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Energy Efficiency Jobs in AmericaA comprehensive analysis of energy efficiency employment across all 50 states

Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) E4TheFuture

December 2016

Presented by

Energy Efficiency Jobs in America 2

Sarah Lehmann, BW Research Partnership

Philip Jordan, BW Research Partnership

Christina Nunez, for E2

Jeff Benzak, E2

Bob Keefe, E2

Grant Carlisle, E2

Gail Parson, E2

Zach Amittay, E2

Steve Cowell, E4TheFuture

Pat Stanton, E4TheFuture

Julie Michals, E4TheFuture

Susan Buchan, E4TheFuture

Carol Harley, E4TheFuture

Emily Duff, E4TheFuture

Design: Studio 424

Additional funding: Barr Foundation

Authors, Contributors, and Reviewers

About E2

Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) is a national, nonpartisan group of business leaders, inves-tors, and professionals from every sector of the economy who advocate for smart policies that are good for the economy and good for the environment. Our members have founded or funded more than 2,500 companies, created more than 600,000 jobs, and manage more than $100 billion in venture and private equity capital. For more information, see www.e2.org or follow us on Twitter at @e2org.

About E4TheFuture

E4TheFuture—formerly Conservation Services Group (CSG)—is a nonprofit organization that promotes residential clean energy and sustainable resource solutions to advance climate protection and economic fairness by influencing federal, state and local policies, and by helping to build a resilient and vibrant energy efficiency and clean energy sector. CSG provided low-cost energy solutions 1984-2015 in over half of U.S. states helping to improve over 3.8 million homes. Visit us at e4thefuture.org and follow us on Twitter @e4thefuture.

About BW Research Partnership

BW Research Partnership is a full-service, economic and workforce research consulting firm with offices in Carlsbad, California, and Wrentham, Massachusetts. It is the nation’s leading provider of accurate, comprehensive clean energy research studies, including the National Solar Census, wind industry analyses for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Natural Resources Defense Council, and state-level clean energy reports for Massachusetts, Illinois, Vermont, Iowa, and Florida, among others.


Introduction

Unlike large wind turbines or rooftop solar panels, most energy efficiency improvements are invisible: They might be folded within a super-insulated building, embedded in the controls of a smart monitoring system, or quietly embodied in a high efficiency AC system. Looking at the job sector, however, the impact couldn’t be more clear. Energy efficiency is the largest sector within the U.S. clean energy economy, accounting for three in four of its jobs and employing nearly 1.9 million people nationwide.

The efficiency industry helps customers squeeze more productivity and comfort out of the same amount—or less—energy. Its workers install smart lighting, for example, or seal duct leaks in HVAC systems or insulate walls and ceilings. They make climate control systems run better or manufacture state-of-the-art appliances. In short, they figure out how to help homes and businesses run leaner by lowering utility bills. In addition, they provide a public health benefit by reducing air pollution. Efficiency is also considered the most cost-effective strategy in many states to address climate change and achieve carbon reductions and/or other environmental goals.


This analysis finds that most energy efficiency workers are at small companies with 25 or fewer employees. Forty percent of energy efficiency companies focus on installation, while another 26 percent are in trade and distribution. The remaining firms are in professional services, engi-neering and research, and other categories. The majority say they depend on the energy efficien-cy market for at least half of their revenue.

Increased energy efficiency has driven remarkable savings for consumers. Residents of states with the weakest energy efficiency policies saw their monthly energy bills go up twice as much as people in the most efficient states, according to the recent report, “Cleaning Up Our Act on Energy and Reaping the Benefits”. Overall, that analysis found average electricity prices in the U.S. today are lower than they were a quarter century ago, even as wind and solar energy expanded their market share to 7 percent of the power supply.

Additionally, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE’s) “2016 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard” found that advancements in everything from building energy codes and transportation planning help spur investment in energy efficiency, which in turn gives businesses, governments, and consumers more control over their energy use.1

California, Florida, Massachusetts and Illinois, which rank at the top of this employment analysis, together account for over half a million clean energy jobs involving energy efficiency. Other states, such as Texas and Pennsylvania, are seeing strong energy efficiency employment even as they host an oil-and-gas fracking boom. But there’s uneven progress among them all in pro moting smarter energy use policies—from strong building codes to transportation standards to utility programs that help customers save on their bills—that will feed a thriving industry and support energy efficiency employment.

Based on surveys done for this report, employers from the approximately 165,000 U.S. compa-nies that do energy efficiency work pre dict that business will keep getting better. They expect employment to grow 13 percent over the coming year, adding 245,000 more jobs, according to projections reported by employers. State programs and new federal initiatives, such as the Tenant Star program which recognizes exceptional tenant spaces and was created as part of the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, can bolster this growth.

Other key steps that can help create jobs across the country include:

• Advancing energy efficiency standards set by the U.S. Department of Energy for appliances and equipment.

• Strengthening building codes at the state and local levels to capture all cost-effective energy efficiency opportunities at the time of design and construction.

• Accelerating energy efficiency improvements in devices and buildings that use electricity or natural gas through utility programs, state policies such as energy efficiency resource standards, or by investing in all cost-effective energy efficiency resources.

• States should prioritize the role of energy efficiency in developing and/or strengthening clean energy standards.

1 http://aceee.org/press/2016/09/california-golden-again-energy

Quick Facts

889,000+ workers spend majority of their time on energy efficiency

~1.9M energy efficiency jobs in America

13% employment growth rate over current year

Introduction (continued)


Taking a closer examination of all the energy efficiency jobs in America yields some interesting findings. For instance, the majority of the 1.9 million energy efficiency workers in the U.S. work for small businesses with five employees or less, and about 70 percent work for companies with 10 employees or less.

Findings


As the largest sector within the nation’s clean energy economy, energy efficiency accounts for about three out of every four American clean energy jobs. In total, these technologies support almost 1.9 million jobs across the country, and 889,050 of these workers spend the majority of their time supporting the energy efficiency portion of their business.2 Employers across the roughly 165,000 establishments that conduct energy efficiency work are optimistic about business growth, projecting a collective 13 percent employment growth rate over 2016—or an additional 245,000 jobs.3

The majority of energy efficiency firms install or sell energy efficiency systems; about four in 10 establishments are installation firms and an additional quarter of establishments are in trade and distribution. The remainder of business activity is roughly evenly distributed across profes-sional services (11 percent), manufacturing (8 percent), engineering and research (8 percent), and other value chain activities (7 percent).

2 As of 2015, there are a total of 1,880,149 energy efficiency workers across the nation. Of these nearly 1.9 million workers, the research group extrapolated that roughly 889,000 jobs surpass the 50 percent threshold; these employees spend half to all of their time working with energy efficiency technologies. The total job references by sub technology are based on this 50 percent threshold total.

3 Job growth is based on employer reported projections and is not a reflection of historical growth, but rather current market trends.

Energy Efficiency Employment and Establishments

629,12533.5% Traditional HVAC

327,52817.5% Efficient Lighting

291,98915.6% Advanced Materials and Insulation

185,115

161,707

145,538

134,789

9.9% High Efficiency (AFUE) HVAC

8.6% Energy Star Appliances

7.8% Other

7.2% Renewable and Efficient Heating and Cooling

Fig. 1: National Energy Efficiency Employment by Sub Technology, 2015

Fig. 2: National Energy Efficiency Establishments by Value Chain, 2015

6.9% Other

8.0% Manufacturing

8.1% Engineering & Research

40% Installation

26.1% Trade

10.9% Professional Services

Quick Facts

165,000 U.S. companies in energy efficiency work

2 out of 3 firms install or sell energy efficiency systems


The majority of energy efficiency establishments are small businesses. Just over half report one to five employees, and an additional third report six to 24 workers. There is a small proportion of medium-sized establishments, and very few firms with more than 100 employees.

Firm Size, Revenue, and Hiring Difficulty

The majority of establishments conducting energy efficiency work attribute at least half their revenue to energy efficien-cy-related business, and almost one-third report all of their revenue is derived from energy efficiency work, according to our surveys.

Employers report difficulty finding qualified workers to fill their open positions. About three-quarters of employers said hiring was either “very” or “somewhat” difficult in 2015; three in 10 noted that hiring was very difficult.

The most reported reasons for hiring difficulty among energy efficiency employers included insufficient experience, training, or technical skills (35 percent); lack of qualifications, certifi-cations, or education (31 percent); insufficient non-technical skills such as work ethic, dependability, or critical thinking (23 percent); competition or a small applicant pool (16 per-cent); and difficulty finding industry-specific knowledge and skillsets (16 percent).

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Fig. 3: National Energy Efficiency Firm Size Distribution, 2015

31.1% All revenue from EE (100%)

23.8% Less than quarter of revenue from EE (1%–24%)

13.8% A quarter to almost half of revenue from EE (25%–49%)

7.2% Don’t know/NA

24.0% Half or most of revenue from EE (50%–99%)

Fig. 4: National Energy Efficiency Revenue, 2015

30.6% Very difficult

45.0% Somewhat difficult

21.3% Not at all difficult

3.1% Don’t know/NA

Fig. 5: National Energy Efficiency Hiring Difficulty, 2015


The following states have the highest number of workers who spend some of their work hours on energy efficiency services.

1. California

Long an energy-efficiency leader, California has the largest workforce in the sector by far. Of some 321,000 workers, about half spend their biggest share of time focused on energy efficiency services. Almost three in ten are devoted to supporting traditional heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) technologies.

The remainder of the sector is spread mostly across efficient lighting, ENERGY STAR® appli-ances, high-efficiency HVAC, and advanced materials and insulation. Fifty-seven percent of firms are installers or distributors, while manufacturing and professional services each repre-sent 16 percent of the value chain. Most of these are small businesses—almost 70 percent have 10 or fewer employees.

The largest share of energy efficiency jobs—46,620—lies within the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan area, followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (25,611) and San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos (17,869). (For more information on California’s energy efficiency economy, please see Page 14)

2. Florida

There are about 106,000 energy efficiency workers across the state of Florida, though only a third (34 percent, or 36,610 workers) actually spend the majority of their labor hours working with energy efficiency technologies. Of these, almost half report that traditional HVAC technol-ogies are their main focus, followed by advanced material and insulation and high efficiency HVAC, which is to be expected given the prevalence of air conditioning across the state.

Apart from other states in the top 10, Florida has a significant cohort of engineering and research firms: They make up a fifth of the activity, second to installation at 45 percent. These are mostly small businesses—61 percent report one to five permanent employees. However, the state has some representation of large firms, with 2 percent reporting 50 to 499 workers. The highest concentration of jobs is in Orange County (4,211).

The state has work to do on the utility front, according to ACEEE: It allocates little funding for either electricity or natural gas efficiency programs. In fact, the Public Service Commission approved requests from utilities in 2014 to decrease the level of energy efficiency offered to customers in the future.

Top 10 States for Energy Efficiency Jobs Quick Facts

321,177 workers in energy efficiency jobs in California

~50% of EE workers in CA focus on EE services

106,491 energy efficiency jobs in Florida

34% of EE workers in FL focus on EE services


3. Illinois

Almost half (49 percent) of the state’s 89,830 energy efficiency workers spend the majority of their time on related business (44,094 employees). Their activity is primarily concentrated among three sub-technologies: traditional HVAC, advanced materials and insulation, and efficient lighting. Illinois is one of the few states to earn a perfect score in the building codes and compliances category of ACEEE’s annual ranking, thanks to the work of many successful programs like Retrofit Chicago and the City Energy Project.

As with most other efficiency economies, the majority of firms are engaged in the installation or trade of energy efficient products. The state also has some activity in the manufacturing and professional service sphere. Most of these firms are small, with 63 percent employing fewer than 11 permanent workers, but there are some large firms in the state—about five percent report 100 to 499 employees.

Illinois passed comprehensive energy legislation, The Future Energy Jobs Bill, on November 30 that will increase utility investment in energy efficiency. The Future Energy Jobs Bill was supported by the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition, which E2 was a member. The bill also fixes the state’s broken renewable portfolio standard, and creates a new program job training program that will open up access to the solar economy for millions of low-income families.

4. Massachusetts

The only New England state in the top 10 also has the highest percentage of efficiency-focused workers. That’s not surprising, given that it consistently sits at or near the top of national policy rankings by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). Of 82,848 people working in the space, 89 percent spend the majority of their time on energy efficiency.

Smart lighting is the largest chunk of activity, representing 46 percent of the workforce, followed by advanced materials and insulation with about quarter of total employment. Installation firms make up 43 percent of the activity, followed by trade with 26 percent. The state has a mix of small, medium and large companies in the sector: Sixty-five percent of firms have ten or fewer employees, 27 percent have 11 to 49 employees, and four percent have more than 50 permanent workers.

The state continues to build on its progress: Its most recently approved energy savings targets for 2016 through 2018 are the most ambitious in the nation thus far, according to ACEEE.

Quick Facts

89,830 energy efficiency jobs in Illinois

49% of EE workers in IL focus on EE services

82,848 energy efficiency jobs in Massachusetts

89% of EE workers in MA focus on EE services


5. Ohio

Ohio has some long-term uncertainty at play for some of its energy efficiency policies, as the state enacted a two-year freeze on clean energy standards in 2014. The growth in energy efficiency jobs, a total of 78,202 employed in Ohio, despite this freeze, reflects a strong national market for clean energy products and services. About 30 percent of these workers dedicate more time to efficiency than other tasks.

Unfortunately, other clean energy industries haven’t fared as well in Ohio. According to Clean Jobs Midwest, the state saw a 56-percent decrease in wind energy jobs in 2015 likely due to the potent combination of the freeze and the current over-regulation of wind turbines.

The majority of Ohio’s energy efficiency employees spend most of their time working with traditional HVAC goods and services, followed by advanced materials and insulation and the manufacture of ENERGY STAR® appliances. Installation firms represent 45 percent of the business, trade firms 19 percent. Over three-quarters (78 percent) of these firms are small, reporting fewer than 11 permanent employees, and nearly a third note that all of their revenue comes from this work.

6. Texas

About half of the 31,360 energy efficiency-focused workers in Texas are in traditional HVAC technologies, followed by efficient lighting with almost 5,000 workers (16 percent) of total employment. The state’s business is more centered on trade (31 percent), along with profession-al services (20 percent) and installation (19 percent).

Like Florida, Texas has extreme temperatures, which explains in part the high percentage of HVAC workers, and a large population spread across several major cities as well as some of the most rural regions of the United States. Stronger state energy efficiency policies would likely boost the number of energy efficiency jobs across the state.

Small firms dominate the state’s sector, with over three-quarters (79 percent) reporting 10 or fewer permanent positions. Fourteen percent of firms report 11 to 99 permanent employees, and 6 percent of firms have 100 workers or more. Texas has yet to realize its potential energy and cost savings, ACEEE has noted in its ranking, where Texas sits at 27th place. The state was the first to implement an energy efficiency resource standard, but targets are very low.

Quick Facts

72,783 energy efficiency jobs in Texas

43% of EE workers in Texas focus on EE services

78,202 energy efficiency jobs in Ohio

30% of EE workers in OH focus on EE services


7. New York

Through its Reforming the Energy Vision program, New York is working to reshape the utility industry and integrate distributed energy resources generated locally. The state has a diverse energy efficiency workforce of 69,704, half of whom work in a range of unclassified sub- technologies, followed by 19 percent in advanced materials and insulation and 17 percent in traditional HVAC.

More than half of these employees (40,786 workers) spend the majority of their time on energy efficiency work. Most of the value chain activity is, like other states, in installation and trade. The firms tend to be small with 56 percent reporting 10 or fewer permanent employees.The state’s growth in clean energy jobs is due in no small part to New York’s long and continuing tradition of supporting strong clean energy policies. And recently, under Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York has demonstrated national leadership on a wide range of climate and clean energy issues.

