Clean Energy Works PortlandInnovative Solutions to Climate Change:

Green Jobs and Energy Efficiency

February 16, 2010 Switzer Fellows Webinar

Jeremy Hays – Green For All

Overview

• Revolving Loan Fund with on-bill repayment• Now: 500 home pilot• Mid-2010: Scale up 100,000 homes (10,00

Jobs)

Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. and Irvington Covenant Pre-apprenticeship Program are partners in the innovative Community Workforce Agreement

Partners

• City• State Energy Trust• County• Shorebank• Utilities• WIB• Green For All• (Broad Array of

Stakeholders)

How CEWP Works

Revolving Loan Fund

$2.5 Million from ARRA and City

Later: Investors

Revolving Loan Fund

$2.5 Million from ARRA and City

Later: Investors

Pool of Contractors#1#2#3#4#5

Pool of Contractors#1#2#3#4#5

Contract for Work

Loan Agreement

How CEWP Works

Revolving Loan Fund

$2.5 Million from ARRA and City

Later: Investors

Revolving Loan Fund

$2.5 Million from ARRA and City

Later: Investors

Pool of Contractors#1#2#3#4#5

Pool of Contractors#1#2#3#4#5

UtilitiesOn-bill

repayment

UtilitiesOn-bill

repayment

Contract for Work

Loan Agreement

Community Workforce Agreement• Goals and Targets + Strategies

– Workforce diversity, local hire, family-supporting jobs, diverse business participation, highly-skilled workforce

• Stakeholder Committee leading implementation

Job Training

• Designated Training Programs– Provide essential skills– Provide opportunities to disadvantaged groups

• Training utilization requirement– All contractors in the program pool must hire their

new workers from these programs

• Results: more skills, more opportunity

Business Support Services

• Goal – grow a strong, diverse, local base of retrofit contractors

• Support for pre-application, application, implementation phases

• Technical assistance, working capital, reporting, prime-sub relationships, etc

Performance Monitoring

• Ongoing evaluation and adjustment

• Reporting schemes• Pioneering software

Replication & Scale

• Replication of this model – Other cities across the country

• Scaling up – Rental housing, multi-family, and commercial– Expanding statewide

Thanks!

Jeremy HaysGreen For All

Switzer Fellow 2001jeremy@greenforall.org

More info: www.greenforall.org/portland