BILT 4 Meeting April 2, 2025

Course Description

This fourth meeting of the Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) was focused on the creation of a “Clean Buildings Hub.” This hub aims to be a central resource for workforce development, job opportunities, codes, apprenticeships, and more. The goal was to gather industry feedback on what should be included in the hub to make it useful and address the industry’s needs. This meeting features presentations from the NJ Board of Public Utilities and representatives from national Clean Buildings hubs, who shared their experiences and lessons learned.

About the Instructor:

Preethy Thangaraj, Deputy Director of the Governor’s Office of Climate Action and the Green Economy

Veronique Oomun, Division Director of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Division of Clean Energy

Stacy Ho Richardson, Deputy Director of the Division of Clean Energy at the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

Ryan Richardson, Business Development Representative, New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development

Jessica Ortiz Lomasney, Senior Project Manager, Energy and Climate Equity at NYSERDA

Laura Giannini, Associate Director, TRC Companies, Inc.

Casius Pealer, Director, Market Development, Institute of Market Transformation

Katie Kaluzny, Deputy Director, Illinois Green Alliance and the Building Energy Resource Hub

Course Outline

• New Jersey’s Vision for Workforce Development in the Clean Buildings

• Opening Remarks and the Need for Utilizing the BILT to Support the Efforts of the Clean Energy Program

• Energy Efficiency Jobs & Workforce Development

• Background of BILT: A Platform to Network and Gather Stakeholders’ Input

• Best Practices & Lessons Learned: NYSERDA’s 12 New York Regional Clean Energy Hubs

• Best Practices & Lessons Learned: Institute of Market Transformation and Illinois Green Alliance

• Closing Remarks