Part of New York’s success is also its involvement in the nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). In addition to helping cut carbon pollution in the power sector much faster than anticipated, RGGI has provided at least $2.9 billion in regional economic growth, $10 billion in health benefits, 30,000 new job-years (a job-year equals one-year of full-time work), and $618 million in energy bill savings for consumers (with $4 billion more in savings expected in the coming years).4

8. Georgia

Georgia ranks 35th on ACEEE’s scorecard and utilities invest very little in energy efficiency compared to other states. Despite this, about six in 10 energy efficiency workers (60 percent) spend the majority of their time on related business—39,618 out of the total 66,212. One of the main reasons for this disconnect is that the state’s hot climate keeps energy bills high. If better policies were in place, there would likely be thousands more energy efficiency jobs in Georgia.

The state’s energy efficiency economy has a fairly even split among sub-technologies, with traditional HVAC, advanced materials and insulation, and high-efficiency HVAC accounting for the majority of activity.

Just over two-thirds of firms—mostly small to mid-size employers with fewer than 100 work-ers—are focused on installation and trade. Almost half depend on energy efficiency for all of their revenue.

4 https://www.nrdc.org/experts/jackson-morris/rggi-states-poised-triple-down-climate-progress

Quick Facts

69,704 energy efficiency jobs in New York

58% of EE workers in NY focus on EE services

66,212 energy efficiency jobs in Georgia

~60% of EE workers in GA focus on EE services


9. Virginia

Virginia is home to a total of 61,397 energy efficiency workers, and 37,882—or 62 percent—spend the majority of their time working with energy efficient technologies. Forty-three percent of workers are primarily focused on efficient lighting technologies, followed by renewable and efficient heating and cooling. Virginia earns low marks from ACEEE in terms of policies and utility spending to boost energy efficiency, suggesting the state is only scratching the surface of its potential when it comes to clean energy jobs.

Installation (39 percent), professional services (17 percent) and trade (17 percent) dominate the industry activity among a pool of mostly small businesses (63 percent have five or fewer employees). Among counties, Fairfax has the highest concentration of efficiency jobs at more than 6,000.

10. Pennsylvania

Like New York, Pennsylvania has a significant range of energy efficiency businesses, with more than half classified as “other” followed by advanced materials and insulation (21 percent) and traditional HVAC (16 percent).

The state has a wide spread of value chain activities, with installation representing 31 percent of firms, trade representing 23 percent of firms, and engineering and research representing 20 percent of firms. There is also some activity across professional services and manufacturing.

In Pennsylvania, legislators can help grow the energy efficiency workforce by strengthening and extending Act 129, the state’s energy efficiency law. Additionally, a bill in the state legislature would allow counties and municipalities to create bonds for PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) for commercial and industrial properties, providing for an innovative financing mech-anism to help fund energy efficiency projects. The broad-ranging benefits of stronger efficiency are more immediate for low-income households, which spend a greater share of their income on energy than those in higher brackets.

Quick Facts

53,175 energy efficiency workers in Pennsylvania

31% of Pennsylvania EE firms focus on installation

62% of EE workers in VA focus on EE services

61,397 energy efficiency jobs in Virginia


Taitem Engineering/Ithaca, New York Company Profile

What’s in a name? When it comes to Taitem Engineering, quite a lot. In fact, its entire business philosophy is encompassed in the acronym: Technology As If The Earth Mattered

NOW BASED IN ITHACA, Taitem began in Syracuse in 1989 primarily as a consulting engineering business concentrating on sustainable design. Founder and chairman Ian Shapiro started the company out of his house.

In the last 25 years, Taitem has expanded beyond mechanical, elec-trical, plumbing, and structural design. It now offers energy-related services including energy audits, energy modeling, LEED consulting, and commissioning. In the last five years, the company branched out to offer contracting services for solar photovoltaic installation and Aeroseal duct sealing, resulting in rapid growth.

Shapiro literally wrote the book on topics like these, co-authoring Green Building Illustrated and, more recently, Energy Audits and Improvements for Commercial Buildings, due to hit the shelves in April 2016, for which he is the sole author.

The company has over 45 employees, including nine licensed professional engineers, and it continues to grow, said Taitem’s Marketing Manager, Theresa Ryan.

The company’s contracting work ranges from a 46-kilowatt solar array at the Ulysses Philomathic Library in Trumansburg, New York, to sealing ducts in commercial and multifamily buildings in New York City.

Taitem is pursuing the expanding duct sealing market. Taitem’s team of consultants and trained technicians evaluate ventilation systems to determine issues and possible solutions, which include Aeroseal duct sealing. When duct leakage is identified, Taitem seals air leaks up to 5/8 inches in diameter from the inside using a polymer sealant. Duct sealing results in energy savings, improved building performance, and improved indoor air quality.

For example, Cornell University wanted to install new ventilation controls in its century-old Baker Laboratory. But Cornell found that the ductwork was honeycombed with leaks. Taitem’s efforts to seal the ductwork resulted in an 89-percent reduction in duct leakage. This, along with other improvements to the system, will save the institution a projected $200,000 annually.

Taitem also reduced leakage in a new 34-story, multi-family building in Manhattan. Even after the contractors’ high-quality workmanship, the 389-apartment building was still losing 14 percent of air flow through its ducts. After Taitem treated the building, leakage was reduced to less than 1 percent, saving an estimated $7,300 annually and leading to a project payback of less than seven years.

–Environmental Entrepreneurs

Note: This company profile originally appeared in the May 2016 report “Clean Jobs New York”.

Taitem’s employees work on a range of clean energy technologies — including renewable energy and energy efficiency. (Photo courtesy of Taitem)


With a history of strong energy efficiency policy dating back to the 1970s, California continues to lead the country by evolving its standards for appliances, buildings, transportation and other sectors. It supports a workforce of 321,127 people, many of them installers or distributors of efficient lighting, ENERGY STAR® appliances, high-efficiency HVAC, and other energy- saving improvements.

This commitment to energy efficiency has saved the state’s consumers billions of dollars. Californians’ monthly electric bills have only gone up $4.25 since 1990, according to an NRDC analysis, while in Wyoming, which has invested very little in energy efficiency, the increase is more than $16 (numbers adjusted for inflation). Thanks to its energy efficiency efforts, the state’s consumption of electricity has grown about 1 percent annually, according to the California Energy Commission, while natural gas consumption has remained nearly flat.5

Along with Massachusetts, California ranked first in ACEEE’s 2016 national survey for the first time since 2010. The state received a perfect score in building codes, combined heat and power, state-led initiatives, appliance standards, and transportation. It’s now poised to go even further, having passed aggressive legislation aimed at doubling the state’s energy efficiency savings by 2030 and increasing access to energy use data. Utility energy efficiency programs also play a major role in California’s energy efficiency economy.

The state has much more it can do to build on its progress and meet its new goals, including work on existing buildings and removing overly complex restrictions on what savings are considered cost-effective. All of the work toward California’s next wave of energy efficiency stands to bolster a thriving industry and add more jobs in the sector.

5 http://www.energy.ca.gov/renewables/tracking_progress/documents/energy_efficiency.pdf

California: A Leader in Energy Efficiency

70% of energy efficiency establishments in California are small businesses, mirroring a national trend

Quick Facts

“California has a proud history of energy efficiency success.”

– E2’s and NRDC’s Aug. 2015 report “California’s Golden Energy

Efficiency Opportunity”


California company illuminates building efficiency

THE FLOOD BUILDING is a historic midrise office building in downtown San Francisco. One of only two San Francisco buildings to survive both the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes, the building’s tenants include the Gap, Anthropologie, a private investigator, law firms, and the consulate of Nicaragua.

Located near a cable-car turnaround, the building has an ornate sandstone exterior and marble walls, hallways, and staircases.

After undergoing extensive renovations about 15 years ago, the building was awarded an Energy Star rating of 100 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, meaning that out of 100 similar buildings in size and climate zone, the Flood Building was the most energy efficient.

That wasn’t good enough for San Francisco-based energy efficiency company Carbon Lighthouse, which now employs 34 people.

According to Brenden Millstein, Carbon Lighthouse’s CEO and an E2 member, there were untapped energy savings locked within the Flood Building. He set out to mine those savings, increasing the bottom line for the building’s owner and, in the process, cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Carbon Lighthouse’s energy engineers went to work. They spent a few days on site placing sensors about half the size of an iPhone throughout the building. In place for a few weeks, these devices col-lected millions of data points, helping to construct a detailed profile of the building’s energy use—its temperature, its lighting patterns, and its occupancy levels.

“We are always swimming in data,” Millstein said, “and the sea of otherwise-unknown information helps us make more informed decisions about building operations and control that results in 20–30-percent, whole-building energy savings.”

Using proprietary software, Carbon Lighthouse analyzed this data, identifying ways to make the Flood Building more efficient. For example, the data uncovered savings in optimizing how 15- and 30- horsepower motors pump hot and cold water through a network of pipes and heat exchangers to keep the building’s temperature pleasant. Carbon Lighthouse discovered that by changing the way this water circulates, it could eliminate about 60-horsepower worth of waste energy 95 percent of the year—without sacrificing tenant comfort.

By making this and other energy-saving changes, Millstein said the Flood Building’s owners can expect to save $1.2 million in total energy expenses over the next 12–15 years, easily paying back the cost of the retrofit and in the process reducing the building’s carbon footprint.

The Flood Building is one of about 500 efficiency projects Carbon Lighthouse has successfully completed on the West Coast. Other projects include a 55,000-square-foot high school that’s saving $22,500 in utility bills annually; a 35,000-square-foot office in Mountain View, Calif., that will save building owners about $147,000 over the next 10 years; a guitar pick manufacturer whose pressurized air equipment is operating better thanks to an efficien-cy retrofit; and buildings at Stanford University and Tesla Motors.

Clients like these have averaged savings up to 15 percent higher than Carbon Lighthouse’s conservative initial estimates. With a business model built upon referrals, Carbon Lighthouse’s project portfolio is growing, and the business has doubled revenue every year for the past six years and expects to triple revenue and quintu-ple impact next year.

Carbon Lighthouse was founded in 2009 by Millstein and Raphael Rosen, Millstein’s lab partner at Harvard University and a close friend since kindergarten.

“He was the only one who could beat me at Minute Math,” Millstein joked.

While Millstein and Rosen set out to start a successful business, Carbon Lighthouse has always had a purpose greater than just mak-ing money. Millstein said his company’s mission is to stop climate change, and to help the world reach zero emissions by 2050.

Millstein said that as far as he’s concerned, the success of his business is measured in reduction of carbon pollution. And by that measure, Carbon Lighthouse has been very successful.

In its hundreds of projects, Carbon Lighthouse has cut carbon pollution by more than 84,000 tons.


Note: This report originally appeared on the E2 website Clean Energy Works for Us. It was updated in November 2016.

Carbon Lighthouse/San Francisco Company Profile

Carbon Lighthouse employs 34 people who work on energy efficiency projects in the Western U.S. (E2 photo) 500

completed projects by Carbon Lighthouse


Energy Efficiency in Low-Income Housing Quick Facts

~30% possible reduction in energy burden on a low-income home by retrofitting

The broad-ranging benefits of stronger efficiency are more immediate for low-income house-holds, which spend a greater share of their income on energy than those in higher brackets.

This energy burden hits low-income consumers not just because the costs assume a bigger fraction of what they have to spend, but because they are often living in places that are plagued by inefficiencies such as poor insulation and old appliances.

Some households are spending as much as 25 percent of their income on energy, according to a study from Energy Efficiency for All and ACEEE, with cities including Memphis, New Orleans, Birmingham, Atlanta and Philadelphia seeing the heaviest burdens on low-income residents. That leaves people making choices between keeping the lights on and food or medicine, which can cause harmful secondary effects on their health and safety.

Investing in energy efficiency can produce real results. In California alone, efficiency programs for low-income customers have benefited almost 3 million households since 2003, saving enough electricity to power 90,000 homes for one year.

Multifamily buildings are another often-missed opportunity. Many utilities have realized suc-cess with programs and there are models that work.: The group Energy Efficiency for All (EEFA) notes that more than half of affordable apartments were built more than 50 years ago, and they are home to some 10 million people. EEFA estimates that retrofits to a low income home could reduce the energy burden for that home by up to 30 percent.6

California recently addressed that gap by approving changes to its Energy Savings Assistance program that will extend efficiency improvements to rent-subsidized multifamily homes.7 It allocated $80 million toward energy-saving measures such as central water heaters and com-mon area lighting. And Energy Outreach Colorado, a state-created independent nonprofit, has weatherized 35,000 affordable-housing apartments since it was established in 1989.8

Retrofits, appliance swaps, and lighting upgrades are among the range of needs the U.S. energy efficiency industry is meeting, creating clean energy jobs along the way.

6 http://energyefficiencyforall.org/potential-energy-savings

7 https://www.nrdc.org/experts/maria-stamas/cpuc-adopts-major-improvements-low-income-efficiency-program

8 https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-06/documents/ energy_outreach_colorado_case_study_6-1-16_508.pdf


Energy Optimizers USA/Tipp City, Ohio Company Profile

Creating good jobs by saving Ohioans money on electric bills

AT GREG SMITH’S energy efficiency company in Tipp City, there’s a jobs boom underway.

“We’ve gone from one employee less than seven years ago—me—to 20 employees,” Smith said. At schools and other government buildings, workers from Smith’s business, Energy Optimizers, USA conduct comprehensive building energy-efficiency retrofits. They install new temperature control systems, upgrade lighting and HVAC systems, arrange power-purchase agreements with solar energy companies, etc.

Clients quickly realize financial benefits from these types of projects. In South-Central Ohio, for example, an $870,000 project at the Jackson City School District—which teaches 2,500 students at five schools—Energy Optimizers retrofits were expected to lower a $1 million energy bill by close to $140,000 annually. But savings ended up being much higher than that—almost $400,000 was saved after one year.

“If we can save a teacher’s salary or two by doing this, it makes sense,” Phil Howard, the district’s superintendent said, before the full savings from the retrofits were known.

Other successful projects Energy Optimizers has completed include: lighting retrofits at Liberty Tower in downtown Dayton, the Dayton Children’s Hospital, and Aptalis Pharmaceuticals, and energy efficiency upgrades at Miami (Ohio) University and buildings owned by the City of Dayton.

Smart, state-level policies have helped Ohio’s economy become more energy efficient and create jobs. Smith said an efficiency standard requiring Ohio’s electric utilities to help customers save energy has been particularly helpful. The utilities offer incentives to

“buy down” the cost of efficiency upgrades.

“The rebates are driving projects,” said Smith, who got his start in energy efficiency while working at Trane, the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning industry giant.

In addition to utility incentives, Smith has a tight business model. He guarantees buildings his company retrofits will hit projected energy savings—or Smith sends a check for the difference.

Politically, Smith identifies himself as a conservative.

“This is not what people think about when they think about con-servatives,” he said. “But I think energy efficiency and renewable energy are important for conservatives and independents to take note of.”

Smith said promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy through legislation like Ohio’s Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard is in the country’s best interest, but that legislation was frozen in 2014, forcing renewable energy and energy efficiency companies to re-think Ohio investments.

In addition to ramping up the RPS in Ohio, Smith said strong implementation of the federal Clean Power Plan in Ohio and other Midwestern states is crucial to sending a strong, clear market signal that will attract innovative, growing companies – and their jobs.

“In my mind, this is the next Industrial Revolution,” Smith said.


Note: This case study originally appeared in the 2015 report “Clean Jobs Ohio.”

Energy Optimizers USA has experienced rapid job growth over the past few years and has helped school districts and businesses save hundreds of thou-sands of dollars on annual energy bills. (E2 photo)


From San Jose, Calif., and Fort Collins, Colo., to Des Moines, Iowa, and Pittsburgh, Pa., cities across the country are leading the way when it comes to energy efficiency. In the process, they’re creating jobs in the urban and nearby suburban areas where more than 80 percent of the U.S. population now lives.

If U.S. buildings were their own country, they would rank third in the world in energy use. They account for as much as 60 percent to 80 percent of carbon pollution in urban communities.

One initiative helping drive economic growth in urban areas is the City Energy Project (www.cityenergyproject.org), which provides capacity, resources and expertise to local governments in 20 cities nationwide, and also engages private building owners, local nonprofits, businesses, and many other stakeholders to save money and energy in large buildings, helping to boost the local economy and cut carbon pollution.

