Workforce Development Training
green team logoThe Green Team has a Workforce Development Training Program on electric, solar infrastructure, CNG- and propane-powered vehicles. The program's objective is to develop a trained workforce for the emerging job sector of green transportation as well as educating potential alternative fuel vehicle buyers and users. The classes are held at the Automotive Technology Department at De Anza College in Cupertino. The California Energy Commission is reviewing this existing program as a formal California Training Program. The City of San Jose and Ford-AZD Electric Van are considering providing training at this unique facility.
Workforce Development Training Program at De Anza College
Green Team workshop on alternative fuels at De Anza College
Featuring SVCCC Board Member
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Ben Deal
Ben Deal has been a member of the SVCCC Board since 2009. He is a Business Development Manager for Clean Energy responsible for the Taxi Airport Shuttle sector for Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Utah and Colorado.
Clean Energy is the largest provider of natural gas fuel for transportation in North America and a global leader in the expanding natural gas vehicle market. They have operations in CNG and LNG vehicle fueling, construction and operation of CNG and LNG fueling stations, compressor equipment and technology, biomethane production and vehicle conversions.
Clean Energy began its business in 1997 and now fuels over 21,200 vehicles daily at 244 strategic locations across the United States and Canada with a broad customer base in the refuse, transit, trucking, shuttle, taxi, airport and municipal fleet markets.
For more information on Clean Energy, please click here.
San Jose Clean Energy Showcase
Bob Garzee, Green Team Leader and Founder of Electronic Transportation Development Center (ETDC), Breathe California Transportation Specialist, and Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition (DOE) Sr. Board member, obtained a showcase space for 52 weeks at the City of San Jose’s DOE Clean Energy Showcase to display the solar fueling product by the Coalition’s stakeholder AAraya starting December 8, 2010 and running for a year.
At this showcase, the Green Team is partnering with SunPods and AAraya Solar Fueling to demonstrate how solar roofs over fleet vehicles can provide the fuel (electricity) for electric fleet vehicles at a seriously reduced price and at a guaranteed price for over 20 years. On display is an AAraya test vehicle that was solar fueled for 18 months as well as pictures of the other 17 fleet electric vehicles that AAraya can provide.
The showcase gives the Green Team an opportunity to educate fleets and the public on solar fueling of EVs: a solution that will (a) significantly reduce emissions of air pollutants, (b) eliminate the dependence of foreign oil, and (c) reduce the fuel cost for fleets from $4.30 a gallon to $.75 a gallon while providing 20 years of a guaranteed fuel budget.
For more information on the San Jose Clean Energy Showcase, please click here.
EVs provided by Green Team stakeholders on display at the San Jose Clean Energy Showcase
EVs provided by Green Team stakeholders on display at the San Jose Clean Energy Showcase
Three-Day Electric Vehicle Training
As part of the Green Team's Workforce Development Training Program and in collaboration with Autotrend Diagnostics, Electro Automotive will be conducting a three-day EV Training on July 15 - 17, 2011 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The training will include performance, cost, environmental, and energy aspects of EVs, AC vs. DC systems, components of EVs etc. For more details, please click here.
EV Training
EV Symposium
On June 2, the Green Team (Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition, ETDC and Breathe California) presented the panel discussion on Workforce Development Training at the “Charged: EV Symposium” – an event hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and the Bay Area Climate Collaborative. Breathe California provided outreach for the event and had the Green Team bring in the alternative fuel vehicle training experts to present to 50 attendees.
The Green Team had six of its members on the panel: Bob Garzee, Founder & Manager of ETDC; Randy Bryant, Head of the Automotive Technology Dept. at De Anza College; Don Beams, former Fleet Manager, City of San Jose; Mike Brown & Shari Prange, EV Instructors & Founders of Electro Automotive; and David Kusa, Owner of Autotrend Diagnostics, a Diamond Certified auto repair shop, Chuck Bellavia, CEO of EV manufacturer ElectraDrive. The Green Team panel participants represented 154 years of experience in training of transportation products. The panel discussion was featured in an article in Examiner.com. To read the article, please click here.
