1. EVALUATING THE WORKFORCE
FOR THE SUSTAINABLE
RETROFIT OF THE CITY OF
YARRA
ANDREW MOSCARIELLO
ANGELA SIMPSON
JANNETH VELAZQUEZ
Final Presentation

2. Overview
 Global Warming and Carbon Emissions
 Sustainability
 Australia and The City of Yarra
 The Yarra Energy Foundation, The Total Yarra
Retrofit, and the Workforce
 Our Mission Statement and Deliverables
 Research Objective
 Timeline
 Questions

3. Global Warming and Carbon
Emissions
 More frequent storms of
greater intensity, a
significant rise in sea
level, and a change in
wildlife behaviors and
populations are among
the outcomes that can
be expected if efforts to
diminish the effects of
global warming are not
successful (Lindell,
2011)
Figure 1

4. Sustainability
Figure 2: Sustainable Development (Green vs
Sustainable, 2010).

5. Australia and Sustainability
Sources of Australia’s Emissions
Figure 3: Sources of Australia’s Emissions
Australia and The City of Yarra Energy Total Yarra
Workforce
Sustainability Yarra Foundation Retrofit

6. The City of Yarra
Figure 4
Australia and The City of Yarra Energy Total Yarra
Workforce
Sustainability Yarra Foundation Retrofit

7. Yarra Energy Foundation
 Non-profit organization
 Founded on August 2010
 Created by the Yarra City Council to fulfill the
Carbon Neutral 2020 goal
Australia and The City of Yarra Energy Total Yarra
Workforce
Sustainability Yarra Foundation Retrofit

8. Total Yarra Retrofit (TYR)
 Project created by The
Yarra Energy Foundation
 The main goal of the
project is to provide
energy efficient upgrades
to existing buildings in
Yarra.
Australia and The City of Yarra Energy Total Yarra
Workforce
Sustainability Yarra Foundation Retrofit

9. Workforce
 The Yarra Energy
Foundation TYR Centre
and initiative goal is to
address the workforce
development gap created
by current and future skills
shortages in Yarra in
generic and technical
sustainability skills for
sustainable development.
Figure 5
Australia and The City of Yarra Energy Total Yarra
Workforce
Sustainability Yarra Foundation Retrofit

10. Mission Statement
 The goal of this project is to assist the Yarra
Energy Foundation in the implementation of
the Total Yarra Retrofit by determining and
evaluating the skills required of a workforce for
the initiative.

11. Deliverables
 Recommendations for the skills the workforce
needs
 Assess the readiness for the Yarra Energy
Foundation for completing the Total Yarra
Retrofit.

12. Objective 1
 Identify and assess the skills the local workforce
feels are necessary in order for the workers to
perform the retrofits.
 Data Gathering
 Interviews
 Focus Groups
 Sample
 Local Workforce
 Data Analysis
 Evaluation

13. Potential Questions
 Are you aware of the Yarra Energy Foundation
and it’s goal of becoming carbon neutral by
2020?
 Ifso, “Are you aware of The Total Yarra Retrofit
program?”
 What skills would you like to have in order to
work at a job connected to these retrofits?

14. Objective 2
 Identify and assess the skills hiring organizations
feel are necessary in order for the workers to
perform the retrofits.
 Data Gathering
 Interviews
 Focus Groups
 Sample
 Hiring Organizations
 Data Analysis
 Evaluation

15. Potential Questions
 Would you be interested in your organization
being involved in this retrofit program?
Explain.
 What skills would you like future employees to
have?
 Do you provide any training program?
 If so, “Would you be willing to modify it?”
 If not, “Would you be willing to institute one?”
 Are there any other factors that you feel need
to be address for a workforce to be utilize?

16. Interviews and Focus Groups
 Informed consent
 Confidentiality agreement
 Asking leading questions

17. Objective 3
 Identify and assess the skills case studies display
are necessary in order for the workers to perform
the retrofits.
 Data Gathering
 Archival Research
 Sample
 Case Studies
 Data Analysis
 Evaluation

18. Objective 4
 Evaluate a combined set of the skills
necessary for the retrofits and develop a guide
to determine the readiness of the potential
workforce for a retrofit initiative.
Objective
 Data Gathering 2
 Sample Objective Objective
1 3
 Data Analysis
 Evaluation Objective
4

19. Timeline
 Week 1 January 12
 Meet with sponsors
 Week 2 January 16
 Finalize interview questions and set up appointment for
interviews and focus groups.
 Start Case Study Research
 Weeks 3-5 January 23 – February 6
 Conduct interviews and focus groups
 Continue case study research
 Weeks 6-7 February 13 – 20
 Analyze and Organize collective information
 Week 8 February 27
 Finalize and Present Findings

20. Conclusion

21. References
 Green vs. sustainable; the difference. (2010). Retrieved 11/4, 2011, from
http://www.gogreenstreet.com/green-vs-sustainable-the-difference/
 Lindell, N. (2011, March 2). Global warming overview - global warming. Retrieved
November 16 ,2011, from http://geography.about.com/od/globalproblemsandissues/a
/globalwarming.htm
 http://positive-posters.com/posters/profiles/?pid=192
 http://www.carbonneutral.com.au/climate-change/australian-emissions.html
 http://www.earth-energysolutions.com/go/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/JR-Green-
Carbon-Footprint.jpg
 http://www.realestateadvisorlawblog.com/uploads/image/iStock_000008994251XSm
all.jpg
 http://www.carbonfootprint.com/energyconsumption.html
 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/22/earlyshow/living/home/main2965734.sht
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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_elephant

22. Questions?