When the policies and programs advocated by the City Energy Project are fully implemented in its targeted cities, the City Energy Project will help save nearly $1.7 billion in energy costs and avoid 9.6 million metric tons of carbon.

On the energy efficiency jobs front, urban areas are major centers for employment.

Cities are Energy Efficiency Job Leaders Quick Facts

60–80% of carbon pollution in U.S. cities comes from buildings

$1.7B estimated savings in energy costs with implementation of City Energy Project programs in 20 cities nationwide


Nearly 1.9 million Americans work in energy efficiency related jobs. Of these, roughly half—or 889,000—spend the majority of their time working on energy efficiency projects.

In fact, employers across the roughly 165,000 establishments that conduct energy efficiency work are optimistic about business growth, projecting a 13 percent employment growth rate over the current year.

Energy efficiency establishments consist mostly of small businesses located across all 50 states. They are creating jobs, expanding the economy by lowering electric bills, and cutting the carbon pollution fueling climate change.

Conclusion


Conclusion (continued)

Major economic opportunities remain in the fast-growing sector. To create even more jobs, lawmakers and elected officials should take the following steps:

• Advancing energy efficiency standards set by the U.S. Department of Energy for appliances and equipment.

• Strengthening building codes at the state and local levels to capture all cost-effective energy efficiency opportunities at the time of design and construction.

• Accelerating energy efficiency improvements in devices and buildings that use electricity or natural gas through utility programs, state policies such as energy efficiency resource standards, or by investing in all cost-effective energy efficiency resources.

• States should prioritize the role of energy efficiency in developing and/or strengthening clean energy standards.


About BW Research Energy Employment Index

The BW Research Energy Employment Index (the “Index”) methodology relies on the most recently available data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, Quarter 2), together with a detailed survey of business establishments across the United States. Taken together, the data provide the most comprehen-sive calculation of energy-related employment available. The methodology has been used for local, state, and federal energy related data collection and analysis for nearly a decade, includ-ing The Solar Foundation’s National Solar Jobs Census series, clean energy reports for state agencies in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Vermont, and State of Rhode Island, and numerous non-profit agencies across the U.S.

The Index survey uses a stratified sampling plan that is representative by industry code (NAICS or ANAICS), estab-lishment size, and geography. These data are then analyzed and applied to existing public data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, effectively constraining the potential universe of energy establishments and employment. BW Research Partnership believes that the methodology used for the Index could be adopted as a supplemental series to the QCEW with only minor revision.

The Index survey was administered by telephone (more than 300,000 outbound calls) and by web, with more than 50,000 emails sent to participants throughout the U.S. The phone survey was conducted by I/H/R Research Group and Castelton Polling Institute. The web instrument was programmed inter-nally and each respondent was required to use a unique ID in order to prevent duplication.

The sample was split into two categories, referred to as the known and unknown universes. The known universe includes establishments that have previously identified as energy- related, either in prior research or some other manner, such as membership in an industry association or participation in government programs.

These establishments were surveyed census style, and their associated establishment and employment totals were removed from the unknown universe for both sampling and for resulting employment calculations and estimates.

The unknown universe includes hundreds of thousands of businesses in potentially energy-related NAICS codes, across agriculture, mining, utilities, construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, professional services, and repair and mainte-nance. Each of these segments and their total reported estab-lishments (within the Bureau of Labor Statistics QCEW) were carefully analyzed by state to develop representative clusters for sampling. In total, approximately 20,000 business estab-lishments participated in the survey effort, with more than 8,500 providing full responses to the survey. These responses were used to develop incidence rates among industries (by state) as well as to apportion employment across various industry categories in ways currently not provided by state and federal labor market information agencies.

For several industries, particularly transportation of goods, the Index utilized the methodology developed by the Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER). This methodology applies commodity flow data at the state level to employment within each transportation segment, including rail, air, truck, and water transport.

Of important note, the Index expressly excludes any employ-ment in retail trade NAICS codes. This excludes gasoline stations, fuel dealers, appliance and hardware stores and other retail establishments. All data in the index rely on the Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data for the second quarter of 2015. The survey was administered between September 15, 2015 and November 24, 2015 and averaged 14 minutes in length.


The Appendix consists of energy efficiency employment fact sheets for all 50 states.

The fact sheets include: charts and a “heat map” showing the top counties for energy efficiency jobs in each state; a breakdown of energy efficiency jobs by metropolitan area; technology and value chain breakdowns and state rankings from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE’s) “2016 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard.”

Appendix

Alaska–8,194jobs

Morethan8,100Alaskansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs,withthebulkworkinginadvancedmaterialsandinsulation,HVACsystem,lightingandotheroccupations.

Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyismostlycomprisedofinstallationandtradefirms;thesetwovaluechainactivitiesaccountfor59percentofestablishmentscollectively.Theremainderofenergyefficiencyworkisspreadacrossprofessionalservices,manufacturingandotheroccupations.

In2016,theAmericanCouncilforanEnergy-EfficientEconomy(ACEEE)rankedAlaska41stinthenationforenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms—astepupfromthestate’s2015rank.Thestatereceiveditslowestscoresinutilitiesandappliancestandards,thoughlackofutilityparticipationisthemainreasonforthestate’slowranking.Withsomeofthelowestbudgetsforelectricityprogramsinthecountry,customerslackaccesstoanumberofenergyefficiencyprogramsandservices.

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentAnchorageBorough 3,768FairbanksNorthStarBorough 991Matanuska-SusitnaBorough 814KenaiPeninsulaBorough 622

25.0%

24.8%15.3%

15.0%

14.9%

5.0%

Employment by Sub-Tech

Other

Advanced Materials and InsulationEfficient Lighting

Traditional HVAC

Energy Star Appliances

High Efficiency (AFUE) HVAC

40.3%

19.1%

18.6%

15.8%

6.2%

Establishments by Value Chain

Installation

Trade

Professional Services

Other

Manufacturing

JuneauBorough 349KetchikanGatewayBorough 177Valdez-CordovaCensusArea 152BethelCensusArea 116NorthSlopeBorough 111NorthwestArcticBorough 111

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentAKNONMETROPOLITANAREA 2,603Anchorage,AKMSA 4,610Fairbanks,AKMSA 981

Alabama–19,058jobs

About19,000Alabamaresidentsworkinenergyefficiency-relatedjobs.FourintenworkersspendmostoftheirtimeontraditionalHVACtechnologies,followedbyhighefficiencyHVAC(21percent).

Unlikeotherstates,Alabama’senergyefficiencysectorisprimarilyengagedinwholesaletrade.43percentofestablishmentsreporttheirprimaryvaluechainactivityisintrade,followedbyinstallationat24percent.Thesefirmsareprimarilysmallbusinesses,with70percentemployingfewerthansixworkersandtheremaining30percentreportingsixto24employees.Surprisingly,energyefficiencyprovidesafairamountofrevenuesupporttothesefirms—64percentreportthattheyderiveatleasthalfoftheirrevenuefromworkingwiththesetechnologies,and32percentderivealloftheirrevenuefromenergyefficiencygoodsandservices.

Alabamaranked39thinthenationonACEEE’s2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard;thestaterosetwopositionscomparedtoits2015ranking.Thestaterecentlyupdatedtheirbuildingenergycodesbasedonthe2015IECCandoffersloanandrebatesprogramstoconsumers.

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentJeffersonCounty 3,318MobileCounty 1,939

43.4%

20.6%

12.7%

12.7%

6.4% 4.2%

Employment by Sub-TechTraditional HVAC



Efficient Lighting

Other

Advanced Materials and Insulation

42.8%

23.9%

15.1%

9.0%

4.8% 4.5%


Trade

Installation

Other

Engineering and Research

Manufacturing


MadisonCounty 1,575MontgomeryCounty 1,212BaldwinCounty 895ShelbyCounty 880TuscaloosaCounty 713HoustonCounty 516MorganCounty 490LeeCounty 475

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentALNONMETROPOLITANAREA 4,445Birmingham-Hoover,ALMSA 5,102Mobile,ALMSA 1,939

CongressionalDistrict EnergyEfficiencyEmployment1 3,2742 3,2113 2,4684 2,6465 2,6846 3,4667 1,309

Arkansas–10,562jobs

About10,500Arkansasresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Aboutthree-quartersoftheseworkersprimarilyworkwithtraditionalHVACtechnologies.

40percentofthestate’senergyefficiencyfirmsreporttheyareprimarilyinvolvedinwholesaletrade,followedby28percentforinstallation.Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyisprimarilycomprisedofsmallbusinesses—60percentreportfewerthan11permanentworkers.Energyefficiencyactivitiesarenotyetsufficienttosupportmajorrevenuestreamsforthesebusinesses—only10percentderivealloftheirbusinessrevenuefromenergyefficiencygoodsandservices.

Arkansasranks27thinthenationforenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms,fourplaceshigherthanin2015.Thestate’sstrongestareaisinutilities,asitisoneoftheonlystatesintheSoutheasttoapproveanenergyefficiencyresourcestandard.Withtheseprogramsinplace,thestatehascontinuedtoseeanincreaseinannualelectricitysavings(ACEEE).

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentPulaskiCounty 1,904BentonCounty 785WashingtonCounty 753

75.2%

9.3%

6.1%4.8%

3.1%1.2% 0.3%


Efficient Lighting




Renewable and Efficient Heating and Cooling

Other

39.6%

27.7%

13.8%

7.2%

7.2%

4.5%


Trade

Installation



Other

Manufacturing

SebastianCounty 532FaulknerCounty 388CraigheadCounty 377SalineCounty 351GarlandCounty 336UnionCounty 282PopeCounty 265

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentARNONMETROPOLITANAREA 3,897LittleRock-NorthLittleRock-Conway,ARMSA 2,853Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers,AR-MOMSA 1,587

CongressionalDistrict EnergyEfficiencyEmployment1 2,7822 2,8433 2,8894 2,048

Arizona–39,490jobs

About39,500Arizonaresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.AboutathirdspendmostoftheirtimeworkingwithtraditionalHVACtechnologies,followedbyafairlyevensplitbetweenadvancedmaterialsandinsulation,efficientlighting,andenergystarappliances.

Abouttwo-thirdsoffirmsreporttheyareprimarilyinvolvedininstallationandtrade,followedbyslightrepresentationacrossprofessionalservicesandmanufacturing.Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyisoverwhelminglycomprisedofsmallbusinesses—84percentreportonetofivepermanentworkers.Withsupportivepoliciesinplace,businessesareabletoderivemost,ifnotall,oftheirrevenuefromenergyefficiencygoodsandservices(64percent).

Arizonaisrankedas18thinthenationforenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms.Itreceivedthehighestscoreinutilities,duetoaggressivesavingstargetsinitsenergyefficiencyresourcestandardforbothelectricityandnaturalgas(ACEEE).

31.2%

18.7%16.7%

16.7%

10.4%

4.2%2.1%



Efficient Lighting


Other



34.7%

30.8%

15.4%

11.0%

5.1% 2.9%


Installation

Trade


Manufacturing

Other


County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentMaricopaCounty 29,707PimaCounty 4,265YavapaiCounty 1,153PinalCounty 993MohaveCounty 836CoconinoCounty 610YumaCounty 602CochiseCounty 429NavajoCounty 312GilaCounty 181

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentPhoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale,AZMSA 30,700Tucson,AZMSA 4,260AZNONMETROPOLITANAREA 1,329

CongressionalDistrict EnergyEfficiencyEmployment1 3,9202 6,2323 1,9594 3,3585 4,9016 7,9787 8,6098 1,6809 854

California–321,177jobs

Asaresultofitsaggressiveenergyefficiencystandards,Californiaishometoabout321,000energyefficiencyrelatedjobs-morethananyotherstate.AlmostthreeintenenergyefficiencyworkersareprimarilydevotedtosupportingtraditionalHVACtechnologies,butmostoftheremainderofthesectorisspreadacrossefficientlighting,energystarappliances,highefficiencyHVAC,andadvancedmaterialsandinsulation.

Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyiscomprisedlargelyofinstallationandtradefirms,withthesetwovaluechainactivitiesaccountingfor57percentofestablishments.Thereisalsosignificantrepresentationacrossprofessionalserviceandmanufacturingfirms.Mostofthesearesmallbusinesses—almostsevenintenreport10orfeweremployees.

CaliforniaisrankedNo.1inthenationforenergyefficiency,byACEEEin2016,surpassinglong-timeleaderMassachusetts.Thestatereceivedaperfectscoreintransportation,buildingcodes,combinedheatandpower,state-ledinitiatives,andappliancestandards.Californiahasbeenparticularlyaggressivein2016—thestatepassedlegislationthatwilldoubleenergyefficiencysavingsby2030andincreaseaccesstoenergy-usedata(ACEEE).

County EnergyEfficiencyEmployment

LosAngelesCounty 72,054SanDiegoCounty 38,388OrangeCounty 28,120

29.3%

19.7%14.7%12.7%

11.9%

8.0% 3.7%


Traditional HVAC

Efficient Lighting



Advanced Materials and InsulationRenewable and Efficient Heating and CoolingOther

38.2%

18.7%

16.6%

16.1%

5.3% 5.1%


Installation

Trade


Manufacturing

Engineering and ResearchOther

SantaClaraCounty 25,943SacramentoCounty 18,398AlamedaCounty 16,541SanFranciscoCounty 14,025ContraCostaCounty 9,947SanMateoCounty 9,004RiversideCounty 8,750

CongressionalDistrict

EnergyEfficiency

Employment


EnergyEfficiency

Employment

1 14,989 28 8,9912 12,087 29 3,6733 11,681 30 6,7984 9,633 31 6,1395 9,011 32 10,7966 8,099 33 6,1807 5,725 34 5,1358 5,573 35 6,6059 5,906 36 9,03110 7,822 37 8,21811 5,320 38 9,76512 4,929 39 9,97413 6,630 40 14,54914 4,697 41 15,89915 3,858 42 85916 4,183 43 10,35817 3,380 44 1,00318 2,946 45 4,15519 4,118 46 3,17820 2,584 47 4,54821 2,425 48 5,42222 2,331 49 1,75123 6,594 50 3,19824 1,505 51 2,17025 2,169 52 3,19826 3,055 53 3,66527 4,670

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmployment

LosAngeles-LongBeach-SantaAna,CAMSA 94,273SanFrancisco-Oakland-Fremont,CAMSA 51,790SanDiego-Carlsbad-SanMarcos,CAMSA 36,134

Colorado–40,335jobs

Coloradoishometoatotalof40,335workersinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyisquitediverse,withaboutaquarteroftheEEworkforcespecializinginadvancedmaterialsandandanotherquarterspecializinginenergy-efficientlighting,,followedbytraditionalHVACandenergystarappliances;thereisalsosmallrepresentationacrossrenewableandefficientheatingandcoolingandhighefficiencyHVACtechnologies—roughly3,000workerstotal.

Almosttwo-thirdsofenergyefficiencyestablishmentsareprimarilyinvolvedininstallationandtrade,withtheremainderfairlyevenlysplitacrossprofessionalservices,engineeringandresearch,manufacturing,andotheractivities.Theseestablishmentsareprimarilysmalltomedium-sizedbusinesses;46percentreportfewerthansixpermanentemployees,while51percentnotesixormoreworkers.About3percentoffirmsreportedthattheyhavenopermanentemployees.

Coloradoranks14thinthenationforenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms,withthestrongestscoresinutilities,state-ledinitiatives,andbuildingcodes.Thestatehasanenergyefficiencyresourcestandardinplace,incentivesforhigh-efficiencyvehiclesthatextendthrough2021,andstate-sponsoreddiscountsandloansforenergyefficiencyupgrades(ACEEE).

25.3%

22.9%17.7%

10.6%

9.8%

7.9%

5.9%

Employment by Sub-TechAdvanced Materials and Insulation

Efficient Lighting

Traditional HVAC


Other



31.0%

30.4%

13.2%

9.3%

8.3%7.9%


Installation

Trade



Manufacturing

Other

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentDenverCounty 5,408BoulderCounty 4,297ArapahoeCounty 3,950LarimerCounty 3,687JeffersonCounty 3,443WeldCounty 2,408ElPasoCounty 1,788AdamsCounty 1,717MesaCounty 1,705LaPlataCounty 1,220

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentDenver-Aurora,COMSA 16,207CONONMETROPOLITANAREA 9,255Boulder,COMSA 4,297


Connecticut–12,460jobs

About12,500Connecticutresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Thestatehasheavyrepresentationinefficientlightingtechnologies,with52percentoftheworkforcededicatingthemajorityoftheirtimetothissub-technology.

Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyisengagedinwholesaletrade,with44percentoffirmsreportingthatthisistheirprimaryvaluechainactivity,followedbyaboutathirdininstallation.Giventhehighprevalenceoftrade,therearesomemedium-tolarge-sizedfirms—aboutsevenpercentreport50to99permanentemployees.However,thesectorisstillprimarilycomprisedofsmallbusinesses,with36percentoffirmsemployingonetofiveworkersandanother36percentreportingsixto10permanentworkers.

Connecticutroseonepositionfrom2015to2016,tyingfor5thplaceinACEEE’s2016EnergyEfficiencyScorecard.Thestatereceiveditshighestscoresinutilities,perhapsbecauseitpassedlegislationin2013thatmorethandoubledenergyefficiencyprograminvestmentsandimplementedthestate’senergyefficiencyresourcestandard(ACEEE).

52.3%

22.1%

12.7%

6.9%

3.6% 2.4%


Efficient Lighting



Other

Traditional HVAC


44.3%

32.6%

12.5%

8.0%

1.5% 1.2%


Trade

Installation



Manufacturing

Other

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentFairfieldCounty 4,176HartfordCounty 2,992NewHavenCounty 2,604NewLondonCounty 744LitchfieldCounty 725MiddlesexCounty 627TollandCounty 338WindhamCounty 254

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentBridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk,CTMSA 4,176Hartford-WestHartford-EastHartford,CTMSA 3,955NewHaven-Milford,CTMSA 2,604

CongressionalDistrict EnergyEfficiencyEmployment1 2,9392 1,8973 2,5584 3,0765 1,990

DistrictofColumbia–14,681jobs

DCishometo14,681residentswhoworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.AboutathirdaremostlydedicatedtotraditionalHVACtechnologies,followedbyadvancedmaterialsandinsulationandhighefficiencyHVAC.

Washington,DChasthehighestprevalenceofprofessionalservicefirms,representingabout60percentoftheEEjobbaseintheDistrict.Thisisfollowedbyinstallationandengineeringandresearchfirmsatabout20percenteach.Themajorityoffirmsaresmallbusinesses—55percentreportunder11permanentworkers—butthereisanotableproportionofmedium-sizedestablishmentsaswell,with36percentreporting25to99permanentemployees.

JustbehindColorado,thenation’scapitalranks15thinthenationforenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms.Washington,DCreceivedthehighestmarksintransportation,withincentivesforhighefficiencyvehiclesandsignificantfundinggoingtosustainabletransitinitiatives,aswellasbuildingenergycodes(ACEEE).

31.8%

22.2%13.1%

11.9%

9.2%

7.6%

4.2%




Other

Efficient Lighting



59.6%19.7%

19.4%

0.7% 0.5%



Installation


Other

Trade

Delaware–2,334jobs

Morethan2,300Delawareresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyisfairlyevenlyspreadacrosssub-technologies,withtraditionalHVAC,advancedmaterialsandinsulation,andhighefficiencyHVACaccountingforthemajorityofactivity.Almosthalfofallenergyefficiencyestablishmentsreporttheyareprimarilyinvolvedintheinstallationofsystems,followedbyaboutathirdoffirmsthataremostlyinvolvedinwholesaletrade.

Delawareranks22ndinthenationforenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms,twopositionshigherthanits2015ranking.Thestatereceiveditshighestmarksintransportationandbuildingenergycodes,butscoredverypoorlyinutilities.Withunsteadyinvestmentsinenergyefficiencyprograms,thestatehasyettorealizeenergysavings.However,in2014,Delawarepassedlegislationallowingutilitiestorecoverthecostsofefficiencyprograms,butthereisstilldiscussiononstandard,costrecovery,evaluation,andmeasurement(ACEEE).

33.7%

23.3%

14.2%

9.8%

8.2%

6.2% 4.5%




Efficient Lighting


Other


49.7%

33.1%

16.5%

0.4%0.2% 0.1%


Installation

Trade

Other

Manufacturing



County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentNewCastleCounty 1,528SussexCounty 522KentCounty 285

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentPhiladelphia-Camden-Wilmington,PA-NJ-DE-MDMSA 1,528DENONMETROPOLITANAREA 522Dover,DEMSA 285

Florida–106,491jobs

Reflectingitssizeanditsharshsummers,nearly106,500Floridiansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs,withabouthalfworkingontraditionalHVAC-relatedtechnologies,OthermajorsectorsincludeadvancedmaterialandinsulationandhighefficiencyHVACsystemswork.

Installationisthelargestsector,with45percentoffirms,followedbymanufacturing,whichaccountsforabouttwoin10firms.Thesefirmsaremostlysmallbusiness4es—61percentreportonetofivepermanentemployees.However,thestatehassomerepresentationoflargefirms,withtwopercentreporting50to499workers.Energyefficiencytechnologiesprovidethemajorityoffirmrevenueforabout58percentofestablishments;35percentoffirmsreportthatenergyefficiencygoodsandservicesaccountforallofbusinessrevenue.

Floridarosetwopositionsoverits2015ranking,landingat25thinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard.Thestatescoredpoorlyinutilities,sinceitallocateslittlefundingforeitherelectricityornaturalgasefficiencyprograms.Infact,thePublicServiceCommissionapprovedrequestsfromutilitiesin2014todecreasethelevelofenergyefficiencyofferedtocustomersinthefuture(ACEEE).

46.8%

18.0%

11.8%

7.8%

6.9%6.8%

1.9%

Employment by Sub-Tech Traditional HVAC




Efficient Lighting


Other

44.7%

20.4%

17.4%

7.5%

5.0% 4.9%


Installation


Trade


Manufacturing

Other

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentOrangeCounty 12,248Miami-DadeCounty 8,345BrowardCounty 7,348HillsboroughCounty 7,028BrevardCounty 5,729PalmBeachCounty 5,718PinellasCounty 4,989VolusiaCounty 4,867LeeCounty 4,358DuvalCounty 4,129

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentFLNONMETROPOLITANAREA 3,883Miami-FortLauderdale-PompanoBeach,FLMSA 21,777Orlando-Kissimmee,FLMSA 20,766


EnergyEfficiency

Employment


EnergyEfficiency

Employment

1 3,187 15 2,763

2 3,108 16 4,602

3 2,730 17 2,542

4 4,098 18 3,852

5 9,799 19 5,473

6 6,684 20 4,859

7 6,031 21 1,163

8 7,469 22 2,689

9 3,848 23 2,708

10 3,575 24 2,203

11 4,733 25 2,125

12 4,067 26 1,787

13 3,632 27 1,829

14 4,934

Georgia–66,212jobs

Partlyareflectionofitsswelteringsummersandcoolwinters,about66,200Georgiansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedbusinesses.Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyhasafairlyevensplitamongstsub-technologies,withtraditionalHVAC,advancedmaterialsandinsulation,andhighefficiencyHVACcollectivelyaccountingforthemajorityofactivity.

Installationandwholesaletraderepresentsthemajorityoffirmactivity,withinstallationfirmsaccountingfor41percentofthetotal,followedbytradeat28percent.Thesearemostlysmalltomedium-sizedfirms—59percentreportfewerthansixpermanentemployeesand23percentreportbetween11and99permanentworkers.Energyefficiencyworkissufficienttoprovidetotalrevenueforabout45percentoffirms,andhalftomostfora55percentofestablishments.

Georgiaranked35thinthenationforenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms,risingtwopositionsfromits2015ranking.Thestatescoredhighestintransportationpolicy,butreceivedalowscoreinutilities.Efficiencyisincludedinintegratedresourceplans,bututilitiesinvestverylittleinenergyefficiencycomparedtootherstates(ACEEE).

32.7%

25.1%

13.9%

9.8%

8.0%

6.0% 4.4




Efficient Lighting


Other


40.5%

28.2%

12.5%

10.4%

8.2%

0.2%


Installation

Trade

Other

Manufacturing



County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentFultonCounty 11,639CobbCounty 6,403GwinnettCounty 5,731DekalbCounty 4,967ChathamCounty 1,975BibbCounty 1,431CherokeeCounty 1,383MuscogeeCounty 1,340RichmondCounty 1,227HallCounty 1,173

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentAtlanta-SandySprings-Marietta,GAMSA 40,561GANONMETROPOLITANAREA 9,557Savannah,GAMSA 2,481


EnergyEfficiency

Employment1 4,5562 5,4253 4,6324 5,9745 8,6436 11,2967 4,1048 2,9419 5,02810 2,21311 4,36512 3,50613 1,43514 2,093

Hawaii–8,382jobs

About8,400Hawaiiansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedoccupations.ThelargestchunkofactivityisconcentratedintraditionalHVACandefficientlightingtechnologies.

Thestate’senergyefficiencysectorismostlycomprisedofinstallationandtradefirms;thesefirmsaccountfornearlyallbusinessactivity.However,thereisverysmallactivityinengineeringandresearch—about0.1percent.Mostoftheseenergyefficiencyestablishmentsaresmall—78percentemployfewerthan11workers.Energyefficiencyisnotsufficienttoservicefirmrevenue,asonly14percentoffirmsreportedderivingalloftheirrevenuefromenergyefficiencytechnologiesalone.

Hawaiiranks15thinthenationforenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms,earningthehighestscoreinutilities.Thestatehasrecentlysetlong-termelectricitysavingstargets,inadditiontoachievingalmosttriplethenationalaverageinsavings(ACEEE).

36.3%

23.7%

15.0%

8.4%

7.2%

6.8% 2.5%


Efficient Lighting





Other

66.7%

33.1%

0.1%


Installation

Trade


County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentHonoluluCounty 5,382MauiCounty 1,254HawaiiCounty 1,246KauaiCounty 500

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentHonolulu,HIMSA 5,382HINONMETROPOLITANAREA 3,000

CongressionalDistrict EnergyEfficiencyEmployment1 4,7272 3,655

Iowa–19,332jobs

About19,300Iowansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Nearly80percentoftheseworkersspecializeintraditionalandhighefficiencyHVACtechnologies,followedbyefficientlighting.

Almosthalfoffirmsreportthattheirprimaryactivityrelatedtoenergyefficiencyisinwholesaletrade,followedbyinstallationatjustoveraquarterofestablishments.Thesefirmsaremostlysmallbusinesses,assixin10reportoneto10permanentemployees.Overathirdoffirms(37percent)notethattheyderivealloftheirbusinessrevenuefromenergyefficiency-relatedwork.

Iowafellthreepositionscomparedtoits2015ranking,placingit15thinthenationinACEEE’s2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard.Thestatehascontinuallyreachedhigher-than-averageenergysavingsasbothelectricandnaturalgasutilitieshaveallocatedsignificantdollarstoefficiencyprogramsoverthelastfewyears;thestatealsohasanenergyefficiencyresourcestandardinplace(ACEEE).

49.0%

29.3%

15.3%

5.7%05%

0.1% 0.04%



Efficient Lighting




Other

47.3%

25.8%

15.0%

7.9%

3.5% 0.4%


Trade

Installation

Other

Manufacturing



County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentPolkCounty 4,118LinnCounty 942DallasCounty 940BlackHawkCounty 724ScottCounty 701DubuqueCounty 516JohnsonCounty 502StoryCounty 488WoodburyCounty 431PottawattamieCounty 407

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentIANONMETROPOLITANAREA 8,081DesMoines-WestDesMoines,IAMSA 5,770CedarRapids,IAMSA 1,161


Idaho–2,692jobs

About2,700Idahoresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedoccupations.ThesectorisdominatedbytraditionalHVACactivity,withtherestofactivityevenlysplitamongtheremainingsub-technologies.

Mostfirmsareengagedintrade(38percent)orinstallation(29percent),withsomeadditionalactivityacrossmanufacturing,professionalservices,andengineeringandresearch.Mostofthesefirmsaresmallbusinesses,butthereissomerepresentationacrossmedium-sizedestablishmentsaswell;fourintenfirms(41percent)reportonetofivepermanentemployees,while12percentnote11to99workers.Justaboutthreeintenfirms(29%)reportthattheyderivealloftheirbusinessrevenuefromenergyefficiencygoodsandservices,andanadditional21percentderivemostofitfromrelatedactivities.

Idahoranked33rdinthenationinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard.Thestatereceiveditshighestmarksinbuildingenergycodesandutilities.Thoughutilitieshaveachievedhigher-than-averageelectricitysavingsinthepastfewyears,thereislittletonofundingsetasideforefficiencyprograms.Therearealsonoutilityperformanceincentives,andthestatedoesnothavespecificenergysavingsgoalsinplace(ACEEE).

36.8%

13.8%12.6%

12.4%

11.6%

10.2%

2.6%



Efficient Lighting




Other

38.4%

29.2%

13.0%

6.9%

6.5%6.0%


Trade

Installation

Manufacturing



Other

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentAdaCounty 952CanyonCounty 296KootenaiCounty 235BonnevilleCounty 165TwinFallsCounty 137BannockCounty 118BonnerCounty 80BlaineCounty 60NezPerceCounty 54BinghamCounty 50

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentBoiseCity-Nampa,IDMSA 1,309IDNONMETROPOLITANAREA 772Coeurd'Alene,IDMSA 235

CongressionalDistrict EnergyEfficiencyEmployment1 1,7832 909

Illinois–89,830jobs

Bouyedbyaggressivestateenergyefficiencypolicies,nearly90,000Illinoisresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Sectoractivityisprimarilyconcentratedamongthreesub-technologies:traditionalHVAC,advancedmaterialsandinsulation,andefficientlighting.

Aswithmostotherefficiencyeconomies,themajorityoffirmsareengagedintheinstallationortradeofenergyefficientproducts.Thestatealsohassomeactivityinthemanufacturingandprofessionalservicesphere.Mostoftheseenergyefficiencyfirmsaresmall,with63percentemployingunder11permanentworkers,buttherearesomelargefirmsinthestate:aboutfivepercentreport100to499employees.

Illinoisiscurrently13thinthenationforitsenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms,scoringthehighestpointsinutilitiesandbuildingenergycodes.Thestatesettargetsforbothelectricandnaturalgasutilitiesunderitsenergyefficiencyresourcestandard.Illinoisisalsooneofthefewstatestoearnaperfectscoreinbuildingcodesandcompliances.Atthebeginningof2016,thestateimplementedthe2015IECCforbothresidentialandcommercialbuildings(ACEEE).

38.5%

26.6%

22.6%

5.7%4.7% 1.6% 0.4%



Efficient Lighting




Other

35.4%

32.3%

12.3%

9.3%

7.5%

3.2%


Installation

Trade

Manufacturing


Other


County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentCookCounty 31,113DupageCounty 8,015LakeCounty 4,541WillCounty 3,577KaneCounty 2,764SangamonCounty 2,413MadisonCounty 2,090ChampaignCounty 1,841StClairCounty 1,829McHenryCounty 1,698

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentChicago-Naperville-Joliet,IL-IN-WIMSA 52,908ILNONMETROPOLITANAREA 17,926St.Louis,MO-ILMSA 5,026


EnergyEfficiencyEmployment



1 4,794 10 3,5152 2,060 11 2,5963 3,507 12 6,3344 3,684 13 7,4925 6,180 14 2,2516 8,707 15 6,9617 8,332 16 7,1668 2,297 17 6,5039 3,492 18 3,957

Indiana–36,668jobs

About36,700Indianaresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.ExactlyhalfareengagedmostlywithtraditionalHVACtechnologies,followedbyadvancedmaterialsandinsulationandefficientlighting.

Mostestablishmentactivityisconcentratedininstallation(40percent)andtrade(27percent);thereisalsosomeactivityinthemanufacturing,professionalservice,andengineeringandresearchfields.Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyisprimarilycomprisedofsmallorlargebusinesses;85percentreportfewerthan11employees,8percentreport50to99,andanother8percentreport100to249permanentworkers.Threein10firmsreportthatenergyefficiencyactivitiesservicealloftheirfirmrevenue,andanadditional50percentsayitsupportshalftomostofit.

