YGreen

Inspired by the Californian Youth Energy Services project, the Y Green project aims to engage a range of key stakeholders to develop a residential sustainability project where young people are trained and subsequently employed to conduct home sustainability consultations in their local community. The consultations involve providing advice and information on household energy efficiency and products available to reduce energy usage.

With one fifth of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions coming from households, this project focuses on behaviour change in energy and water use in households

The young people involved in the project will participate in a nationally accredited Course in Home Sustainability Assessment delivered by the Western Sydney Institute of TAFE. This course includes not only the technical information needed to complete a residentially sustainability consultation, but also includes customer service skills, first aid and occupational health and safety.
The aims of the project include providing skill development for young people in an emerging 'green' employment area, improving energy and water efficiency in residential households, increasing awareness of all participants of the need for, and ways to improve energy and water efficiency and encouraging local youth into further education and training.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Households
• Students
• Sustainability
• Environment
• Skills
• Young people
• Youth
• Training
• Energy Efficiency
• Community
• energy audit