Clean Energy Navigator

This training equips Community Navigators—trusted local leaders—with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively engage historically underserved populations in clean energy and environmental justice initiatives.

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Course curriculum

1. Training Overview
2. Training Hours
1. About the Module
2. What is a Community Health Worker?
3. Elements of Community Health Workers
4. Check for Understanding
5. Chapter Points
6. Defining Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
7. Introduction to Cultural Responsiveness
8. Cultural Responsiveness: Organizational and Individual Level
9. Cultural Responsiveness: Starting the Process
10. Activity
11. Individual Setting Goals
12. Activity
13. Check for Understanding
14. Chapter Points
1. About the Module
2. The Goal of Self-Advocacy
3. Self-Advocacy Traits
4. Self-Activity
5. Skills to Self-Advocate
6. Importance of Self-Advocacy As A Component of Wellness
7. How to Promote Person-Centered Wellness Support Services
8. Check for Understanding
9. Practice Effective Communication Skills
10. S.O.L.E.R
11. Group Facilitation
12. Competencies and Trends
13. Recognize and Understand the Impact of Trauma
14. Providing Trauma Informed Service
15. Overview of Trauma Responsiveness
16. The Domains of Trauma Responsiveness: Organizational Level
17. Confidentiality: When Trauma Is Disclosed by A CHW
18. Activity: Confidentiality in Trauma
19. Check for Understanding
20. ASKing Motivational Interview (MI) Questions
21. ACTIVITY: ASKing Motivational Interview Questions
1. About the Module
2. Cultural Responsiveness
3. VIDEO: Cultural Competency - For Providers
4. Cultural Responsiveness Explained
5. Cultural Responsiveness: Starting the Process
6. ACTIVITY: ASK Yourself Questions
7. Role Boundary Integrity
8. Tools for Effective Outreach and Continued Support
9. ACTIVITY: Community Assessments
1. Introduction to Clean Energy
2. Energize Your Thoughts!
3. What is Solar Energy?
4. How Solar Energy Works
5. Benefits of Solar Energy
6. Challenges with Solar Energy
7. Energize Your Thoughts
8. What is Wind Energy?
9. Benefits of Wind Energy
10. Challenges with Wind Energy
11. Energize Your Thoughts!
12. What is Hydro Energy
13. Benefits of Hydro Energy
14. Challenges with Hydro Energy
15. Energize Your Thoughts!
16. What is Geothermal Energy?
17. Benefits of Geothermal Energy
18. Challenges with Geothermal Energy
19. Energize Your Thoughts!
20. What is Bioenergy?
21. Benefits of Bioenergy
22. Energize Your Thoughts!
23. Solar and Wind Energy: Potential for Local Adaptation of Renewable Energy Sources
24. Hydro-Geothermal-Bioenergy: Potential for Local Adaptation of Renewable Energy Sources
25. Energize Your Thoughts!
1. About the Module
2. Overview of LEED
3. LEED Certification Levels Explained
4. LEED Credit Categories Overview
5. Detailed Breakdown of Major Credit Categories
6. Navigating the LEED Certification Process
7. Check for Understanding
8. Site Selection and Sustainable Site Design
9. Water Efficiency in Buildings
10. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Integration
11. Sustainable Materials and Waste Management
12. Indoor Environmental Quality and Occupant Health
13. Check for Understanding!
1. Introduction to Financing Options
2. Types of Financing Options
3. Benefits and Drawbacks of Financing Options
4. Costly Questions!
5. Importance of Understanding the Financing Options
6. The Power of Financial Knowledge
7. Costly Questions
1. Understanding Historical Land Context
2. Historical Land Context
3. Indigenous Rights and Clean Energy
4. Case Studies of Indigenous Clean Energy Projects
5. Check for Understanding!
1. Understanding Water Use in Buildings
2. Indoor Water Efficiency Strategies
3. Outdoor Water Efficiency and Landscape Design
4. Alternative Water Sources and Reuse