Indianafellfourpositionsto42ndoverthelastyear,scoringonly9.5pointsoutofapossible50onthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard.Thoughthestaterecentlyachievedenergysavingsclosetothenationalaverage,itrepealeditsenergyefficiencyresourcestandardin2014(ACEEE).

50.0%

17.7%

10.0%

8.7%

7.1% 5.4% 1.2%



Efficient Lighting




Other

39.5%

27.4%

10.8%

9.1%

6.7%6.5%


Installation

Trade

Other

Manufacturing



County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentMarionCounty 5,577LakeCounty 2,614AllenCounty 2,144StJosephCounty 1,660HamiltonCounty 1,588ElkhartCounty 1,346VanderburghCounty 1,303PorterCounty 940TippecanoeCounty 819LaPorteCounty 741

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentIndianapolis-Carmel,INMSA 10,006INNONMETROPOLITANAREA 8,090Chicago-Naperville-Joliet,IL-IN-WIMSA 3,888

CongressionalDistrict EnergyEfficiencyEmployment1 4,2622 4,9143 4,4624 4,1615 4,7576 3,9537 2,8348 5,0589 2,267

Kansas–24,088jobs

About24,000Kansansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedoccupations.FollowingtraditionalHVACat37percent,activityisfairlyevenlysplitamongenergystarappliances,highefficiencyHVAC,advancedmaterialsandinsulation,andefficientlightingtechnologies.

55percentofenergyefficiencyestablishmentsareinvolvedineitherthetradeorinstallationofenergyefficientsystems.Thesearemostlysmalltomedium-sizedfirms—71percentreportonetofiveemployees,21percentreportsixto10employees,and7percentreport50to99permanentworkers.

Kansasis48thinthenationforitsenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms,earningzeropointsintheutilitiescategory.Withoutlong-termsavingstargets,thestatehasbelowaverageinvestmentsandenergysavings(ACEEE).

36.8%

19.5%

17.4%

12.1%

11.0%

3.0% 0.3%





Efficient Lighting

Other


33.7%

21.2%16.5%

11.9%

9.4%7.2%


Trade

Installation

Other

Manufacturing



County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentJohnsonCounty 4,089SedgwickCounty 3,716ShawneeCounty 1,175WyandotteCounty 953DouglasCounty 746BartonCounty 588RenoCounty 540SalineCounty 500ButlerCounty 445McPhersonCounty 437

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentKSNONMETROPOLITANAREA 10,654KansasCity,MO-KSMSA 5,788Wichita,KSMSA 4,581


Kentucky–27,278jobs

About27,300Kentuckiansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedoccupations.Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyisfairlyevenlysplitamongsteachofthesub-technologies,withtraditionalHVACrepresentingthelargestportion(23percent)ofactivity.

Tradeandinstallationrepresentthebulkoffirmactivity,withtradeaccountingfor37percentofestablishmentsandinstallationaccountingfor25percent.Three-quartersoffirmsreportfewerthan11workers,and8percentreport50to99permanentemployees.

Kentuckyranked30thinthenationinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard.Utilitiesreportlowinvestmentonbothelectricandnaturalgasefficiencyprograms,andwhileenergysavingsareconsistent,theyremainbelowthenationalaverage.Thestatereceiveditshighestmarksinbuildingenergycodesandstate-ledinitiatives.Infact,thestateoffersvariousfinancialincentivesforenergyefficientupgrades,andhassetenergyrequirementsforpublicbuildings(ACEEE).

23.0%

18.9%

16.8%

14.9%

11.7%

10.4%

4.2%




Efficient Lighting



Other

36.5%

24.9%

15.5%

15.1%

7.8%

0.2%


Trade

Installation


Other

Manufacturing


County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentJeffersonCounty 5,422FayetteCounty 2,457WarrenCounty 774KentonCounty 758PikeCounty 675BooneCounty 652DaviessCounty 652BoydCounty 584McCrackenCounty 584HardinCounty 516

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentKYNONMETROPOLITANAREA 11,330Louisville/JeffersonCounty,KY-INMSA 6,605Lexington-Fayette,KYMSA 3,488

CongressionalDistrict EnergyEfficiencyEmployment1 5,6582 4,4243 4,7004 4,1635 4,6156 3,718

Louisiana–24,771jobs

About24,800Lousianaresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Justoverfourin10spendmostoftheirtimeontraditionalHVACtechnologies,followedbyhighefficiencyHVACandrenewableandefficientheatingandcooling.

Thesector’sfirmsarefairlyevenlysplitamongstvaluechainactivities.Thoughtradeaccountsforaboutthreein10establishments,thereissignificantactivityinmanufacturingandinstallationaswell.Withuncertainpoliciesandlowprevalenceofin-stateadoptionofenergyefficiencymeasures,itisnotsurprisingthatinstallationfirmsonlyrepresent15percentofenergyefficiencyestablishments.Themajorityoftheseenergyefficiencyfirmsaresmall—64percentreportundersixpermanentworkers.Exactlyhalfoffirmsreportthattheyderivethemajorityoftheirrevenuefromenergyefficiencywork.

Louisianaplaced47thinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard;thestatereceivedbelowaveragemarksineachofthesub-categories.ThoughthestaterunstheHomeEnergyLoanprogram,otherincentiveshaveexpired.However,Louisianaisontracktopassnewlegislationforthenextphaseofutilityefficiencyprograms(ACEEE).

41.6%

27.4%

21.7%

4.6% 4.6% 0.03%




Efficient Lighting



30.8%

20.7%17.6%

14.9%

12.8%

3.2%


Trade

Manufacturing

Other

Installation



County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentEastBatonRougeParish 2,857JeffersonParish 2,371LafayetteParish 2,094OrleansParish 1,911CaddoParish 1,896StTammanyParish 1,541CalcasieuParish 1,024OuachitaParish 877TerrebonneParish 841RapidesParish 564

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentNewOrleans-Metairie-Kenner,LAMSA 6,712LANONMETROPOLITANAREA 5,235BatonRouge,LAMSA 4,113

CongressionalDistrict EnergyEfficiencyEmployment1 6,0222 3,9483 5,2814 4,2865 2,7576 2,477

Massachusetts–82,848jobs

Withstrongpolicycommitments,Massachusettsishometonearly82,900residentswhoworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Efficientlightingisthelargestchunkofactivity,representing46percentoftheworkforce,followedbyadvancedmaterialsandinsulation,withaboutaquarteroftotalemployment.

Installationandtradearethelargestchunkofactivity,withinstallationfirmsaccountfor43percentofestablishments.Thestate’senergyefficiencysectorhasrepresentationacrosssmall,medium,andlarge-sizedestablishments.65percentoffirmshaveoneto10employees,27percenthave11to49employees,andfourpercenthavemorethan50permanentworkers.Energyefficiencyworkisenoughtoservicethemajorityoffirmrevenuefor65percentofbusinesses;38percentreporttheyderivealloftheirrevenuefromthiswork.

Massachusettsremainsamongthetopstatesinthenationforenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms.Infact,thestate’smostrecentlyapprovedenergysavingstargetsfor2016through2018arethemostambitiousinthenation(ACEEE).

45.7%

25.0%

12.4%

7.5%

5.1% 3.7%0.7%

Employment by Sub-TechEfficient Lighting



Other

Traditional HVAC



42.7%

26.5%

13.1%

11.3%

5.8% 0.7%


Installation

Trade


Manufacturing


Other

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentMiddlesexCounty 18,168WorcesterCounty 10,691SuffolkCounty 9,785EssexCounty 7,568HampdenCounty 7,424NorfolkCounty 7,420BristolCounty 5,502PlymouthCounty 4,759BarnstableCounty 4,337HampshireCounty 2,994

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentBoston-Cambridge-Quincy,MA-NHMSA 47,722Springfield,MAMSA 12,040Worcester,MAMSA 10,666

CongressionalDistrict EnergyEfficiencyEmployment1 12,6102 11,4273 6,7294 8,6215 9,0616 8,6277 7,0748 8,9729 9,729

Maryland–46,724jobs

About46,724Marylandersworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Themajority(56percent)oftheseworkersspendmostoftheirtimeontraditionalHVACtechnologies,followedbyadvancedmaterialsandinsulation.

Installationfirmscomprisethemajorityofsectoractivity,with56percentofestablishments.Theremainderoffirmsarefairlyevenlysplitamongtheremainingvaluechainactivities.Theseestablishmentsaremostlysmallfirms,with68percentreportingoneto10permanentemployees;onlyabout4percentoffirmsreported100to249permanentworkers.One-thirdoffirmsreportthattheyderivealloftheirrevenuefromenergyefficiencygoodsandservices,andanadditional26percentreportthathalftomostoftheirrevenuecanbeattributedtothiswork.

Marylandranked9thinthenationinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard.Thestatereceiveditshighestmarksinutilities,transportation,andbuildingenergycodes.Whilethestatehassomeofthemostambitioussavingstargets,thereislimitedinvestmentandfundingforproposedprograms,leavingthefutureofenergyefficiencytopolicyuncertainty(ACEEE).

55.9%24.1%

8.0%7.8%

4.0%0.1%





Efficient Lighting

Other

56.2%

14.1%

10.5%

9.4%

5.0% 4.8%


Installation

Trade


Other


Manufacturing

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentMontgomeryCounty 11,625PrinceGeorge'sCounty 6,495BaltimoreCounty 6,067AnneArundelCounty 4,647BaltimoreCity 4,496HowardCounty 2,828FrederickCounty 2,511HarfordCounty 1,650CarrollCounty 1,535CharlesCounty 1,388

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentWashington-Arlington-Alexandria,DC-VA-MD-WVMSA 23,228Baltimore-Towson,MDMSA 21,379MDNONMETROPOLITANAREA 1,066

CongressionalDistrict EnergyEfficiencyEmployment1 7,9982 6,8753 8,1384 5,1275 3,9666 9,0727 1,2638 4,284

Maine–8,843jobs

About8,850Maineresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Theslightmajorityofworkisconcentratedinefficientlightingtechnologies,followedbyadvancedmaterialsandinsulation.

Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyiscomprisedmainlyoftradeandinstallationfirms,withsomeactivityinprofessionalservicesaswell.Tradeaccountsforalmosthalfofallestablishments,followedbyinstallationfirms,with30percentofthetotal.Thesefirmsaremostlysmalltomedium-sizedestablishments—75percentreportonetofiveemployees,13percentreportsixto10employees,andanother13percentreport11to24permanentworkers.Energyefficiencyworkisenoughtoserviceallbusinessrevenuefor29percentoffirms,andhalftomostofbusinessrevenueforanadditional14percentofestablishments.

Maineranks11thinthenationforenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms,movingupthreepositionsover2015.Thestatereceiveditshighestmarksinutilities,duetohighsavingstargetsandsignificantinvestments(ACEEE).

51.8%

23.5%

12.4%

6.1%3.6% 2.6%




Other

Traditional HVAC


48.8%

30.3%

10.0%

9.9%

0.8% 0.2%


Trade

Installation


Other


Manufacturing

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentCumberlandCounty 2,403YorkCounty 1,206PenobscotCounty 907KennebecCounty 847AndroscogginCounty 556HancockCounty 500AroostookCounty 411KnoxCounty 385OxfordCounty 269WaldoCounty 248

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentPortland-SouthPortland-Biddeford,MEMSA 3,810MENONMETROPOLITANAREA 3,515Bangor,MEMSA 962


Michigan–47,870jobs

About47,900Michiganresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Thesectorisveryevenlydistributedamongstthesub-technologies,withtraditionalHVACaccountingforthelargestchunkataboutaquarteroftotalemployment.

Installationandtraderepresentsixin10firms,withinstallationaccountingforathirdoftotalestablishmentsandtradeaccountforjustoveraquarter.Theremainderofactivitiesissplitbetweenprofessionalservices,manufacturing,andengineeringandresearch.Thesefirmsaremostlysmallbusinesses—80percentreportoneto10employees,14percentreport11to49employees,andthreepercentreport100to249permanentworkers.Energyefficiencyproductsandservicessupportthemajorityofrevenuestreamsfor54percentoffirms,and26percentsaytheyderivealloftheirrevenuefromthiswork.

Michiganrosethreepositionsoverits2015ranking,makingitswayto11thinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard.Thestatereceiveditshighestmarksinutilities,astheyhaveamultitudeofbothelectricandnaturalgasefficiencyprogramsinadditiontolong-termsavingsgoals.Furthermore,thereareperformanceincentivesinplaceforachievingorexceedingenergysavingstargets(ACEEE).

25.6%

19.7%

19.4%

12.0%

11.8%

9.8%

1.6%


Efficient Lighting





Other

33.3%

26.9%

14.0%

12.9%

9.3%

3.7%


Installation

Trade


Manufacturing


Other

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentOaklandCounty 8,471WayneCounty 6,375MacombCounty 3,614KentCounty 3,501WashtenawCounty 1,994GeneseeCounty 1,688InghamCounty 1,533KalamazooCounty 1,220GrandTraverseCounty 959SaginawCounty 933

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentDetroit-Warren-Livonia,MIMSA 20,404MINONMETROPOLITANAREA 10,147GrandRapids-Wyoming,MIMSA 3,995



1 5,0742 5,1123 2,4174 3,8605 2,5316 2,9427 4,6788 3,1179 5,22610 2,83211 3,32312 2,26513 2,56614 1,926

Minnesota–47,362jobs

Minnesotaishometo47,362workersinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Themajorityofactivity(54percent)isconcentratedintraditionalHVAC,followedbyefficientlightingandadvancedmaterialsandinsulation.

Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyisprimarilycomprisedoftradeandinstallationfirms,withsomeactivityinprofessionalservicesandmanufacturing.Firmsengagedinwholesaletradeaccountforoverhalfofestablishments,followedbyinstallationfirmsat29percent.EnergyefficiencyfirmsinMinnesotaaremostlysmall,with80percentreportingunder25workers;however,aboutthreepercentoffirmsdidreport100to249permanentemployees.Justunderaquarterofestablishmentsreportthattheyderivealloftheirrevenuefromenergyefficiencyproductsandservices,andanother28percentreportthathalftomostoftheirrevenueisattributabletotheseactivities.

Minnesotaranked10thinthenationforitsenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms,accordingtothe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard.Thestatereceiveditshighestmarksinutilities,havingrealizedhighlevelsofenergysavingsthroughbothelectricandnaturalgasprograms(ACEEE).

53.6%

14.2%

13.9%

8.9%

4.7% 4.5% 0.2%


Efficient Lighting


Other




51.2%

29.2%

9.2%

6.3%

3.6% 0.4%


Trade

Installation

Other


Manufacturing


County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentHennepinCounty 13,143RamseyCounty 4,400DakotaCounty 3,257AnokaCounty 2,132WashingtonCounty 1,716StearnsCounty 1,233OlmstedCounty 982ScottCounty 843CarverCounty 814WrightCounty 795

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentMinneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington,MN-WIMSA 28,092MNNONMETROPOLITANAREA 13,904St.Cloud,MNMSA 1,493

CongressionalDistrict EnergyEfficiencyEmployment1 6,7502 4,7843 9,1364 6,0915 4,8136 4,1927 7,1928 4,404

Missouri–38,146jobs

About38,100Missouriworkershaveenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Sixin10workersareprimarilyinvolvedwithtraditionalHVACtechnologies,followedbyefficientlighting,withaboutaquarteroftheworkforce.

Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyisprimarilycomprisedoftrade(40percent)andinstallation(39percent)firms;thereisalsosomeactivityinengineeringandresearch,manufacturing,andprofessionalservices.Mostofthesefirmsaresmallbusinesses,withjustoverthree-fourths(77percent)employingfewerthan11permanentworkers.Energyefficiencygoodsandservicesprovidethemajorityofbusinessrevenuefor59percentoffirms,while27percentreportthatalloftheirrevenueisderivedfromenergyefficientproducts.

