Partner Highlight: Powering NYC’s Green Workforce

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Partner Highlight: Powering NYC’s Green Workforce

Community and collaboration only begin to describe the work being done at the NYC-based non-profit Solar One. The organization uses education to promote the adoption of solar energy to foster sustainability and resiliency in the New York City area. Max Levitzke, Green Workforce Director at Solar One, spoke with us about how Solar One uses education, including Urban Green’s GPRO training, to teach their students about sustainability.

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Partner Highlight: Continued Sustainability Success at CTGBC

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Partner Highlight: Continued Sustainability Success at CTGBC

The Connecticut Green Building Council (CTGBC) has been making its mark in the high-performance building industry. As a dedicated GPRO Delivery Partner, CTGBC has trained nearly 300 students in Fundamentals of Building Green and Operations & Maintenance Essentials. “GPRO has served as a catalyst for enhanced professional development offerings, enabling us to educate trade groups and trade ally networks that we have never reached before,” said Nicholas Jones, Board Member and Chair of the Professional Development Committee.

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2M Success is One for the Books

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2M Success is One for the Books

Few people in the Atlanta’s green building community have accomplished as much as Belinda Morrow, President at 2M Design Consultants in Fulton County, Georgia. “Sustainability was the way I was raised. This has been a natural fit for me,” Morrow said of her 37-plus year career. In 2001, she was one of the first 100 LEED accredited professionals. Since then she has become a leading voice in sustainability by working with the Fulton County government on a massive library project and delivering GPRO to the local workforce.

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GPRO Is a Catalyst for Change at LA Metro

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GPRO Is a Catalyst for Change at LA Metro

Since 2017, the U.S. Green Building Council Los Angeles has delivered GPRO training to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (Metro) through the Growing a Greener Workforce program. Bringing together members of the larger community with a diverse range of Metro departments, the goal is to raise consciousness about sustainability issues and inspire action. The result is a perceptible shift in thinking, reinforced by new forms of collaboration and information-sharing wit­­­hin Metro and the LA community.

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Partner Highlight: Meet the Insulators of Local 5

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Partner Highlight: Meet the Insulators of Local 5

The Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Union have long been a proponent of energy conservation. Historically known as “Energy Conservation Specialists,” insulators work to ensure that the best insulation is properly affixed to mechanical systems. The Joint Apprenticeship Trust Local 5 in California has brought added value to their members by partnering with Urban Green to deliver GPRO training.  

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