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E-Contractor Academy Grad Helps Deliver Los Angeles County’s First Net-Zero Energy Building

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A graduate of Emerald Cities Collaborative’s E-Contractor Academy –  Ryan Tittsworth, president of RBT Electric, Inc. – installed the solar panels that helped make the recently renovated Culver City Julian Dixon Library into Los Angeles County’s first net-zero energy building. New solar panels, energy efficient lighting and windows and an upgraded heating, ven… Read More

Award to LA County for Economic Development Work with EC Los Angeles

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LA County is receiving a Green California Leadership Award in the Green Economic Development category in recognition of its work with EC Los Angeles.  The award is being given by California-based Green Technology, a nonprofit initiative that informs government sustainability efforts and provides a forum for government-private sector communication about development and distribution of… Read More

E-Contractor Academy Grad Wins Zero Net Energy Contract

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Ryan Tittsworth has been president of RBT Electric, Inc., for six years, but he credits his attendance at the E-Contractor Academy for his success at winning his company’s first contract with LA County. Tittsworth is a disabled veteran and minority business owner whose company is a full-service electrical contractor certified by the state of California as a Small Business Enterprise … Read More

E-Contractor Academy, Spring 2014 Cohort

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The word is out. Over 70 small, women and minority-owned contractors signed up for EC-LA’s second class of its e-contractor academy.  This is almost a 100% increase over the first class this past fall.  People show up when money is at stake.  The contractors are preparing to compete for the enormous pipeline of energy efficiency work in southern California.  This … Read More

A WINNING FORMULA FOR L.A. COUNTY GOVERNMENT: MORE SAVINGS, MORE JOBS

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Libraries, community centers, and other facilities to undergo energy efficiency retrofits. Los Angeles, CA (November 18, 2013) – An innovative partnership and program to increase energy savings and jobs in the Southern California region will be announced at a Green Cities, More Jobs: Summit for Economic Development press event on Monday, November 18, 2013 from 11:30 a.m. at the East… Read More

Los Angeles Graduates 40 Minority and Women E-Contractors

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ECC President Denise Fairchild and L.A. Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas stand among E-Contractor Academy graduates, staff, and supporters. On Tuesday, November 19, the first cohort of EC Los Angeles’s newly-launched E-Contractor Academy -- consisting of 42 small, women and minority contractors -- graduated and celebrated with a reception. Several of the graduates have … Read More