Growing Green Collar Jobs Research
Growing Green Collar Jobs is a series of reports that explore
how sustainability can be an economic engine for New York City.
We define green-collar jobs as work in an environmental sector
that provides family-sustaining wages, workplace safety and health
benefits , and opportunities for career advancement.
Prepared for the New York City Apollo Alliance, each report in
the series is based on secondary research and interviews with
business, labor, civic, community and environmental leaders. We
explore the opportunities for creating new green-collar jobs,
the importance of retooling existing jobs to incorporate environmental
practices, and the barriers to green-collar job creation.
The first report in the series, Growing Green-Collar Jobs:
Energy Efficiency, focuses on jobs in one of the fastest growing
and most promising areas of the green economy, improving energy
efficiency in existing buildings. Released in December 2007, it
will be followed by reports covering:
- Clean Energy: Renewable energy systems (Solar Photovoltaic,
Solar Thermal, Geothermal, Small Wind, Landfill Gas, Anaerobic
Digesters and Tidal Power), Biofuel production and Cogeneration,
- Recycling and Deconstruction, recycling of building construction
waste and reuse of building materials, and
- Landscaping and Green Roofs.
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