Submitted by David Bank on March 10, 2009 - 4:42pm.
There's a strong demand for LEED-accredited professionals with expertise in increasing sustainability and reducing energy use in buildings. See "How to Find a 'Green' Encore Career."
Baby boomers also are retooling to become managers in sustainability or alternative energy operations, vocational trainers of renewable energy skills, solar panel installers and assembly line workers in wind turbine plants. Renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies have generated 8.5 million new jobs and could grow to as many as 40 million jobs by 2030, according to a 2007 report by the American Solar Energy Society.
There’s a strong demand
There's a strong demand for LEED-accredited professionals with expertise in increasing sustainability and reducing energy use in buildings. See "How to Find a 'Green' Encore Career."
Baby boomers also are retooling to become managers in sustainability or alternative energy operations, vocational trainers of renewable energy skills, solar panel installers and assembly line workers in wind turbine plants. Renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies have generated 8.5 million new jobs and could grow to as many as 40 million jobs by 2030, according to a 2007 report by the American Solar Energy Society.
David Bank
Editor, Encore.org