(Sec. 298) Requires the Secretary
of HUD to make grants to nonprofit
organizations to: (1) train, educate, and advise eligible community development
organizations or qualified youth service and conservation corps in improving energy
efficiency, resource conservation and reuse, design strategies to
maximize energy
efficiency, installing or constructing renewable energy improvements, and effective use
of existing infrastructure in affordable housing and economic development activities in low - income communities; and (2) implement energy
efficiency improvements, resource conservation and reuse, and effective use
of existing infrastructure in affordable housing and economic development activities in low - income communities.
In the nonprofit sector where I spend most
of my work life,
organizations are already being urged to coordinate, cooperate and / or collaborate in service delivery so as to reap benefits that include
maximizing efficiencies, taking advantage
of economies
of scale and increasing ease
of access to services for those who require them.
Qualifications Highlights: * Organizational Development: Using my knowledge and depth
of experience I have coached and led
organizations to structure in a way that
maximizes efficiency and improves employee morale and behavior.
The
organization of consumer products and retail companies determined that, to
maximize efficiencies, there was an immediate need for a common system for the industry.