The Green Economy Workshop Series (offered through the Green Institute at Heartland Community College) is designed to educate and promote sustainable business practices.

The series is open to all Illinois-based businesses interested in greening their current workplace, promoting sustainability within the workforce and the community it serves and reducing its environmental footprint. Adopting green practices can not only increase efficiency which saves the company on operating costs, but also can increase revenue based on a positive consumer opinion of environmental stewardship. Sign up for all three workshops for only $180 ($90 after rebate*)!

GETTING READY TO GROW WITH THE GREEN ECONOMY

The green economy is expected to contribute billions of dollars and generate millions of jobs in the coming decades. Wondering how to tap into the emerging green sector? This course is designed to help participants understand the dynamics of the green economy and prepare themselves to grow with the emerging green sector.

Topics include:

• Developing green industries

• Turning existing assets and potential liabilities into opportunities

• Making existing products, processes and services more sustainable

• Understanding governmental policies and initiatives

This course is offered through the Delta Institute, a Chicago based non-profit that is dedicated to supporting the transformation to the green economy.

PROFDVLP 1461 Sec. A
Wednesday 7/28
8:00AM-12:00PM
HCC WDC Rm 1400
$90 ($45 after rebate)
(includes text & breakfast)

GO GREEN AND SAVE MONEY: FISCALLY SOUND GREEN BUSINESS PRACTICES

Save money and improve your organization’s environmental performance through green business practices.

Topics include:

• Greening the office

• Green purchasing

• Activity-based cost accounting

• Greening the supply chain

• Recycling

• Green cleaning/janitorial practices

Energy efficiency opportunities associated with common office functions, such as:

• Heating/air conditioning

• Electronic devices

• Appliances

• Lighting

This course is offered through the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, a division of the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability at the University of Illinois.

PROFDVLP 1462 Sec. A
Wednesday 8/25
8:00AM-12:00PM
HCC ACEC Rm 2102
$90 ($45 after rebate)
(includes text & breakfast)

GREEN PERFORMANCE THROUGH WASTE MINIMIZATION

Improve your competitiveness through better materials use. Participants will learn how to identify process losses and potential efficiency improvements in packaging, industrial parts and facilities cleaning, fluids purification, water use minimization and purification, and construction activities.

Topics include:

• Best management practices and technologies to improve performance

• Pollution prevention

• Recycling

• Green process development

• Improving the value of by-products

This course is offered through the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, a division of the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability at the University of Illinois.

PROFDVLP 1463 Sec. A
Wednesday 9/22
8:00AM-12:00PM
HCC ACEC Rm 2102
$90 ($45 after rebate)
(includes text & breakfast)

*Receive a 50 percent rebate from the Green Workforce Training Program:

What is the Green Workforce Training (GWT) Program?

GWT is a reimbursement program, providing up to 50 percent of training costs back to employers when they pay for workers to go through training related to green workplace initiatives or services. GWT is funded through the DCEO-ARRA 2009 Workforce Investment Act Sector Based Initiative.

Which employers are eligible for reimbursement as part of the GWT Program?

Large, medium and small businesses, local governments, governmental agencies, educational institutions, non-profit organizations and collective bargaining units funding training for currently employed workers.

For more information about rebates available through the Green Workforce Training Program, contact Rebecca Rossi at 309-268-8402 or Rebecca.Rossi@heartland.edu.

About the Green Institute:
The Green Institute provides education and information to businesses and residents about energy efficiency, renewable energy, recycling, retrocommissioning and other environmental technologies.