5. Water Efficiency in LEED and Case Studies
6. Check for Understanding!
7. Understanding Energy Use in Buildings
8. Passive and Low-Energy Design Strategies
9. High-Efficiency Systems and Technologies
10. Integrating Renewable Energy Solutions
11. Energy Management in LEED and Performance Monitoring
12. Check for Understanding!
1. Introduction to Life Cycle Thinking in Building Materials
2. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and Transparency Tools
3. Sustainable Material Categories and Selection Criteria
4. Construction Waste Management and Circular Economy
5. LEED MR Credits and Case Studies
6. Check for Understanding!
7. Introduction to Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)
8. Indoor Air Quality Management
9. Thermal Comfort and Acoustics
10. Lighting Quality and Daylight Access
11. IEQ in LEED and Occupant-Centered Design
12. Check for Understanding!
1. Understanding the LEED Green Associate Exam
2. Study Techniques and Preparation Strategies
3. Practice Exams and Question Review
4. Exam Day Preparation and Mindset
5. Creating Your Personalized Study Plan
1. Grants
2. Common Grant Terms and Conditions
3. Grant Lifecycle
4. Sources of Grant Funding
5. Grant Research
6. Grant Assessment
7. Grant Proposal
8. Budget Management
9. Grant Submission
10. Additional Reading
11. Liaison Skills
12. Techniques for Deciphering Legal Terms
13. Commonly Used Legal Terms
14. How Legal Concepts Can Be Expressed in Plain Language
15. Practice Activity: Translating Plain Language to Legal Sentences
16. Strategies for Communicating in Plain Language
17. Legal Term Simplication
18. Additional Reading
1. Research Methodologies
2. Data Collection Techniques
3. Community Research
4. Analyzing Community Needs
5. Additional Reading
6. Predatory Practices
7. Predatory Tactics in the Energy Sector
8. Red Flags to Watch Out For
1. Community Cohesion
2. Building Trust and Relationships
3. Effective Communication Skills
4. Celebrating Successes and Learning from Failures
5. Check for Understanding!
1. Fundamentals of Photovoltaic (PV) Systems
2. Inverters and Batteries for Solar Energy
3. Wind Turbine Technologies and Applications
4. Check for Understanding!
5. Tidal and Small-Scale Hydropower Systems
6. Geothermal Heating and Cooling Technologies
7. Advanced Battery Storage Technologies
8. Check for Understanding!
9. Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells
10. Wireless Energy Transfer and Smart Grids
11. Innovations in Energy Harvesting and Storage
12. Check for Understanding!
13. Capstone Project Planning and Guidelines
14. Project Implementation and Presentation
15. Personalized Learning Plans and Next Steps
16. Check for Understanding!
1. What are the Learning Outcomes?

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Clean Energy Navigator

Course curriculum

Introduction

Phase 1 - Module 1: Community Coordination and Support (CHW Integration) – 5 Hours

Phase 1 - Module 2: Advocacy and Effective Communication (CHW Integration) – 10 Hours

Phase 1 - Module 3: Cultural Responsiveness and Health Disparities (CHW Integration) – 5 Hours

Phase 2- Module 1: Foundations of Clean Energy – 8 Hours

Phase 2 - Module 2: LEED Rating System and Principles – 16 Hours

Phase 2 - Module 3: Financial Literacy and Clean Energy Economics – 8 Hours

Phase 2 - Module 4: Sustainable Sites and Environmental Justice – 8 Hours

Phase 2: Module 5: Water Efficiency and Energy Management

Phase 2 - Module 6: Materials, Resources, and Indoor Environmental Quality

Phase 2 - Module 7: Exam Preparation for LEED Green Associate – 8 Hours

Phase 3 - Module 1: Justice 40 Initiative Liaison Skills

Phase 3: Module 2: Research Techniques and Avoiding Predatory Practices

Phase 3 - Module 3: Community Empowerment and Engagement

Phase 4: Solar and Wind Energy Products

Learning Outcomes

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