Skip to main content
2023 National Home Performance Conference Main banner
Icon Legend
This session is not in your schedule.
This session is in your schedule. Click again to remove it.
Presentation Icons
Pre-Registration Required
Pre-Registration Required
Decarbonization & Electrification
Decarbonization & Electrification
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Policy & Inflation Reduction Act
Policy & Inflation Reduction Act

Workforce Development

Strategies for Creating a Diverse Building Performance Workforce

Tuesday, April 18, 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  
Location: 512 (Hyatt)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
CEU Type(s): ASHI, BPI, INTERNACHI, NARI
Looking to build your team? Learn how some organizations are utilizing local partnerships to successfully recruit and train a diverse entry-level workforce for the building performance sector. This session will feature partnership and recruitment strategies from Earth Advantage’s Green Building Trainee program in Portland, OR and the PA Weatherization Assistance Program’s Building Green Futures job readiness program in Pennsylvania. Learn about their successful efforts to recruit, prepare, and connect diverse entry-level workers directly into building performance careers.

Learning Objectives:

By attending this session, attendees will:
  • Understand which partnerships can be the most valuable in helping you recruit
  • Learn strategies for recruiting and preparing diverse individuals to enter the building performance sector
  • Hear case studies of successful building performance job readiness programs from Oregon and Pennsylvania