Decarb’s Path to the High Road: How to Create Quality Jobs in Residential Building Decarbonization

Want to learn how to ensure your climate programs cut GHGs and also create good jobs, advance equity, and build lasting community wealth? Join the Bay Area Residential Decarbonization High Road Training Partnership to explore how local leaders are designing publicly funded programs that create equitable access to quality decarb careers. This session offers actionable labor standards, model procurement tools, and policy levers that ensure decarbonization dollars cost-effectively uplift workers and support disadvantaged contracting businesses. Learn from those doing the work: You’ll hear from four Partnership members who will share real-world lessons and resources for launching holistic, High Road residential decarbonization strategies that center job quality, workforce development, and equity. Attendees will leave the session equipped with the insights, resources, and inspiration to build programs in their own communities that deliver climate resilience and economic justice.

Speakers
  • Jillian Du, Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN), BayREN Single Family EASE Home Program Manager
  • Nik Kaestner, SF Environment
  • Katie Van Dyke, City of Berkeley, Chief Resilience Officer and Climate Action Program Manager
  • Mireille Vargas, City of Hayward, Sustainability Specialist
Moderator
  • Julia Hatton, Rising Sun Center for Opportunity, President & CEO