| Retrofitting the Workforce: Energy Storage is our fourth report in this series. Energy storage represents a very small part of the clean energy economy, but it is growing rapidly. This report gives a status of the industry and an assessment of its potential for growth. This is a draft - watch for the final edition soon.
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| TFIC Newsletter August 2010
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| TFIC Newsletter, June/July 2010
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| Click on the form to the left to register for Austin Community College's course for building owners: Commercial Energy Efficiency, held on August 17 and 19, 2010
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| Retrofitting the Workforce: Smart Energy Technologies
The third in our series of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency research reports, this report is designed to offer useful information about the availability and potential of green jobs in the smart energy technology industry in Texas as well as to provide details on the workforce training needs of employees in the industry.
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| TFIC Newsletter, April/May 2010
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 | Retrofitting the Workforce: Geothermal Heat Pumps
Geothermal heat pump (GHP) systems, also commonly referred to as
geothermal heat exchangers or geoexchangers, can be used to help
efficiently heat and air condition homes, businesses, and other
facilities almost everywhere in the world by taking advantage of the
difference in temperature between the survace of the earth and the
ground below it.
This, our second industry research report, reports
on the state of the GHP industry in Texas.
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Presentations from the March 26, 2010 Geothermal Heat Pump Training
Forum
| Overview of GHP Certifications
Howard Newton, Chair of IGSHPA's Training Committee
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GHP Design
Don Penn, PE< CGGD Image Engineering Group
GHP Drilling & Installation
Jimmy Gaffney, Earth Tech
GHP Installation
Mike Hammond, ClimateMaster
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 | Retrofitting the Workforce: Commissioning and Retro-Commissioning
Our first Sub-Sector Report is on Energy Efficiency. It is a
detailed analysis of the state of Building Commissioning and
Retro-Commissioning in Texas, the size of the market, barriers and
drivers of the industry, emerging standards and certifications as well
as a discussion of potential job growth in the industry in Central Texas.
Now UPDATED with industry survey results.
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| TFIC Newsletter, February 2010
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| TFIC Newsletter, December 2009
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| Inventory of Regional Clean Energy Initiatives
This is a series of publications to inventory the Clean Energy Initiatives in the region from San Antonio to the Dallas-Ft Worth Metroplex. Click on a link below to download a report.
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The Newsletter of the Texas Foundation for Innovative Communities, October, 2009 |
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The Year One Final Report was submitted to The Texas Workforce Commission on July 22nd, 2009 as a comprehensive look at the work that was accomplished during Year One of Wagner-Peyser funding. |
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To supplement our interviews and the general information from the avialable green jobs and workforce studies available, TFIC collaborated with Workforce Solutions Capital Area to develop and issue a survey of businesses active in the clean energy industry. The objectives of the survey were to identify training needs for new and existing employees with specific skills in demand, and projected hiring for 25 occupations related to energy efficiency and renewable energy.
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TFIC commissioned the study, Texas Renewable Energy Industry and Workforce Development Assessment in 2008 to assess green workforce status across Texas, prepare related growth projections and ascertain training/development gaps. The report also identifies related training programs at the university and community college levels. Basic research was completed before September 2008; the final version of the report was deivered in January 2009. Using available labor data sources augmented by interviews with selected clean energy companies, it identified industry trends and strengths in each of the workforce development board districts in Texas, and identified actions that may be taken to improve linkages between business, education, and workforce resources. |
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