REDI @ Los Angeles Trade-Technical College and Los Angeles - Orange County Regional Consortium. http://www.lattc.edu/dept/lattc/acaaffairs/files/Clean_Technology_Report.pdf

Cassio, J. (December, 2007). Green careers resource guide. http://www.cassio.com/FreeResourceGuides.htm

Henton, D. Melville, J. Grose, T, & Maor, G. (March, 2008, Draft). Clean Technology and the Green Economy. Prepared for the California Economic Strategy Panel. Collaborative Economics. http://www.labor.ca.gov/panel/pdf/DRAFT_Green_Economy_031708.pdf

Kaye, L. (undated). Attracting "green industry": An economic development approach for the city of Los Angeles. A comprehensive project submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in Urban Planning, Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, UCLA School of Public Affairs. http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1091&context=lewis

Heavner, B. & Del Chiaro, B. (2003). Renewable energy and jobs. Environment California Research and Policy Center. http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/uploads/OW/aa/OWaa2RaedlfHwQOWbxKd5w/Renewable_Energy_and_Jobs.pdf

White, S. & Walsh, J. (2008). Greener pathways: Jobs and workforce development. Center on Wisconsin Strategy. http://www.cows.org/pdf/rp-greenerpathways.pdf

Recommended Online Resources

Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC). http://www.ateec.org/

American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services, Inc. (MISI). http://www.ases.org/

Apollo Alliance. http://www.apolloalliance.org/

California Energy Commission. http://www.energy.ca.gov/

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights-Green Collar Jobs Initiative. http://www.ellabakercenter.org/index.php?p=gcjc_steinberg_petition

Energy Information Administration. http://www.eia.doe.gov/

Institute of Sustainable Power. http://www.ispq-central.com

Interstate Renewable Energy Council. http://www.irecusa.org/

The Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE). http://www.ateec.org/pete/

US Department of Energy. http://www.doe.gov/