FREE Electric Vehicles for Fleets Workshop
Thursday, March 3, 2011
from 12 noon - 5 p.m.
As more electric vehicles become available, there is a need for more information about fleet purchasing, maintenance, charging, repair, and the demands on our power grid. The Green Team (Breathe California, Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition, and the Electronic Transportation Development Center) continues to offer workshops on the latest in alternative fuels.
If you want to learn more, please join us at the Automotive Technology Department at De Anza College, Cupertino. To register for this free workshop, please click here.
For further information, please call Patricia Tind at 408-998-5865 or email at
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Featuring SVCCC Member -
AAraya logoEd Bless
Ed Bless is the Founder and CEO of AAraya. His company provides "turnkey" packages of electric vehicles, solar electric canopies, and proprietary fleet management software to commercial operations: a solution to fuel vehicles with electrons from the sun instead of petroleum.
The AAraya packages reduce risk associated with new technology adoption and change a utility expense into an investment. This opens doors to numerous tax credits and rebates; driving the cost of fuel to the equivalent of a few cents per gallon. Ultimately, this lowers the environmental impact to nearly zero, and gives $8K each year per vehicle of additional profit to a fleet owner.
Ed is a licensed solar contractor and is passionate about reducing costs associated with energy and petroleum use. He considers electrons originating from renewable sources and applied to electric and plug-in vehicles to be the perfect fuel. He is a board member on the DOE Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition. For more information on AAraya, please visit www.aaraya.biz.
Participate in Clean Air Awards Luncheon 2011
Clean Air Awards LogoWe encourage you to get involved with Breathe California's 21st annual Clean Air Awards Luncheon by attending the event, nominating a person or business (self-nominations are welcome), and/or sponsoring the event. The Clean Air Awards recognize companies and individuals who are leaders in improving air quality and reducing global warming. If you or someone you know has an innovative program or activity, we urge you to nominate them. Nominees must live/work in or impact the SF Bay Area. The luncheon will be on Friday, April 15 from 12 noon - 2 p.m. in San Francisco. Deadline for nominations is March 11. For more information on attending, nominating or sponsoring, visit www.cleanairawards.org.
SVCCC Recipient of "Rising Star 2010" Award Margo Sidener, Mike Bednarz & Dennis Smith
Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition are proud to announce that
we received the "Rising Star 2010" award from the DOE for our outstanding achievements in reaching out to the community and educating the public on alternative fuels and vehicles. In the picture, Margo Sidener, President & CEO of Breathe California and Coordinator of Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition, is handed the award by (to the right) Mike Bednarz, Western Region Clean Cities Project Officer, and Dennis Smith, National Clean Cities Director.
Three-Day Electric Vehicle Training
Electric Automotive in collaboration with the Green Team (Breathe California, SV Clean Cities Coalition, and ETDC) held a three-day workforce development EV training in January. To follow up on the favorable response to the first training, two additional three-day workforce development EV trainings have been scheduled for March 18 - 20, 2011 and April 15 - 17, 2011 at Breathe California, San Jose. The trainings will cover performance, cost, environmental, and energy aspects of EVs; AC vs. DC systems; components of the vehicles; conversions of internal combustion vehicles of electric power; driving, charging, and maintenance; troubleshooting; and more. Vehicle components and a running vehicle will be on hand. For details, please click here.
EV Training
Breathe California Environmental Programs
We breathe in approximately 3,000 gallon of air each day. Thus Breathe California, a 100-year-old lung organization, has made it its mission to improve the air that we breathe here in the Bay Area. Since the youth are our future and vulnerable to air pollution, Breathe California is involved in many programs educating youth on how to improve the air quality. Here is a list of the programs:
Youth for a Cool Earth: A program designed to give students an opportunity to join the fight against global warming in the Bay Area. The program takes a multi-faceted approach to empower students with practical skills and knowledge that they can use to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Tools for Schools: Indoor air quality plays a significant role in our daily lives. As children spend a good portion of their day in school, it is important that we fight poor indoor air quality in the classroom. This program provides free, professional assessments of the indoor air quality on local campuses. If poor indoor air quality is detected, Breathe CA assists in finding ways to eliminate the problem.
