Request for Solicitation: Energy Data Management Tool
DQ-GEO FY11-02
(ARRA funded)
The GEO seeks documented quotes from service providers for an Energy Data Management Tool to allow Main Street Efficiency Initiative program participants to report, track and analyze energy use/cost and CO2 emission data to the GEO. The intent is to create a tool that not only facilitates tracking and reporting for the Main Street Efficiency Initiative, but to also provide a tool for residents and businesses to begin tracking and evaluating their energy use, regardless of whether they are participating in any program.
All vendors who intend to bid on this solicitation must be registered in the Colorado BIDS system to view the request and instructions. Please refer to the solicitation instructions or contact Colorado BIDS at 303-866-6464.
The solicitation DQ-GEO FY11-02 can be accessed by clicking the following link and looking under the Governor’s Energy Office:
https://www.gssa.state.co.us/BdSols.nsf/OByAgency?OpenView
Bid/Proposal Notification: Recycling Outreach Program for the City of Fort Collins
A formal bid/proposal notification has been released by the CITY OF FORT COLLINS for a recycling outreach program.
Go to www.fcgov.com/eprocurement to enter your login and password information to sign into the system. Once logged in, open formal bids are listed in the Open Bids section of the home page. All formal bids can be accessed by clicking on Bids, then Open Bids.
The information from the request is below:
Bid Header
Requesting Department: CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Buyer Name: ED BONNETTE
Buyer Phone: (970)416-2247
Buyer Email: EBONNETTE@FCGOV.COM
Bid Number: 7160
Description: Recycling Outreach Program
Opening Date/Time: 08/10/2010
Available Date/Time 07/13/2010
Thank you for your participation.
Colorado gains new council for product stewardship
Product stewardship is the focus of a new council formed under the umbrella of the Colorado Association for Recycling (CAFR). The board of directors of CAFR approved the new Colorado Product Stewardship Council at its June meeting in Steamboat Springs.
Product stewardship is a government strategy to place responsibility for end of life management of products and associated packaging on producers and consumers rather than on taxpayers, ratepayers or local governments. The council was proposed by Hilary Collins, assistant manager of the Resource Conservation Division of Boulder County.
“The need for, and interest in, a product stewardship council in Colorado can be gauged by the first statewide meeting on this topic that was held at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment offices in Denver in February 2009,” said Collins. More than 50 people attended the meeting, including representatives from state and federal government, local governments, and non-profit groups and associations, waste and hazardous waste companies and private companies and consultants.
Boulder County has a long-standing household hazardous waste program that has served over 100,000 residential customers and recycled or disposed of over eight million pounds of waste in the last 10 years. Boulder County and seven partner municipalities support this expensive program largely with general fund revenues. Encouraging producers and retailers to take greater responsibility for end of life management of products and packaging will reduce costs to taxpayers and local governments. State and regional product stewardship groups are forming around the country with six currently active groups.
The goals of the Colorado Product Stewardship Council are to educate state and local officials, private organizations and waste haulers on the concept of product stewardship; improve communication about the issue within the recycling, solid waste, and household hazardous waste management communities; raise awareness of existing product stewardship programs with household hazardous waste management agencies and other applicable programs and parties; help CAFR formulate policy positions related to product stewardship legislation.
Membership in the council is not limited to local governments. The council is open to all members of CAFR. The first meeting of the council will take place July 29 at the City and County of Broomfield offices.
Request for Solicitation: GEO-ARRA Program Measurement & Verification Project
(ARRA funded) -”M&V”
In coordination with the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO), the Department of Personnel & Administration is now accepting proposals from qualified vendors with expertise in energy management and technical expertise in field verification of energy conserving measures, renewable energy installations, and quantitative surveying in relation to energy savings.
All vendors who intend to bid on this solicitation must be registered in the Colorado BIDS system to view the request and instructions. Please refer to the solicitation instructions or contact
Colorado BIDS at 303-866-6464.
