Green Careers: Building Green (clip)

Some of the biggest opportunities for energy improvements occur in the building trades.

This program presents an overview of job opportunities in this booming industry where there is a high demand for trained professionals, designers, and workers to help improve the efficiency of commercial and residential buildings through better design of new buildings and smart improvements to existing structures.

Making our homes and offices more energy efficient is an enormous challenge, but the potential cost savings and benefits for the environment are significant. Government mandates, tax credits, and rebates are adding additional incentives. A job in a green construction trade can enable a young person, with a minimal amount of training, to get a foot in the door of the green economy.

Jobs profiled in this program include:
Solar Installer, Lighting Technician, Energy Auditor. Also interviewed are Stephanie Stone and Dr. Frank Alameda of the California Academy of Sciences who discuss some of the key innovations in green buildings developed by architects and engineers. 20 minutes, color.

Grade Levels: 7 to Adult

direct link to purchase the DVD:

http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com/Products/VideoDetail.aspx?id=5a32eff9-468...

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Green
• Careers
• Building
• solar
• power
• energy
• auditor
• efficiency
• innovation
• architecture
• engineering

[speakman7]

solar power is the present! it runs the earth

[dsanw]

very interesting! thank you !

[RooftopWind]

Merry Christmas Dude.

[prop23FAIL]

Love it!!

Great video -- keep it up! We need to invest more in Green industries but in California, but prop 23 is a threat to those investments. Prop 23 is down in the polls, but the Yes on 23 campaign just got a new influx of hot, anonymous cash, so we'll need to fend them off in the home stretch to Election Day.

Hit me back if you'd like to talk Prop 23. We're coming out with a bunch of great No on Prop 23 videos soon!

- prop23FAIL

[DCNov]

going green can save tons of money each year! If you are interested in running your car on water and saving on electricity bill you should check out my link on my profile!