Show me the Money: $7.5 Million Available to Develop Commercial Energy Efficiency Training Programs

Posted on July 7, 2009 by John Laney

On June 26, 2009, the Department of Energy ("DOE") released a funding opportunity announcement ("FOA") to deploy $7.5 million in Recovery Act funds to further its goals of reducing energy consumption and achieving net zero-energy buildings (defined as buildings that produce as much energy as they consume).  In order to reach these goals, DOE recognizes that a workforce must be created to help existing buildings reach, and new buildings keep, their full energy efficiency potential.

This specific FOA provides ten to thirty individual awards from $250,000, to $750,000 to develop training programs for three specific sets of commercial building specialists:

  1. Equipment technicians,
  2. Operators, and
  3. Energy commissioning agents/auditors

Entities involved with energy efficiency, professional development associations, trade training/development associations, universities, community colleges, technical trade schools, and apprenticeship programs are encouraged to apply.

Applications must be submitted by September 1, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time

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