The solicitation can be accessed by clicking here: http://www.gssa.state.co.us/VenSols click on “Research Services” and select “RFP-CM-GEO-11-001 ARRA Program Measurement & Verification Project (ARRA funded)”. For questions on this solicitation please contact Cheri Miller at Cheri.Miller@state.co.us.
Receptionist/Educator
Are you a dedicated recycler? Want to go pro? Eco-Cycle, one of the country’s leading Zero Waste non-profit organizations, is seeking a front desk receptionist/educator for our Boulder office. Schedule is 40 hours every other week. Duties include staffing the recycling hotline and 7-line phone system, data entry, word processing, overseeing office systems, and being the face and voice of Eco-Cycle for the community’s recycling and environmental questions. Position also provides backup customer service and cash register operations. Dependability, sense of humor, customer service experience, and dedication to recycling a must. Full benefits. Send resume and letter of interest to Cynthia Ashley, Cynthia@ecocycle.org.
Recycling in the News: Zero Waste Initiative leading waste reduction efforts in Steamboat
From: Steamboat Today – June 28, 2010
Last week at a busy Bike to Work Day breakfast, Liz Wahl diligently was manning compost duty. “Toothpicks are trash,” she informed a helmet-toting cyclist carrying a handful of waste from the meal Wednesday morning on the Routt County Courthouse lawn in downtown Steamboat Springs.
Link to the complete article
Colorado Environmental Coalition Lobbyist
Organizational Background:
Founded in 1965, Colorado Environmental Coalition (CEC) is one of the state’s preeminent conservation organizations. CEC serves as the grassroots organizing arm of Colorado’s conservation community, working from field offices in Denver, Grand Junction and Craig. CEC’s purpose is to organize the conservation community and Colorado citizens to win on priority issues and campaigns. CEC takes a leadership role in convening its 100+ partner organizations and other environmental allies, to identify, prioritize and select critical issues on which to focus, then organizes and mobilizes around these issues, and designs and implements successful campaigns to achieve policy wins on them.
Position Summary:
The Coalition Lobbyist is responsible for working with conservation leaders to develop the conservation community’s priority legislative agenda and then lobby for its passage at the state legislature. Reporting to CEC’s Program Director, the lobbyist works with other staff and coalition partners to determine community priorities; create strategic campaign plans for priority issues; lobby and cultivate relationships with lawmakers, legislative leadership and the Governor’s office; organize committee testimony; help build diverse coalitions; and alert members and activists of critical votes.
During the legislative session, which runs from early January to early May, the Coalition Lobbyist advocates at the State Capitol. The remainder of the year, she/he works to set the next year’s legislative agenda, court legislative sponsors, cultivate relationships with lawmakers, assist with accountability efforts, work with other staff to enhance and expand grassroots field programs, and when needed, assist with voter engagement programs.
Responsibilities:
- Convene the conservation community to set legislative priorities, develop and implement strategic campaign plans, evaluate success, provide updates, and ensure strategic cooperation within the community.
- Educate all legislators and the Governor on priority environmental policy issues and lobby swing lawmakers to achieve passage of priority bills.
- Cultivate positive working relationships with lawmakers and with diverse allies to further the conservation community’s short and long term conservation agenda.
- Help identify and capitalize on strategic opportunities to advocate for CEC’s campaign priorities and other important coalition efforts.
- Assist coalition partners with developing campaign plans on important issues that are not yet community priorities.
- Work with CEC staff to recruit volunteer community advocates and community leaders and develop field programs to support the community’s priority agenda.
- Assist in fundraising for state legislative program.
- Provide support for special projects, such as voter engagement and ballot initiative efforts, as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- At least four years experience in field organizing, lobbying or policy advocacy
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Proven ability to work effectively with a diversity of people
- Experience coordinating coalitions a plus
- Knowledge of environmental issues and Colorado politics a plus
Special Job Requirements: Expect flexible work hours, including some weekend and evening hours.
Compensation and Benefits: Compensation is based on experience, plus excellent health/dental benefits, 403(b) with match, vacation/sick leave and sabbatical program. Colorado Environmental Coalition is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
To Apply: Email resume and cover letter by July 3rd to Lobbyist Hiring Committee at jobs@ourcolorado.org. No fax or phone calls please.
Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator
Lifespan Technology Recycling, Inc., is a national leader in electronics recycling and end-of-life IT equipment management.
Founded in 2002, we are a managed services company that provides electronic asset retirement services to corporations, municipalities, and not-for profit organizations nationwide. Lifespan offers companies and organizations the flexibility of handling large quantities of equipment with a customized program. We also manage a full range of end-of-life information security issues for our clients. LifeSpan works exclusively with EPA-registered and regulation-compliant partners to maintain the highest standards of environmental protection and ethical business practices
We are currently looking to add to staff an Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator. This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated, detail orientated individual to join our rapidly growing company.
Some Responsibilities include:
- Working knowledge of R2/RIOS, and ISO 14001: 2004
- Lead activities related to QEH&S Management System program. Evaluate compliance with OSHA, EPA, Company and other applicable regulatory requirements.
- Develop site specific QEH&S programs consistent with Company policies, procedures and guidelines and applicable safety, health and environmental regulations.
- Ability to understand, interpret, and implement Company guidelines related to national and local Universal Waste Laws
- Maintain regulatory permits and support compliance with permit conditions and requirements. Responsible for regulatory filings and periodic reporting.
- Maintain liaison with outside regulatory organizations, certification bodies, and customers to assure compliance.
- Provide technical direction and support for QEH&S Management system and all company recycling, resale, hazardous waste, and universal waste programs.
- Ensure appropriate QEH&S training is provided at the required frequency and documented.
- Chair and coordinate activities of the Safety Committee.
- Assess safety, health and environmental risk as it applies to the site location and be able to make appropriate decisions and plans to help mitigate risk.
- Oversee and monitor contractor safety and on-site contractor activities.
- Support development of emergency response, disaster recovery and crisis management activities.
- Conduct QEH&S analysis of all operational sites – requires travel approximately 25% of time.
- Manage work-related accident/incident program
- Support Human Resources to manage the injury and worker compensation program
- Interact with company worker compensation insurance provider and assists in the preparation of corrective actions that help the prevention of similar accidents.
- Track and report safety incidents, injuries, and compliance and program issues. Maintain site injury/illness statistical data.
- Assist in the preparation of corrective actions that help prevent the occurrence of similar accidents.
If you have a Bachelor’s degree in environmental studies and two years practical experience, please forward a “word” copy of your resume along with salary requirements to: Jbulian@insightperformance.com. Please reference job code: lifespan
Waste Diversion Coordinator
The Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability in the Vail area is seeking a Waste Diversion Coordinator. The Coordinator will lead and be responsible for all Alliance waste diversion goals and initiatives and has knowledge or experience in the field of waste and waste diversion. Under the general direction of the Executive Director, the Coordinator is responsible for specific grant deliverables, public education and outreach, and collaborating with other local waste entities and initiatives.
Visit www.EagleValleyAlliance.org for more details.
Free recycling workshop in Colorado Springs June 29
Implementing Recycling in the Green Economy III
University of Colorado – Colorado Springs
University Center 303
Colorado Springs, CO
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Workshop Agenda
FREE WORKSHOP
Register Now
If you couldn’t make it to Denver for one of the first two workshops, this is your chance to attend in Colorado Springs and hear about current recycling options for Colorado communities.
Programs around the state are making it clear that recycling can work in Colorado communities. Find out about new options for recycling and diversion and how they can help you reduce costs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase jobs, and make your citizens happy.
Who should attend the workshop? Community leaders, public works directors, elected officials, city managers, county and town administrators, solid waste management officials, recycling/sustainability coordinators, nonprofits and solid waste haulers.
The workshop, sponsored by Colorado Association for Recycling, Ball Corporation, Skumatz Economic Research Associates, Inc. and Colorado Muncipal League offers presentations by national and state experts in recycling, yard waste, and Pay As You Throw — and the program leaves time for discussion and questions.
For more information, contact Marjie Griek, 970-975-6975 or mgriek@cafr.org.
