This grant opportunity provides American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding to non-profits, local governments, students, and utilities that wish to promote the Governor’s Energy Office Recharge Colorado programs with innovative local outreach strategies. This round will include funding for outreach to energy managers, K-12 teachers and classrooms, homeowners, home renters, energy efficiency and renewable energy service providers, and small businesses.
For more information about this request for applications
click here and look under “August Grants.”
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Request for Applications: Recharge Colorado Innovation Grant
Request for Applications: Above Building Code Grant
This grant opportunity provides American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to local communities/governments, cities, counties, non-profits and/or utilities for the purpose of implementing a voluntary or mandatory, local ABC high performance program in which the energy efficiency requirements for new construction exceed the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code.
For more information about this request for applications click here and look under “August Grants.”
Request for Applications: High Performance Building Program
This grant opportunity provides Recovery Act funding for soft costs associated with achieving High Performance Design for partners accepted into the High Performance Building Program. Funds can be used for such tasks as enhanced commissioning, third-party building rating system certification costs, energy modeling as a design tool, and other fees that might otherwise prevent a partner from utilizing these services to their full extent.
For more information about this request for applications click here and look under “August Grants.”
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Eco-Cycle Enterprise Manager (EM)
Large nonprofit Zero Waste company in Boulder, CO, seeking a high-level professional to help create and manage the next entrepreneurial phase of combining environmental mission with business so as to establish Boulder as a Zero Waste Community Model for the nation.
This position will report directly to the Executive Director and success will require passion, humor, intelligence and an autonomous motivation to create change within the organization, our local community and the world.
The EM position will function much like a COO in giving leadership to a seven-person management team that oversees 60 employees.
The primary responsibility of the EM will be to improve our internal organizational effectiveness by increasing the financial return from current operations and creating new community programming that is financially self-supporting and environmentally significant.
The EM must be an excellent communicator, an experienced/educated businessperson who thinks as a creative entrepreneur, and a big-picture, happy person who gets results.
Eco-Cycle is an excellent workplace with great benefits and fair wages. Please send cover letter, qualifications and salary requirements to EM@ecocycle.org.
Contact Bob Hollis, Bob@The MobiusNetwork.com or Gary Liss, Gary@GaryLiss.com with any questions.
Position will be open until filled.
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:
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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.
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.