Participating Organizations

The following organizations worked with JFF as we developed this resource, sharing  their time and expertise to make it possible. They are all doing incredible work galvanizing their communities and training the next generation of green professionals.

• Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation, Little Rock, Arkansas
• Broome-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BT BOCES), Binghamton, New York
• Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, Oregon
• Colorado Mountain College, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
• Green Careers Texas, Dallas, Texas
• Louisiana Green Corps, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Oregon Clean Energy Workforce Coalition / Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Portland, Oregon.
• Michigan Workforce Training and Education Collaborative (MWTEC), Hastings, Michigan
• Partner4Work, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• RecycleForce, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Rising Sun Center for Opportunity, Oakland, California
• Seattle Jobs Initiative, Seattle, Washington
• Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Jacksboro, Jacksboro, Tennessee
• The Industrial Commons, Morganton, North Carolina
• Union Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training (U-PACT), Salem, Oregon
• Utah State University College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Logan, Utah
• Youth Workforce Development Foundation (YWDF), Pekin, Illinois

Green Credentials

The “green” credentials used in our analysis include:

• A/C or Heat Pump Professional
• Alternative Energy Installer Levels I, II, and III
• Alternative Energy Integrator Levels I, II, and III
• Building Analyst Professional
• Building Operator Certification Levels I, II, and III
• CC-P Candidate Pilot Program
• CDP Climate Change Survey Certification
• Certified Building Commissioning Professional
• Certified Business Energy Professional
• Certified Carbon Reduction Manager
• Certified Climate Change Professional
• Certified Energy Auditor
• Certified Energy Manager
• Certified Energy Procurement Professional
• Certified GeoExchange Designer
• Certified Green Building Engineer
• Certified Lighting Efficiency Professional
• Certified Measurement and Verification Professional
• Certified Power Quality Professional
• Certified Sustainable Development Professional
• Distributed Generation Certified Professional
• Energy Efficient Multi-Family Building Operations Specialist
• Envelope Professional
• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Professional Certification
• Heating Professional
• Home Energy Rater Services Certified Rater
• Installation Technician
• Installer Level III — Alternative Thermal Energy
• Installer Level III — Electrical Energy Generation
• Integrated Reporting Fundamentals of Integrated Reporting Certificate
• LEED AP
• LEED Fellow
• LEED Green Associate
• Manufactured Housing Professional
• Multi-Family Advanced Heating Plant Technician
• Multi-Family Building Analyst Professional
• Multi-Family Hydronic Heating System Design Professional
• North American Technician Excellence
• PV Entry Level Exam Program
• PV Installer Certification
• Rater Field Inspector
• Rater Specialty Certification
• Senior Certified Rater
• Service Technician
• Solar Thermal Installer Certification
• Sustainability Excellence Associate
• Sustainability Excellence Professional