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From the president’s push for growing green industries to the hopes of every state leader looking to improve the employment climate at home, “green jobs” are on everybody’s mind. Opportunities are growing in highly technical fields such as solar, wind and hydro power, as well as the trades involving weatherization, home energy assessments and green construction.
Even as other employment sectors continue to suffer declines, green jobs have grown across the country—in California last year by 5 percent and in Michigan over a 9-year period by nearly 11 percent. The wind power industry alone grew by 39 percent in 2009, powered by federal stimulus funds, and with its growth, creating new jobs.
In Hampton Roads, the most immediate potential for benefitting from this trend lies with developers and contractors looking to attract more business by appealing to the interest of consumers in buying or making their homes more energy efficient and less burdensome on the environment.
Tax rebates and credits have helped fuel the current interest of homeowners and commercial real estate managers, eager to reduce costs and ecological impacts through a reduction in energy use in their homes.
If you currently work or plan to work in the construction business, it is now more important than ever to get up to speed on the latest green building practices and get certified by one of the top organizations in sustainable development. SENCON can help you get there.
SENCON is Hampton Road’s leader in training building professionals for the green workforce. Through our affiliations with the Building Professional Institute (BPI), LEED, EarthCraft and other certifying bodies, SENCON’s professional instructors can give you or your employees the tools they need to meet the demands of tomorrow’s building requirements and understand the needs of a construction industry increasingly focused on sustainable development and improved energy efficiency.
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