Green Collar Job Tools

American Council on Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Finance & Investment Network (REFIN): A directory of sources of finance for renewable energy and energy efficiency in the United States, Washington, DC: ACORE, 2004.
tool-acore-directory.pdf (2.9MB)

Sarah Rhodes-Conway, Brian Siu and Billy Parish, New Energy for Campuses Energy-Saving Policies for Colleges and Universities, Madison, WI and New Haven, CT: Apollo Alliance and Energy Action, October 2005.
tool-apollo-campus-energy-saving.pdf (390KB)

Kate Gordon, Matt Mayrl, Sayta Rhodes Conway, and Brian Siu, New Energy for Cities: Energy-Saving & Job Creation Policies for Local Governments, Madison, WI: Apollo Alliance, August 2006.
tool-apollo-cities-policies.pdf (315KB)

Satya Rhodes-Conway, Kate Gordon, Matt Mayri, and Brian Siu, with Patrick McLeod and Jason Turowetz, New Energy for States Energy-Saving Policies for Governors and Legislators, Madison, WI: Apollo Alliance, February 2006.
tool-apollo-states-policies.pdf (510KB)

The Aspen Institute, Branding and Marketing Toolkit: Community-Based Businesses and Products, Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute, 2005.
tool-aspen-forestry-marketing.pdf (1.9MB)

Elise Zelachowski, Jennifer Wang, and Mark Fick, A Guide to Building Sustainability: Introduction to Affordable Sustainable Building, Chicago, IL: Chicago Community Loan Fund, 2008.
tool-cclf-builiding-for-sustainability.pdf (550KB)

Shari Garmise, Phillip Singerman, and Elizabeth Thorstensen, The Climate Prosperity Handbook: Green Savings, Green Opportunities, Green Talent, Washington DC: International Economic Development Council, July 2009.
tool-climate-econ-devo-handbook.pdf (1.9MB)

Environmental Protection Agency, Building Savings Strategies for Waste Reduction of Construction and Demolition Debris from Buildings, EPA-530-F-00-001, Washington, DC: EPA, June 2000.
tool-epa-waste-reduction.pdf (915KB)

Trisha Miller, Green Affordable Housing Policy Toolkit, Columbia, MD: Enterprise Green Communities, 2010.
tool-enterprise-green-hsg.pdf (7.3MB)

International City/County Management Association, Brownfields Redevelopment: A Guidebook for Local Governments and Communities— Second Edition, Washington, DC: 2001.
tool-ICMA-brownfields.pdf (5.6MB)

Ed Delhagen, Sarah McKearnan, Steve Nicholas, Joyce Peters, George Sarrinikolaou, Elaine Wang, Betty Weiss, and Tom Wilson with the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) team, Promising Practices in Green Job Creation: A Resource Guide for Local Leaders, Version 1.0, produced in partnership with the Council for Adult & Experiential Learning, 2010.
tool-ISC-green-job-creation-guide.pdf (3.2MB)

Bay Area LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation) and Build It Green, Green Rehabilitation of Multifamily Rental Property, San Francisco and Berkeley, CA: LISC and Build It Green, April 2008.
tool-lisc-build-it-green-rehab.pdf (645KB)

Bay Area LISC, Green Operations and Maintenance: Toolkit and Buyer’s Guide, San Francisco, CA: 2009.
tool-1isc-green-operations-maintenance.pdf (375KB)

LISC Affordable Housing Preservation Initiative, Getting Started with Green Preservation: An Introduction to Issues and Resources for Greening Existing Affordable Housing, New York, NY: June 2009.
tool-lisc-green-preservation.pdf (1.4MB)

Bay Area LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation), Green Operations and Maintenance: Toolkit and Buyer's Guide, San Francisco, CA: Bay Area LISC, March 2008.
tool-lisc-maintenance.pdf (1.1MB)

NeighborWorks America, Greening Your Non-Profit from the Inside Out: A NeighborWorks Guide for Community Development Organizations, Washington, DC: 2008.
tool-NW-greeenmanual.pdf (6MB)

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Brownfields Financial Resources Manual: Transform the Past, Build for the Future, Albany, NY: November 2003.
tool-NYstate-brownfields.pdf (1.4MB)

Planning for Healthy Places Program, Funding Sources for Healthy Food Retail, Oakland, CA: Planning for Healthy Places Program, April 2008.
tool-phlp-funding-sources-healthy-food.pdf (140KB)

Margaret Krome, Teresa Maurer, and Katie Wied, Building Sustainable Places: Federal Programs for Sustainable Agriculture, Forestry, Entrepreneurship, Conservation, and Community Development, Washington, DC, East Troy, WI, and Butte, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, and the National Center for Appropriate Technology, Oct 2009.
tool-usda-ncat-cmty-devo.pdf (800KB)