On June 2, 2009, the first team of veteran energy efficiency professionals graduated from the Veterans Green Jobs Academy™ Home Energy Auditor Training (HEAT) Program at a celebration held at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado. Honorable Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Brett KenCairn (VGJ CEO) and Garett Reppenhagen [...]
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At the graduation ceremony, Gov. Ritter announced that VGJ, in collaboration with NREL Education Programs, will establish Colorado’s first National Training and Demonstration Center in Energy Efficiency. “This initiative will retrofit unused commercial property, for example, a big-box store now standing vacant on acres of empty parking lots,” Ritter said.
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George Webb left the Army in 1989 and, for a while, drove trucks for a living. At a low point, he spent four or five years living on the streets. But Tuesday afternoon, Webb graduated from a new two-month program certified to evaluate the energy efficiency of homes and the promise of a job maintaining a biodiesel plant in New Orleans. He found the training through a group that aids homeless vets.
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Garett Reppenhagen, a veteran who served as a sniper in Iraq and in Kosovo, was also at the Task Force meeting. Garett is a member of Veterans Green Jobs, an organization representing veterans of every branch of military who have enrolled in the Veterans Green Jobs Academy, a training and deployment program in energy efficiency and conservation.
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Veterans Green Jobs Speaks at Middle Class Task Force Town Hall Meeting in Denver
Posted on 27. May, 2009 by emily.
The Boulder-based nonprofit organization Veterans Green Jobs will participate in the fourth meeting of the Middle Class Task Force in Denver, CO. Vice President Joe Biden will moderate the town-hall discussion – held at the Denver Museum of Natural Science – focused on green jobs and training.
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A year ago, John Ward was in Baghdad, finishing up 24 years of service in the Navy. These days, he manages operations at a wind farm in Missouri for Iberdrola, a Spanish wind-power company. “For me, it was nice, because it’s not just a desk job, it’s a field job — and as a career naval officer, I kind of like to be out and about,” Mr. Ward said. His engineering skills, honed in the Navy, also come in handy at a wind farm, he noted.
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A Second Wind of Service by Ray Curry
Posted on 09. May, 2009 by ray.
… Patricia was more than happy to show us around her home, giving us a brief-yet-thorough history of each room and appliance. As I examined the crawl space under her home, attic, and the rest, I began to feel an overwhelming sense of service and connection, knowing we were going to be able to make sure her pipes didn’t freeze in the winter, and her heat wasn’t shut off this upcoming winter. I was no longer the perpetrator, but the fixer.
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Transitioning Out & Still Making a Living by Nick Morgan
Posted on 09. May, 2009 by nick.
Understandably, there seems to be little opportunity in the civilian world for those who have a combat MOS. Fortunately for my friend and other vets with similar situations, Veterans Green Jobs programs like HEAT (Home Energy Auditor Training) and the Veterans Green Corp are available to offer a new set of tools for veterans to quickly assimilate into society within a lucrative field.
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Moments Like This by Geoffrey Talkington
Posted on 05. May, 2009 by geoffrey.
Henry was thrilled to find out that Joe and I were combat vets from OIF. We were in Alamosa, Colorado doing energy audits for low income residents, as part of the Veterans Green Jobs Academy’s ‘first wave’ cadre of HEAT (Home Energy Audit Training) professionals.
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Learning to Lead by Mike Flaherty
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by mike.
I just got back from doing my first two home audits with Veterans Green Jobs close partner organization, the Southwest Conservation Corps. It was a lot of fun and very educational. The training we received last week more than prepared us and that knowledge will continue to grow throughout the rest of the training process. We learned how to use thermal imaging devices, conduct a blower-door test (checks for air leakage), and a lot about appliance efficiency.
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