1. The Broward County Green Workforce Innovation Project White Paper April 2010

2. Sponsors  Citi Foundation  $50,000 grant  The Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward Economic Development Alliance  Broward College  The Broward College Foundation  Workforce One  The Green Workforce Think Tank Barbra Romani, Citi Director of Community Relations, and J. David Armstrong Jr., President of Broward College

3. Objective  Create study that informs the effort to foster the growth of green jobs for low to middle income communities.  Learn where green jobs will emerge  Look for ways to encourage their development through:  Training Programs  Public Policy Initiatives

4. Definition  What are green jobs?  The Clean Energy Report, PEW Center  Clean Energy  Energy Efficiency  Environmentally Friendly Production  Conservation and Pollution Mitigation  Training and Support

5. Examples of Green Jobs  Clean energy  Photovoltaic System Installer and Designer  Energy efficiency  Weatherization Technician  Environmentally friendly production  Sustainability Director  Conservation and Pollution mitigation  Technician at Waste-to-Energy Plant

6. Methodology  Broward County Targeted Industries Study  DCG Corplan Consulting LLC  nationally-renowned economic development consulting and site selection firm  Year long study commissioned in April of 2008.  Intended to encourage development of high skill/high wage jobs  Biomass—“essential to preserve (the) state’s status in the innovation economy”  Photovoltaics—“prevalent” and having “great potential for the south Florida market area”  Used study to identify green sectors likely to grow  Did case studies on ideal businesses in these sectors

7. Primary Sectors Case Studies  Energy Efficiency  Solar Technology  Biomass  Minority Builders Coalition  Advanced Green Technologies  Wheelabrator Technologies

8. Energy Efficiency  Increasing the efficiency of buildings and equipment  Growth trend in 2009  Broward College saved $7.5 million 1997-2008  Over $4 million in job training grants

9. Energy Efficiency – The Broward County Minority Builders Coalition  70 Contractors across Florida  Began in 1973  One of the largest providers of weatherization services in Florida  $3.2 million grant  Training for 700 jobs over 2 years in:  Weatherization  Solar PV  Solar Thermal  LEED Green Associate  OIC, BTC, AGT, IBEW, BAND  Minority Builders Coalition will place 280 in weatherization jobs

10. Three Ways to Green Jobs  Solar America Cities Project, U. S. DOE, 2010  Foster growth of green jobs with:  Job training programs  Financing initiatives  Outreach programs

11. Energy Efficiency – PACE financing  Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing  Financed by bonds  Repaid through property taxes  20 year amortization  Financing stays with property  Interest rates 3-8%  Sonoma Model  Youth Green Jobs Sonoma  8.4% increase in construction  County investments used  FL legislation passed Senate & House committee March 17 th  One of the top ten breakthrough ideas of 2010—Harvard Business Review  Cell phone financing model

12. Energy Efficiency: Recommendations  Broward County should research best practices for PACE programs.  Broward County Climate Change Action Plan Action MI-2.1  Broward County should seek to coordinate a PACE program with the existing job training programs.  Broward County should consider using public investments to fund PACE bonds.  The PACE program should be considered an ongoing public service.  The private bond market should be included in the PACE program.  Information from the program should be used to improve consumer decisions, insure quality control, highlight benefits of program, and conduct research.  Broward County should consider working with neighboring counties to form a regional PACE program that provides lower rates.

13. Solar Technology  Targeted Industry Study: “great potential for the south Florida market area”  PV Prices dropping  Thin film solar cells  Silicon prices dropping  County plans to move its buildings to renewable energy  Manufactures are applying for funding to come. Thin Film Solar Cells

14. Solar Technology: Advanced Green Technologies, Inc.  Spin off from Advanced Roofing, Inc.  Trains roofers to install solar technology  Relationships with roofing companies across U. S.  Part of Minority Builders job training grant project.  Place 200 trainees  Broward Technical Centers  Unfunded Rebate  Training program “may go to waste” Rob Kornahrens, President of Advanced Roofing, Inc., and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani

15. Solar Technology Financing  PACE financing  Distributed/Centralized  Revolving loan  Partnership for Sustainability  FPL Sunshine Energy Program  80% a dollar a month  Annual Budgets for Environmental NPOs  Greenpeace’s $146 million$146 million  Sierra Club $80 million$80 million  The Natural Resource Defense Fund over $76 million$76 million  The Environmental Defense Fund over $50 million$50 million  The Wilderness Society is over $25 million.$25 million.  40% of wind energy costs vary with respect financing model, according to 1996 DOE report. Denver Museum of Nature and Science installation financed by Partnership for Sustainability

16. Solar Technology: Recommendations  Broward County should consider developing a revolving loan fund for photovoltaic technology installations that is implemented through a PACE program.  The Broward County Climate Change Action Plan (Action MI-2.2) recommends that a voluntary check box be placed on property tax bills and other billing instruments in order to generate funds for renewable energy projects.

17. Biomass  Creating energy from agricultural & domestic waste.  Targeted Industry Study describes it as being “essential to preserve (the) state’s status in the innovation economy.”  Clean Energy Trends 2010 describes industry expansion.  State and county plan to increase waste sent to waste-to-energy plants.

18. Biomass Source PEW Center on Global Climate Change

19. Biomass: Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.  In Broward since 1991  Two plants  Use Municipal waste  generate 134 megawatts  Enough for 77,000 homes  Reduce landfill use 90%  Over 100 employees  Plants can be operated by 6  They operate at capacity South Broward

20. Biomass Recommendations  State and County should increase waste sent to waste-to- energy plants in a responsible fashion.  Biomass and biofuel technologies should be included in the County PACE program as in Vermont, Colorado, Nevada, Louisiana, and New York.

21. Research into the Future  Water Turbines  Not intermittent  $1.2 million grant to FAU The Gulf Stream

22. Conclusion  Opportunities  PACE financing  Coordinate financing programs with job training programs.

23. References  www.greenworkforce.wordpress.com/ www.greenworkforce.wordpress.com/  See Documents and PACE page.