Rising12positionsintherankingsince2015,Missourinowranks32ndinthenationforitsenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms;thestateisoneofthemostimprovedinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard.Inthebeginningof2016,theutilitycommissionapprovedasecondroundofdemand-sidemanagementprograms,andinthepastfewyears,energysavingshaveincreasedtobeonparwiththenationalaverage.Infact,energyefficiencyisacentralcomponentofthestate’s2015ComprehensiveStateEnergyPlan(ACEEE).

59.9%22.6%

10.3%7.0%

0.1%


Efficient Lighting




39.8%

38.8%

5.7%

5.2%5.2% 5.2%


Trade

Installation


Manufacturing


Other

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentStLouisCounty 6,933JacksonCounty 4,678GreeneCounty 2,267StLouisCity 1,845StCharlesCounty 1,525BooneCounty 1,180ClayCounty 1,134JeffersonCounty 772JasperCounty 738ColeCounty 722

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentSt.Louis,MO-ILMSA 12,323MONONMETROPOLITANAREA 10,335KansasCity,MO-KSMSA 7,535


EnergyEfficiency

Employment1 6,4812 3,9913 5,1024 4,2045 5,7406 4,1807 4,7388 3,824

Mississippi–8,455jobs

About8,500workersinMississippihavejobsinenergyefficiencyrelatedfields.ThemajorityofworkisconcentratedintraditionalHVACandrenewableandefficientheatingandcoolingtechnologies.

Perhapsgivenweakin-stateincentives,installationfirmsonlyrepresent20percentofallenergyefficiencyestablishments.Thestatehasahighproportionoffirmsengagedinwholesaletradeforenergyefficiencytechnologies;almosthalfofallfirmsreportwholesaletradeastheirmainvaluechainactivity.

Mississippiranked46thinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard.Utilitiesonlybeganimplementingefficiencyprogramsin2014;assuch,energysavingsarestillbelowthenationalaverage.Asahome-rulestate,eachmunicipalityhasavoluntaryresidentialcode,buttherehasbeenlittleefforttoupdatebuildingcodesorstrengthencompliance(ACEEE).

31.9%

30.4%

16.1%

9.6%

5.5%5.2% 1.4%




Efficient Lighting



Other

47.5%

19.8%

13.4%

12.9%

6.4%


Trade

Installation

Manufacturing

Other


County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentHindsCounty 974HarrisonCounty 600RankinCounty 543MadisonCounty 471DeSotoCounty 334JacksonCounty 309JonesCounty 298ForrestCounty 280LeeCounty 237LauderdaleCounty 219

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentMSNONMETROPOLITANAREA 4,258Jackson,MSMSA 2,106Gulfport-Biloxi,MSMSA 762


Montana–6,101jobs

About6,100Montanansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Threein10aremostlyworkingintraditionalHVACtechnologies,followedbyrenewableandefficientheatingandcooling,with21percentofworkers.

Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyismostlycomprisedoffirmsengagedinwholesaletrade,installation,andprofessionalservices.Thereisalsosomeactivityinengineeringandresearchaswellasmanufacturing.Thesearemostlysmalltomedium-sizedfirms—77percentreportoneto10permanentemployees,withtheremaining24percentreporting11to49permanentworkers.Only13percentoffirmsderivealloftheirrevenuefromenergyefficiencygoodsandservices,andanadditional31percentreceivehalftomostofitfromthiswork.

Montanaranks37thinthenationforitsenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms.Withoutlong-termsavingstargetsorperformanceincentives,thestatehasyettorealizeitsmaximumpotentialinenergysavings.Utilitiesdoinvestinelectricandnaturalgasprograms,butlostrevenueadjustmentmechanismsarenolongerinplace(ACEEE).

29.8%

20.9%15.4%

12.1%

10.0%

8.4%

3.4%



Efficient Lighting




Other

37.6%

24.9%

13.7%

9.5%

9.3%

4.9%


Trade

Installation



Other

Manufacturing

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentYellowstoneCounty 993MissoulaCounty 676FlatheadCounty 600GallatinCounty 591LewisandClarkCounty 410CascadeCounty 330RavalliCounty 207SilverBowCounty 169RichlandCounty 148LakeCounty 144

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentMTNONMETROPOLITANAREA 4,026Billings,MTMSA 1,069Missoula,MTMSA 676

NorthCarolina–47,829jobs

NorthCarolinaishometoabout47,800workersinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.ActivityisfairlyevenlysplitbetweentraditionalHVAC,advancedmaterialsandinsulation,efficientlighting,andhighefficiencyHVACtechnologies.Thereisalsosomeworkwithenergystarappliancesandrenewableandefficientheatingandcooling.

Installationfirmscomprisehalfofallenergyefficiencyestablishments,followedbytradeat24percentandengineeringandresearchat11percent.68percentoffirmsemployonetofivepermanentworkers,andabouttwopercentreport100to249permanentemployees.Energyefficiencyworkisrarelysufficienttofullyservicebusinessrevenue,asonly18percentoffirmsreportthattheyderivealloftheirrevenuefromthesegoodsandservices;15percentreporttheyderivehalftomostoftheirrevenuefromit.

NorthCarolinasitsat30thinthenationforthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard.Whileutilitieshavesomeelectricityprograms,therearefewnaturalgasprogramsandthestate’srenewableportfoliostandardminimallyaddressenergyefficiencyasaresource.Furthermore,industrialcustomersmayoptoutofenergyefficiencyprograms,limitingsavings(ACEEE).

28.6%

23.6%19.1%

15.5%

7.2%

5.7% 0.4%


Traditional HVAC


Efficient Lighting




Other

50.3%

24.2%

11.2%

4.9%4.8% 4.5%


Installation

Trade



Manufacturing

Other

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentMecklenburgCounty 6,721WakeCounty 6,266GuilfordCounty 2,794BuncombeCounty 1,957ForsythCounty 1,710NewHanoverCounty 1,486DurhamCounty 1,433CumberlandCounty 1,218IredellCounty 902CabarrusCounty 865

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentNCNONMETROPOLITANAREA 12,008Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord,NC-SCMSA 9,364Raleigh-Cary,NCMSA 6,964



1 5,8532 5,5363 3,5744 4,8855 5,6806 3,1747 2,2848 3,3809 6,10910 4,20511 2,38712 24713 515

NorthDakota–6,299jobs

About6,300NorthDakotansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.ThemajorityofworkisfocusedintraditionalHVAC,andtheremainingemployeesarefairlyevenlyspreadacrossenergystarappliances,highefficiencyHVACtechnologies,advancedmaterialsandinsulation,andefficientlighting;thereislittleactivityintherenewableandefficientheatingandcoolingsector.

Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyhasahealthydiversityofvaluechainactivities,withaboutaquartertoathirdoffirmsprimarilyinvolvedintrade,installation,orprofessionalservices;aboutfivepercentoffirmsreportthattheyareprimarilyinvolvedinengineeringandresearchforenergyefficientproducts.

NorthDakotafallsinlastplace(51st)inthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard,earningzeropointsintheutilitiescategory.Becauseutilitiesdonottreatenergyefficiencyasaresource,theyofferveryfewefficiencyprograms.Infact,thisisthefourthyearthatNorthDakotahasrankedlastintheStateScorecard,andstatelegislatorshavenotindicatedfutureimprovements(ACEEE).

36.7%

19.4%

17.4%

12.3%

10.9%

2.9% 0.3%





Efficient Lighting

Other


31.7%

25.8%

25.4%

12.7%

4.5%


Trade

Installation


Other


County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentCassCounty 989BurleighCounty 608WilliamsCounty 599WardCounty 413StarkCounty 367GrandForksCounty 292McKenzieCounty 246MortonCounty 218StutsmanCounty 176BarnesCounty 149

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentNDNONMETROPOLITANAREA 4,192Fargo,ND-MNMSA 989Bismarck,NDMSA 826

Nebraska–12,735jobs

About12,700Nebraskansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Almostfourin10aremostlyfocusedontraditionalHVACtechnologies,followedbyafairlyevensplitacrossenergystarappliances,highefficiencyHVAC,advancedmaterialsandinsulation,andefficientlighting.

Mostactivityisconcentratedintradeandinstallation,withthesefirmsrepresentingsevenin10establishmentsacrossthestate.Thesearemostlysmalltomedium-sizedbusinesses—82percentreportoneto10permanentemployeesand18percentreport25to99permanentworkers.Interestingly,46percentoffirmsreportthattheymanagetoderivealloftheirrevenuefromthiswork,andanadditional27percentnotetheyderivehalftomostoftheirrevenuefromit.

Nebraskacurrentlyranks42ndinthenationforenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms,receivingthehighestmarksinbuildingenergycodes.Therearenonaturalgasprogramsinplaceandfewelectricalefficiencyprograms.Furthermore,withoutdecouplingmechanismsandperformanceincentives,thestatefaceschallengesfromutilitiesinincentivizingenergyefficientupgrades.Residentialandcommercialbuildingsarerequiredtocomplywiththe2009IECC,butlocaljurisdictionsmayexceedthestatecode;infact,twoaremovingtowardsadoptingthe2012IECC(ACEEE).

36.0%

18.7%17.3%

14.2%

10.7%

2.8% 0.3%





Efficient Lighting

Other


41.8%

30.5%

9.4%

9.1%

6.1% 3.2%


Trade

Installation


Other


Manufacturing

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentDouglasCounty 3,166LancasterCounty 1,622SarpyCounty 684BuffaloCounty 384HallCounty 378PlatteCounty 326AdamsCounty 300ScottsBluffCounty 293MadisonCounty 287DodgeCounty 280

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentNENONMETROPOLITANAREA 6,566Omaha-CouncilBluffs,NE-IAMSA 4,280Lincoln,NEMSA 1,720

CongressionalDistrict EnergyEfficiencyEmployment1 4,1842 3,3963 5,156

NewHampshire–6,833jobs

About6,833NewHampshireworkershavejobsinenergyefficiencyrelatedoccupations.Halfoftheseemployeesworkmostlywithefficientlightingtechnologies,followedbyadvancedmaterialsandinsulationataboutaquarter.

Themajorityoffirmactivityisconcentratedinwholesaletrade,withinstallationonlyrepresenting13percentofestablishmentsacrossthestate.About43percentoffirmsreportthattheyemployonlyonetofivepermanentemployees,while29percenteachemploy11to24and50to99workers.Athirdofsurveyedemployersnotethatalloftheirrevenueisderivedfromenergyefficiencyproductsandservices,andanother17percentnotehalftomostoftheirrevenueisattributedtothiswork.

NewHampshireranked21stinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard,earningitshighestmarksinutilities.Thestatehasrecentlyapprovednewenergysavingsgoals,andinfact,hassomeofthehighestsavingsfromitsnaturalgasprogramsinthenation(ACEEE).

50.1%

25.1%

12.9%

5.9% 3.5% 2.5%


Efficient Lighting



Other

Traditional HVAC


57.5%19.2%

12.6%

9.7%

1.0%


Trade

Other

Installation


Manufacturing

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentHillsboroughCounty 2,134RockinghamCounty 1,752MerrimackCounty 804StraffordCounty 416BelknapCounty 413GraftonCounty 410CheshireCounty 342CarrollCounty 251SullivanCounty 183CoosCounty 128

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentNHNONMETROPOLITANAREA 2,531Boston-Cambridge-Quincy,MA-NHMSA 2,168Manchester-Nashua,NHMSA 2,134


NewJersey–38,378jobs

About38,400NewJerseyresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Thelargestchunkofactivityisconcentratedin“other”technologies,followedbyadvancedmaterialsandinsulationandtraditionalHVAC.

Thesectorisprimarilycomprisedoftradeandinstallationfirms,followedbysomeactivityinengineeringandresearchaswellasprofessionalservices.Mostofthesefirmsaresmallbusinesses—79percentreportfewerthan11permanentworkers.Only18percentoffirmsderivealloftheirrevenuefromenergyefficiencywork,and64percentsaylessthanaquarterofrevenueisattributabletothiswork.

NewJerseyranked24thinthenationinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard,earningitshighestmarksintransportation.Withelectricandnaturalgasefficiencyprogramsadministeredbyutilities,energysavingshavebeenconsistentyearoveryear.However,thestatedoesnothaveanenergyefficiencyresourcestandard,performanceincentives,ordecouplingmechanismsinplace(ACEEE).

51.1%

19.9%

17.0%

6.0%

6.0%

0.05%


Other


Traditional HVAC


Efficient Lighting


36.6%

32.1%

15.2%

7.9%7.5%

0.7%


Trade

Installation



Other

Manufacturing

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentBergenCounty 4,905MonmouthCounty 3,837MiddlesexCounty 3,205EssexCounty 3,061MorrisCounty 3,034UnionCounty 2,336CamdenCounty 2,228OceanCounty 2,218MercerCounty 2,202BurlingtonCounty 1,999

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentNewYork-NorthernNewJersey-LongIsland,NY-NJ-PAMSA 29,357Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington,PA-NJ-DE-MDMSA 5,482Trenton-Ewing,NJMSA 2,202


EnergyEfficiency

Employment1 3,2552 1,7973 3,7044 4,0395 4,2526 2,7547 5,8838 2,7749 2,92010 1,15611 3,67712 2,169

NewMexico–13,554jobs

About13,500NewMexicoresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Threein10workersprimarilyworkwithtraditionalHVACtechnologies,followedbyrenewableandefficientheatingandcooling,with21percentoftheworkforce.

Thelargestareaofactivityisinwholesaletrade;44percentoffirmsreportthattradeistheirprimaryvaluechainactivity.Thisisfollowedbyinstallation,whichaccountsforjustoveraquarterofestablishments.Thesefirmsaremostlysmallbusinesses,with85percentemploying10orfewerpermanentworkers.Only15percentoffirmsderivealloftheirrevenuefromenergyefficiencyservices,andanother31percentattributehalftomostoftheirrevenuetothiswork.

NewMexicowasplaced35thinthenationinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard.Althoughithasanenergyefficiencyresourcestandard,targetswereloweredin2013.Utilitiesofferbothelectricandnaturalgasprograms,andthereareperformanceincentivesinplace.Thestate’senergysavingshavebeenbelowthenationalaverageforthepastfewyears(ACEEE).

30.4%

20.7%15.2%

11.8%

10.4%

8.0%

3.5%


Traditional HVAC


Efficient Lighting




Other

44.1%

25.6%

13.5%

6.9%

5.1% 4.8%


Trade

Installation

Other


Manufacturing


County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentBernalilloCounty 4,448SantaFeCounty 1,539SanJuanCounty 1,424LeaCounty 1,058EddyCounty 685DonaAnaCounty 603ChavesCounty 475SandovalCounty 441McKinleyCounty 264OteroCounty 244

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentAlbuquerque,NMMSA 5,174NMNONMETROPOLITANAREA 4,807SantaFe,NMMSA 1,539


Nevada–15,364jobs

Nearly15,400Nevadansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Almostfourin10workersareprimarilyinvolvedwithtraditionalHVACtechnologies,followedbyefficientlightingandenergystarappliances.

Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyisprimarilycomprisedofinstallationandtradefirms,withthetwoactivitiesrepresentingninein10establishments.Ninepercentoffirmsreportthatmanufacturingistheirprimaryactivity.Thesefirmsareprimarilysmallbusinesses,as78percentreportonetofivepermanentemployees.Justoverhalf(56percent)offirmsreportthattheyderivealloftheirrevenuefromenergyefficiencywork,andanotherthird(33percent)derivehalftomostoftheirrevenuefromthiswork.

Nevadaranks37thinthenationforitsenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms.Althoughthestatecurrentlyallowsenergyefficiencyinvestmentstobecountedinitsrenewableportfoliostandard,allowancesaregoingtobephasedoutovertime.Utilitiesofferbothelectricandnaturalgasefficiencyprograms,buttherearenolong-termenergysavingstargetsinplaceasofyet(ACEEE).

37.9%

18.8%

14.7%

12.9%

9.9%

4.4% 1.4%


Efficient Lighting




Other


49.7%

40.6%

9.0%

0.5%0.2%


Installation

Trade

Manufacturing


Other

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentClarkCounty 10,250WashoeCounty 2,990CarsonCity 644ElkoCounty 408DouglasCounty 386ChurchillCounty 207LyonCounty 129HumboldtCounty 114NyeCounty 114WhitePineCounty 50

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentLasVegas-Paradise,NVMSA 10,250Reno-Sparks,NVMSA 2,990NVNONMETROPOLITANAREA 1,481


NewYork–69,704jobs

About69,700NewYorkersworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedoccupations.Mostactivityisconcentratedin“other”sub-technologies,followedbyadvancedmaterialsandinsulationandtraditionalHVAC.

Thelargestareaofactivityisininstallation,with43percentofestablishmentsreportingitastheirprimaryvaluechainactivity.Thisisfollowedbytrade,with30percentoftotalfirms.Justoverhalf(56percent)offirmsaresmallbusinesseswith10orfewerpermanentemployees.45percentofemployersreportthattheyderivethemajorityoftheirbusinessrevenuefromenergyefficiencywork;20percentreportthatalloftheirrevenueisattributabletothiswork.

NewYorkrosefourpositionscomparedtoits2015ranking,makingitswayto5thinthenationinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard.Thestatereceiveditshighestmarksinutilitiesandtransportation.Thestate’sReformingtheEnergyVision(REV)programisworkingtoreshapetheutilityindustryandintegratedistributedenergyresources.However,long-termenergyefficiencygoalsarenotyetinplace(ACEEE).

50.9%

19.3%

16.8%

7.0%

5.8%0.1%

0.03%

Employment by Sub-TechOther


Traditional HVAC

Efficient Lighting




43.1%

30.4%

10.2%

6.4%6.4%

3.6%


Installation

Trade


Other

Manufacturing


County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentNewYorkCounty 14,551SuffolkCounty 6,523NassauCounty 6,445WestchesterCounty 4,329KingsCounty 4,183QueensCounty 4,129ErieCounty 3,224MonroeCounty 2,856OnondagaCounty 2,113AlbanyCounty 1,670

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentNewYork-NorthernNewJersey-LongIsland,NY-NJ-PAMSA 44,523NYNONMETROPOLITANAREA 5,089Buffalo-NiagaraFalls,NYMSA 3,847


EnergyEfficiency

EmploymentCongressionalDistrict

EnergyEfficiency

Employment

1 4,188 15 559

2 2,353 16 1,895

3 4,010 17 3,639

4 3,089 18 3,067

5 991 19 3,153

6 1,638 20 3,0777 4,309 21 2,178

8 949 22 2,261

9 464 23 2,572

10 6,077 24 2,883

11 1,270 25 2,642

12 6,585 26 2,886

13 556 27 1,457

14 959

Ohio–78,202jobs

About78,200Ohioansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.ThemajorityofemployeesspendmostoftheirtimeworkingwithtraditionalHVACgoodsandservices,followedbyadvancedmaterialsandinsulationandenergystarappliances.

Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyisprimarilycomprisedofinstallationandtradefirms;installationfirmsrepresent45percentofestablishmentsandtradefirmsrepresent19percentofestablishments.Overthree-quarters(78percent)ofthesefirmsaresmall,reportingfewerthan11permanentemployees.58percentoffirmsderivemostoftheirrevenuefromenergyefficiencywork;32percentnotethatalloftheirrevenuecomesfromthiswork.

Ohioplaced29thinthenationinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard,receivingitshighestmarksinutilities.In2014,however,thestatetookastepbackwardbyinstigatingafreezeonitsrenewableenergyandenergyefficiencyresourcestandards.Mostutilities,however,stillcontinuetoimplementsomeefficiencyprograms(ACEEE).

54.7%

13.3%

12.6%

12.1%

6.1% 0.7% 0.5%


Traditional HVAC



Efficient Lighting



Other

44.5%

19.0%

11.9%

10.4%

7.2%7.0%


Installation

Trade


Engineering and ResearchManufacturing

Other

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentCuyahogaCounty 11,713FranklinCounty 8,721HamiltonCounty 6,877SummitCounty 5,275LucasCounty 2,822StarkCounty 2,745ButlerCounty 2,000MontgomeryCounty 1,964MahoningCounty 1,950LakeCounty 1,783

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentCleveland-Elyria-Mentor,OHMSA 17,563OHNONMETROPOLITANAREA 13,926Columbus,OHMSA 12,405



CongressionalDistrict EnergyEfficiencyEmployment

1 8,471 9 4,2832 2,865 10 2,0813 7,578 11 10,8484 7,151 12 2,4545 4,324 13 4,9196 6,127 14 4,2907 7,535 15 1,8928 1,877 16 1,506

Oklahoma–36,164jobs

About36,200Oklahomansworkinenergyefficiencyjobs.Thevastmajorityoftheseemployees(76percent)workwithtraditionalHVAC,butthereisslightactivityacrossefficientlighting,highefficiencyHVAC,advancedmaterialsandinsulation,andenergystarappliances.

Justoverhalfoffirmsreportthattheirprimaryactivityrelatedtoenergyefficiencytechnologiesiswholesaletrade.Giventhelackofin-stateenergyefficiencyupgradesandadoption,itisnotsurprisingthatonly16percentofestablishmentsareprimarilyinvolvedintheinstallationofthesesystems.73percentoffirmsaresmallbusinesseswithfewerthan11permanentworkers.Only18percentoffirmsreportthattheyderivealloftheirrevenuefromenergyefficientgoodsandservices.

Oklahomaranked44thinthenationforitsenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms.Thoughthestate’sutilitiesofferbothelectricandnaturalgasprograms,energysavingsarelowerthanthenationalaverageandlargeelectriccustomersareallowedtooptoutofprograms.Infact,90percentofeligiblecustomershavechosentooptout,hinderinganypotentialefficiencygainsandenergysavings(ACEEE).

76.4%

8.0%

6.3%

5.0% 3.1% 0.8%0.4%


Traditional HVAC

Efficient Lighting





Other

52.1%

15.5%

12.3%

12.2%

4.7% 3.3%


Trade

Installation


Other


Manufacturing

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentOklahomaCounty 9,607TulsaCounty 7,154ClevelandCounty 1,370GarfieldCounty 812CanadianCounty 771PayneCounty 747CarterCounty 738OsageCounty 632CreekCounty 533StephensCounty 525

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentOKNONMETROPOLITANAREA 13,155OklahomaCity,OKMSA 13,057Tulsa,OKMSA 9,092


Oregon–26,755jobs

About26,750Oregoniansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedoccupations.MostworkisconcentratedonefficientlightingandtraditionalHVACtechnologies,followedbyrenewableefficientheatingandcoolingandenergystarappliances.

Firmsaremostlyconcentratedininstallationandwholesaletrade;installationfirmsrepresentfourin10establishments,followedbytradeat31percentofestablishments.Thesefirmsaremostlysmallbusinesses,with70percentreportingfewerthan11permanentemployees.Halfoffirmsreportthattheyderivethemajorityoftheirrevenuefromenergyefficiencyproductsandservices;29percentnotethatalloftheirrevenueisattributabletothiswork.

Oregonplaced7thinthenationinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard,earningitshighestmarksinutilities.Thestatehasanenergyefficiencyresourcestandardwithlong-termsavingsgoals,andutilitiesofferawiderangeofelectricandnaturalgasefficiencyprograms.Becauseofthiscommitment,thestatehasachievedenergysavingsabovethenationalaverage(ACEEE).

31.1%

22.4%16.7%

11.5%

9.5%

5.6%3.3%


Efficient Lighting

Traditional HVAC





Other

40.0%

31.0%

13.1%

6.9%

4.6% 4.5%


Installation

Trade



Manufacturing

Other

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentMultnomahCounty 6,960WashingtonCounty 3,860LaneCounty 3,008ClackamasCounty 2,925MarionCounty 2,147JacksonCounty 1,137DeschutesCounty 1,056YamhillCounty 727BentonCounty 579DouglasCounty 463

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentPortland-Vancouver-Beaverton,OR-WAMSA 14,700ORNONMETROPOLITANAREA 4,045Eugene-Springfield,ORMSA 3,009


Pennsylvania–53,175jobs

About57,175Pennsylvaniansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs,makingthestateamongtheTop10forEEjobs.Theslightmajorityofworkersarereportedtobeprimarilyengagedwithworkon“other”energyefficiencysub-technologies,followedbyadvancedmaterialsandinsulation,accountingfor21percentoftheworkforce.

Thestatehasadiversesetofvaluechainactivities,withinstallationrepresenting31percentoffirms,traderepresenting23percentoffirms,andengineeringandresearchrepresenting20percentoffirms.Thereisalsosomeactivityacrossprofessionalservicesandmanufacturing.Sixin10firmsaresmallbusinesseswithfewerthan11permanentemployees,butthreepercentoffirmsreport100to249permanentworkers.Justoveraquarter(26percent)offirmsreportthattheyderivealloftheirrevenuefromenergyefficientgoodsandservices,andanadditional20percentnotetheyderivehalftomostoftheirrevenuefromthiswork.

Pennsylvaniaranked19thinthenationinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard,earningitshighestmarksinstate-ledinitiatives.Thestatehasanenergyefficiencyresourcestandard,butthereisacostcapthatlimitsthemeasuresavailabletoutilities.Sofar,thestatehasnodecouplingmechanismsorperformanceincentivesinplace(ACEEE).

51.2%

20.5%

16.4%

6.2%5.7%

0.02% 0.002%

Employment by Sub-TechOther


Traditional HVAC

Efficient Lighting




31.4%

23.2%

20.0%

10.9%

9.9%

4.6%

Establishments by Value ChainInstallation

Trade

Engineering and ResearchProfessional Services

Other

Manufacturing

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentAlleghenyCounty 5,897PhiladelphiaCounty 4,790MontgomeryCounty 4,779BucksCounty 3,621ChesterCounty 3,306DelawareCounty 2,661LancasterCounty 2,202LehighCounty 1,456YorkCounty 1,425WestmorelandCounty 1,422

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentPhiladelphia-Camden-Wilmington,PA-NJ-DE-MDMSA 19,157Pittsburgh,PAMSA 10,197PANONMETROPOLITANAREA 7,426





1 3,920 10 3,1072 2,918 11 2,3033 3,308 12 3,3524 3,204 13 9095 2,366 14 3,6676 5,756 15 2,6347 3,894 16 1,7018 4,063 17 1,5009 3,040 18 1,531

RhodeIsland–8,112jobs

RhodeIslandishometoatotalof8,112residentswhoworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Themajorityofemploymentisconcentratedinefficientlightingandadvancedmaterialsandinsulation,butthereisalsoactivityintraditionalHVAC,renewableandefficientheatingandcooling,andhighefficiencyHVACtechnologies.

Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyiscomprisedmainlyofinstallationandtradefirms;together,theyrepresent63percentofenergyefficiencyestablishments.Thereissomeactivityinmanufacturingandengineeringandresearchaswell.Two-thirds(67percent)offirmsemployonetofivepermanentworkers,andtheremainingthirdreportsixto49permanentemployees.Fourin10firmsnotethattheyderivealloftheirrevenuefromthiswork,andanother40percentattributehalftomostoftheirrevenuefromit.

RhodeIslandis4thinthenationforitsenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms.Thestateearnedaperfectscoreintheutilitiescategoryforthethirdyearinarow.ThisisbecauseRhodeIslandhasinvestedinacquiringallcost-effectiveenergyefficiencymeasures,allowingthestatetoachievethehighestenergysavingsinthenationoverthelastyear(ACEEE).

36.3%

26.7%

11.9%

9.4%

8.3%7.0%

0.3%


Efficient Lighting

Advanced Materials and InsulationTraditional HVAC

Renewable and Efficient Heating and CoolingHigh Efficiency (AFUE) HVACOther


42.1%

21.1%

18.4%

10.5%

7.9%


Installation

Trade

Manufacturing



County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentProvidenceCounty 4,738KentCounty 1,344WashingtonCounty 995NewportCounty 773BristolCounty 262


SouthCarolina–19,116jobs

About19,100SouthCaroliniansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyisevenlysplitbetweenmultiplesub-technologies,withmostemploymentconcentratedintraditionalHVAC,advancedmaterialsandinsulation,renewableandefficientheatingandcooling,andenergystarappliances.

Installationfirmscomprise52percentofenergyefficiencyestablishmentsinthestate,followedbyafairlyevensplitamongsttrade,manufacturing,andprofessionalservice.Thereisalsosomeactivityinengineeringandresearch,with5percentoffirmsreportingthisastheirprimaryactivity.83percentoffirmsreportfewerthan11permanentemployees.Onlyathirdoffirmsreportthattheyderivealloftheirrevenuefromenergyefficiencywork.

SouthCarolinasitsat40thinthenationinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard.Thereislittleinvestmentinelectricandnaturalgasefficiencyprograms,and50percentofcustomershaveoptedoutofenergyefficiencyprograms.Thereareshort-termenergysavingsinplace,butthestatedoesnothavealong-termenergyefficiencyresourcestandard(ACEEE).

52.1%

15.0%

14.1%

14.0%

4.8%


Installation

Trade

Manufacturing



29.7%

17.2%17.1%

16.6%

9.9%9.6%


Traditional HVAC




Efficient Lighting


County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentGreenvilleCounty 2,692CharlestonCounty 2,508RichlandCounty 1,859HorryCounty 1,732BeaufortCounty 1,007LexingtonCounty 957YorkCounty 939SpartanburgCounty 935FlorenceCounty 569AndersonCounty 554

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentSCNONMETROPOLITANAREA 3,838Charleston-NorthCharleston,SCMSA 3,316Columbia,SCMSA 3,214


SouthDakota–5,464jobs

About5,500SouthDakotansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedoccupations.MostactivityisconcentratedintraditionalHVAC,followedbyenergystarappliancesandhighefficiencyHVACtechnologies.

Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyisdominatedbytradefirms,whichrepresent43percentofenergyefficiencyestablishmentsacrossthestate.Installationaccountsforjustunderaquarteroffirms,followedbyprofessionalservicesat17percent.Themajorityoffirmsaresmallbusinesses—71percentreportoneto10permanentemployees.Aboutfourintenfirmsreportthattheyderivealloftheirrevenuefromthesegoodsandservices,andanadditional14percentnotehalftomostoftheirrevenueisattributabletothiswork.

SouthDakotais49thinthenationforitsenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms.Thoughutilitiesofferbothelectricandnaturalgasprograms,investmentsarebelowthenationalaverage.Furthermore,thestatedoesnothaveanylong-termenergysavingstargetstoencourageenergyefficiencyupgrades(ACEEE).

35.9%

19.8%

16.7%

12.1%

11.7%

3.2% 0.6%




Efficient Lighting


Other


42.6%

23.2%

17.0%

11.3%

5.7%

0.2%


Trade

Installation


Other

Manufacturing


County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentMinnehahaCounty 1,038PenningtonCounty 698BrownCounty 357LincolnCounty 309CodingtonCounty 202BeadleCounty 154YanktonCounty 149BrookingsCounty 128DavisonCounty 128LawrenceCounty 122

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentSDNONMETROPOLITANAREA 3,105SiouxFalls,SDMSA 1,443RapidCity,SDMSA 809

Tennessee–27,529jobs

About27,500Tennesseeansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.ThemajorityofemploymentisfocusedontraditionalHVACandrenewableandefficientheatingandcoolingtechnologies;therearealsoafewthousandworkerswhosupportenergystarappliances,efficientlighting,andadvancedmaterialsandinsulation.

Mostfirmsareeitherprimarilyfocusedoninstallationortrade;installationfirmsaccountfor45percentofestablishmentsandtradefirmsaccountforathird.59percentofthesebusinessesaresmall,withfewerthan11permanentemployeeseach.Butthestatehasrepresentationacrossmediumtolarge-sizedestablishmentsaswell;justoveraquarter(27percent)report11to99permanentworkers,andninepercentnote100workersormore.63percentoffirmsderivethemajorityofrevenuefromthiswork,with37percentnotingalloftheirrevenueisattributabletoenergyefficiencyservices.

Tennesseeranked25thinthenationinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard,movingupsixplacessincethe2015ranking.Thestatescoredverylowintheutilitiescategorybecausebothinvestmentsandthereforeenergysavingsarelowerthanthenationalaverage(ACEEE).

30.9%

25.6%15.5%

13.2%

8.5%

5.1% 1.2%


Traditional HVAC

Renewable and Efficient Heating and CoolingEnergy Star Appliances

Efficient Lighting

Advanced Materials and InsulationHigh Efficiency (AFUE) HVACOther

45.3%

33.3%

10.2%

5.7%5.3% 0.2%


Installation

Trade

Other


Manufacturing


County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentShelbyCounty 5,650DavidsonCounty 5,449KnoxCounty 3,689WilliamsonCounty 1,768RutherfordCounty 1,342HamiltonCounty 835SumnerCounty 788WilsonCounty 715BlountCounty 635AndersonCounty 627

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentNashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin,TNMSA 11,221Memphis,TN-AR-MSMSA 5,988Knoxville,TNMSA 5,265

CongressionalDistrict EnergyEfficiencyEmployment1 1,2162 5,1423 1,3394 1,2365 7,1796 3,0727 7638 5,1189 2,464

Texas–72,783jobs

About72,800Texansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.HalfoftheseworkersaremostlyfocusedontraditionalHVACtechnologies,followedbyefficientlightingwithalmost5,000workers,or16percentoftotalemployment.

Thestate’senergyefficiencyeconomyisfairlyevenlyspreadacrossvaluechainactivities;trade,professionalservicesandinstallationrepresentthemajorityofwork.Overthree-quarters(79percent)ofbusinessesaresmallfirmswithoneto10permanentworkers.14percentoffirmsreport11to99permanentemployees,andfourpercentoffirmshave100workersormore.Thebiggestconcentrationofenergyefficiency-relatedjobsinthestatebyfarisinHarrisCountyandtheHoustonmetroarea.

Texassitsat27thinthenationforitsenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms,butthestatereceivedazerointheutilitiescategory.ThoughTexaswasthefirsttoimplementanenergyefficiencyresourcestandard,targetsareverylow.Assuch,thestatehasyettorealizesignificantenergyandcostsavings(ACEEE).

50.0%

15.5%

11.1%

10.4%

6.5%3.3% 3.2%


Traditional HVAC

Efficient Lighting





Other

31.2%

19.6%18.7%

13.8%

9.1%

7.7%


Trade


Installation

Other

Manufacturing


County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentHarrisCounty 20,250TravisCounty 4,611DallasCounty 3,849BexarCounty 2,248TarrantCounty 2,069MidlandCounty 2,020MontgomeryCounty 1,918FortBendCounty 1,595NuecesCounty 1,216GalvestonCounty 1,076

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentHouston-SugarLand-Baytown,TXMSA 11,434TXNONMETROPOLITANAREA 5,267Dallas-FortWorth-Arlington,TXMSA 3,638


EnergyEfficiency

EmploymentCongressionalDistrict

EnergyEfficiency

Employment1 3,055 19 2,1692 9,200 20 1,2523 1,142 21 3,6994 1,668 22 1,7675 920 23 1,7116 1,019 24 1,6677 4,817 25 1,0418 2,480 26 2959 1,454 27 2,46310 3,496 28 98111 5,518 29 61412 1,302 30 1,01113 3,920 31 83414 2,568 32 54915 2,161 33 4416 732 34 64017 1,742 35 19118 2,743 36 1,920

Utah–23,396jobs

About23,400Utahworkershaveenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Threein10workersareprimarilyfocusedonhighefficiencyHVACtechnologies,followedbyenergystarappliancesatjustoveraquarter.

Thestatehasafairlyevendistributionofvaluechainactivities,withtraderepresentingthelargestchunk—roughlyathirdoffirms.Thisisfollowedbyprofessionalservicesandinstallation.Themajorityoffirmsaresmall,withtwo-thirdsreportingoneto10permanentemployees;theremainingonethirdaremediums-sizedestablishmentswith11to49permanentworkers.Justoverhalf(52percent)offirmsreportthatamajorityofbusinessrevenueisderivedfromenergyefficiencywork;athirdnotethatalloftheirrevenueisattributabletothiswork.

Utahranked20thinthenationinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard,receivingthehighestmarksintheutilitiescategory.Bothelectricandnaturalgasutilitiesimplementefficiencyprograms,andenergyefficiencymeasuresareincludedinthestate’srenewableportfoliostandard.Thestatealsoupdatedtheirbuildingenergycodestocomplywiththe2015IECC.Infact,Utahwasdeemedthemostimprovedstateinthesouthwest,withelectricandnaturalgassavingsabovethenationalaverage(ACEEE).

29.1%

26.3%

23.4%

14.5%

6.2% 0.3% 0.2%

Employment by Sub-TechHigh Efficiency (AFUE) HVAC


Traditional HVAC



Other

Efficient Lighting

32.5%

17.4%15.4%

14.4%

11.6%

8.7%


Trade


Installation

Other


County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentSaltLakeCounty 10,172UtahCounty 3,280DavisCounty 1,989WashingtonCounty 1,372WeberCounty 1,360CacheCounty 686SummitCounty 571UintahCounty 560IronCounty 457BoxElderCounty 423

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentSaltLakeCity,UTMSA 11,044UTNONMETROPOLITANAREA 3,640Ogden-Clearfield,UTMSA 3,367


Virginia–61,397jobs

About61,400Virginiansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.43percentofworkersareprimarilyfocusedonefficientlightingtechnologies,followedbyrenewableandefficientheatingandcooling.

Installation(39percent)representsthelargestpercentageoffirmsinthestate’senergyefficiencysector,followedbyprofessionalservicesandtradewith17percenteach.Thesearemostlysmallbusinesses,with63percentreportingonetofivepermanentemployees.Athirdoffirmsnotethatalloftheirrevenueisderivedfromenergyefficiencywork,andanadditional15percentattributehalftomostoftheirrevenuetothiswork.ThebiggestconcentrationofenergyefficiencyworkersisinFairfaxCounty,inNorthernVirginia.ManyofthesecompaniesandworkersspendmuchoftheirtimeworkingonenergyefficiencyprojectsintheneighboringDistrictofColumbiaandinMaryland,bothofwhichhavemuchbetterenergyefficiencypoliciesandprogramsthanVirginia.

Virginiawasranked33rdinthenationforitsenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms.Thestatereceivedanegativescoreintheutilitiescategorybecauseofverylowinvestmentsandenergysavingsthatareamongthelowestacrossthecountry(ACEEE).

43.1%

15.2%

11.6%

9.9%

8.4%8.3%

3.5%



Traditional HVAC


Other



38.7%

17.4%

17.1%

11.9%

9.8%

5.0%



Trade

Other


Manufacturing

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentFairfaxCounty 10,008VirginiaBeachCity 3,432HenricoCounty 2,756LoudounCounty 2,442RichmondCity 2,338PrinceWilliamCounty 2,282ChesterfieldCounty 2,239ArlingtonCounty 1,987AlexandriaCity 1,765AlbemarleCounty 1,741

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentWashington-Arlington-Alexandria,DC-VA-MD-WVMSA 22,366VirginiaBeach-Norfolk-NewportNews,VA-NCMSA 10,906Richmond,VAMSA 10,587


EnergyEfficiency

Employment1 7,2082 5,7153 6,0004 4,4755 7,7046 4,5557 3,9988 7,6799 3,84310 8,95611 1,264

Vermont–8,585jobs

Nearly8,600Vermontresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjos.Aboutfourin10workersspendmostoftheirtimewithefficientlighting,followedbyadvancedmaterialsandinsulationwith28percentoftotalemployment.

Theenergyefficiencyeconomyisprimarilycomprisedoftradeandinstallationfirms;togethertheserepresentthree-quartersofenergyefficiencyestablishmentsacrossthestate.Thereisalsosignificantactivityinprofessionalservices,with20percentoffirmsreportingthisastheirprimaryvaluechainactivity.Thesearemostlysmallbusinesses,withaboutsevenin10reportingoneto10permanentemployees.Aquarteroffirmsaremedium-sizedestablishmentswith11to49permanentworkers,andtwopercentoffirmsreport50to249workers.Overhalf(55percent)ofestablishmentsderivethemajorityoftheirrevenuefromthiswork,and29percentattributealloftheirrevenuetoenergyefficiencywork.

Vermontremains3rdinthenationinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard,receivinganearperfectscoreintheutilitiescategory.Infact,Vermontisoneofthetopthreestatesleadingutilitypoliciesandprograms.Thestatehasanenergyefficiencyresourcestandardwithaggressivelong-termsavingstargetsandbothelectricandnaturalgasutilitiesaredecoupled(ACEEE).

42.9%

27.8%

11.5%

7.3%

6.3%

3.4%

0.7%


Efficient Lighting

Advanced Materials and InsulationRenewable and Efficient Heating and CoolingOther

Traditional HVAC

High Efficiency (AFUE) HVACEnergy Star Appliances

39.3%

35.8%

20.2%

1.8% 1.4% 1.4%


Trade

Installation



Other

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentChittendenCounty 2,620WashingtonCounty 887RutlandCounty 747WindsorCounty 698FranklinCounty 603WindhamCounty 555CaledoniaCounty 477AddisonCounty 445OrleansCounty 378BenningtonCounty 366

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentVTNONMETROPOLITANAREA 5,266Burlington-SouthBurlington,VTMSA 3,319

Washington–38,836jobs

Nearly39,000Washingtonresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.JustoverathirdofemploymentisfocusedontraditionalHVACtechnologies,followedbyefficientlightingandadvancedmaterialsandinsulation.

Installationrepresentsalmosthalfofenergyefficiencyfirmsacrossthestate,followedbytradewithaboutaquarterofenergyefficiencyestablishments.77percentoffirmshaveoneto10permanentworkers,17percentreport11to49permanentworkers,and6percentnote50to249permanentemployees.Aboutaquarter(24percent)offirmsderivealloftheirrevenuefromthesegoodsandservices,andanother24percentattributehalftomostoftheirrevenuetothiswork.

Washingtonwasranked8thinthenationinthe2016StateEnergyEfficiencyScorecard,receivingitshighestmarksinutilities,transportation,andbuildingenergycodes.Utilitiesarerequiredtoacquireanycost-effectiveenergyefficiencymeasuresandbothnaturalgasandelectricutilitiesaredecoupled.Whilethestatehasanenergyefficiencyresourcestandardwithlong-termtargetsforelectricutilities,therearenolong-termnaturalgassavingstargets(ACEEE).

35.4%

21.1%

15.5%

13.2%

8.8%

4.1% 1.9%


Efficient Lighting





Other

49.3%

25.1%

9.3%

7.3%

5.4% 3.6%


Installation

Trade

Manufacturing



Other

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentKingCounty 11,568SpokaneCounty 3,206SnohomishCounty 3,185PierceCounty 2,896ClarkCounty 2,249ThurstonCounty 1,672KitsapCounty 1,599WhatcomCounty 1,509YakimaCounty 1,297BentonCounty 881

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentSeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue,WAMSA 17,647WANONMETROPOLITANAREA 5,932Spokane,WAMSA 3,251


EnergyEfficiency

Employment1 5,4892 2,7803 3,6394 4,1695 4,1696 5,7287 5,9578 3,4419 1,48910 1,974

Wisconsin–17,553jobs

Nearly17,600Wisconsinresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedoccupations.Sixin10workersaremostlyconcentratedontraditionalHVACtechnologies–notsurprisinginastateknownforharshwinters-followedbyadvancedmaterialsandinsulationat20percentofemployment.

Firmactivityismostlyconcentratedintradeandinstallation,thoughthereissomeactivityinmanufacturingandprofessionalservices;veryfewfirmsreportedengineeringandresearchastheirprimaryactivity.Two-thirdsoffirmsaresmallbusinesseswithoneto10permanentemployees,19percentaremedium-sizedfirmswith11to49workers,andsevenpercentreport50to249permanentworkers.Exactlyhalfoffirmsreportthatthemajorityoftheirrevenueisattributabletoenergyefficiencywork,and35percentnotethatalloftheirrevenueisderivedfromthiswork.

Wisconsinranks22ndinthenationforitsenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms.Thestatehasanenergyefficiencyresourcestandardwithlong-termsavingstargetsforbothnaturalgasandelectricutilities.Thestatealsooffersperformanceincentivestoutilities.Assuch,bothelectricandnaturalgassavingswereabovethenationalaveragein2015.Wisconsinisintheprocessofupdatingtheirbuildingenergycodestocomplywiththe2015IECC(ACEEE).

60.1%20.3%

6.6%

5.4%3.8% 3.7% 0.04%


Traditional HVAC


Efficient Lighting




Other

35.8%

33.3%

12.1%

9.4%

8.6%

0.9%


Trade

Installation

Manufacturing


Other


County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentMilwaukeeCounty 2,714DaneCounty 2,354WaukeshaCounty 2,023WashingtonCounty 651OutagamieCounty 600BrownCounty 539OzaukeeCounty 429RacineCounty 409RockCounty 344MarathonCounty 334

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentMilwaukee-Waukesha-WestAllis,WIMSA 5,815WINONMETROPOLITANAREA 4,368Madison,WIMSA 2,753


EnergyEfficiency

Employment1 1,9902 3,5423 2,2184 2,5295 2,2346 1,7557 1,8628 1,423

WestVirginia–20,506jobs

About20,500WestVirginiansworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.JustunderathirdareconcentratedontraditionalHVACtechnologies,andanotherquarterarefocusedonadvancedmaterialsandinsulation.

Almost40percentoffirmsreportthattheirprimaryactivityisinstallation,followedbymanufacturingat23percentofestablishments.

WestVirginiasitsat44thinthenationforenergyefficiency,receivinganegativescoreintheutilitiescategory.Thereareonlyelectricutilityprograms,butlargecustomersareallowedtooptout.Furthermore,thestatehasnotincentivizedutilitiestoincludeenergyefficiencyinlong-termresourceplanning(ACEEE).

32.9%

25.0%

13.9%

9.6%

8.0%

6.1%4.4%


Traditional HVAC

Advanced Materials and InsulationHigh Efficiency (AFUE) HVACEfficient Lighting

Renewable and Efficient Heating and CoolingOther


38.6%

23.1%

15.4%

7.7%

7.7%7.7%


Manufacturing

Trade



Other

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentKanawhaCounty 3,180HarrisonCounty 1,346MonongaliaCounty 1,207CabellCounty 1,195RaleighCounty 928OhioCounty 847BerkeleyCounty 754WoodCounty 743MarionCounty 627MercerCounty 580

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentWVNONMETROPOLITANAREA 9,365Charleston,WVMSA 4,247Huntington-Ashland,WV-KY-OHMSA 1,497


Wyoming–7,137jobs

About7,100Wyomingresidentsworkinenergyefficiencyrelatedjobs.Threein10ofthoseworkersarefocusedontraditionalHVACtechnologies,followedbyrenewableandefficientheatingandcoolingat22percentoftotalemployment.

Themajorityoffirms(55percent)reportthatwholesaletradeistheirprimaryvaluechainactivity,followedbyinstallationandprofessionalservices,whicheachrepresents14percentofestablishments.

Wyomingis50thinthenationforitsenergyefficiencypoliciesandprograms.Thestatedoesnothaveanenergyefficiencyresourcestandard,nordoesitofferperformanceincentivesforefficiencyprograms.Thoughutilitiesdohavesomeelectricandnaturalgasprograms,energysavingsarebelowthenationalaverage(ACEEE).

29.9%

21.8%15.0%

11.6%

10.3%

7.9%

3.5%Employment by Sub-Tech Traditional HVAC


Efficient Lighting




Other

54.8%

13.7%

13.6%

9.0%

9.0%


Trade

Installation



Other

County EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentNatronaCounty 1,076LaramieCounty 828CampbellCounty 621SweetwaterCounty 621FremontCounty 414TetonCounty 414ParkCounty 393SheridanCounty 362UintaCounty 310AlbanyCounty 300

MSA EnergyEfficiencyEmploymentWYNONMETROPOLITANAREA 5,234Casper,WYMSA 1,076Cheyenne,WYMSA 828

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