O24U: An environmental education program offered to low income inner city children in air pollution impacted areas. Curriculum topics include air pollution and environmental changes, health effects of air pollution, toxic indoor environments and the use of alternative fuel vehicles and renewable energy. The program provides the knowledge and background for the students to become advocates for clean air within their homes, schools and communities.
Partnerships: Breathe CA is partnering with the City of San Jose on the Go Green Schools. This program encourages schools to go green by starting a recycling or composting program, launching environmental education, buying green, or evaluating school environmental practices that impact student health. Another program is Safe Routes to School. The objective of this program is to improve the health and well-being of children by enabling and encouraging them to walk or bicycle to and from school.
Save the date! July 27 - FREE Electric Vehicles Workshop
SVCCC is collaborating with partners listed below to co-sponsor the New Opportunities in Clean Transportation: Electric Vehicles Workshop for Leaders, in conjunction with the 2010 Plug-In Conference in San Jose. On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 from 3-5pm, this workshop will provide an update on the new vehicles, their benefits, local experience and plans, as well as funding opportunities. This workshop is for fleet managers, transportation directors, CSR/sustainability officers, and other decision-makers managing transportation issues in your organization. You may join us in-person or via webinar. Please register here.
Speakers will include David Head, Fleet Manager for the County of Sonoma Fleet Operations Division, Karen Schkolnick, District Grants Programs Manager for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and local employers implementing electric vehicle strategies. Topics will include:
Electric vehicle landscape
Bay Area infrastructure plans
Benefits of electric vehicles
Specific opportunities with fleets, charge stations, and incentives
Funding and financing opportunities
And more!
Before heading off to other Plug-In Conference events, please join us immediately after the workshop for the SVCCC Stakeholder Meeting, which will also be held in the Bank of America Building. And there will be wine and hors d'oeuvres!
Space is limited so register today!
Sponsored by Bay Area Climate Collaborative, Bank of America, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Bay Area Council, Business Council on Climate Change, East Bay Clean Cities Coalition, San Francisco Clean Cities, Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition, Breathe California and Plug-in Bay Area.
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Electric Saba sportscar
A day (or two) at the races
This May, SVCCC teamed up with the DOE Vehicle Technologies Program and the Electronic Transportation Development Center (ETDC) to man a Green Racing booth for spectators at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, CA. SVCCC is a team member of the ETDC, which has extensive experience racing alternative fuel vehicles and is a sponsor of the San Jose State Hybrid Race Team.
Our team booth was located in Yamaha Village. For two days, Emily Setzer and Alexandra Bassett from Green Racing and Bob Garzee, ETDC Founder and SVCCC Board Member, educated spectators on using alternative fuels and energy efficient technologies in racing. ETDC also featured two electric sportscars from Saba Motors and Porsche.
In 2006, DOE, EPA, SAE International, and automotive leaders formed the Green Racing Working Group and the Green Racing Protocols. These protocols promote the development of energy efficient technologies, renewable fuels, and the reduction of greenhouse gases and auto emissions. In 2009, the American Le Mans Series incorporated the protocols into a season-long Green Racing Cup Championship. This year at Laguna Seca, the Green Challenge winning teams were Highcroft HPD and Corvette Racing, both of which used ethanol blend fuels.
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Bob Garzee and representatives from Green Racing at booth
30 stakeholders attend fuel economy workshop
On May 18, SVCCC held an Idle Reduction/Fuel Economy Workshop at West Valley College in Saratoga, CA. Speakers included Rich Cregar (shown below), Instructor of Automotive Systems Technologies and Green Transportation Technologies at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, NC, Ed Bless, CEO of AAraya in Marina, CA, and Bob Garzee, Founder and CEO of the Electronic Transportation Development Center in San Jose, CA.
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Attendees learned about:
Fuel economy technologies, including new solar technologies
Emerging vehicle technologies, including hybrids, plug-ins, and electric
Idle reduction technologies
Driver behavior strategies
Green Transportation Financing Workshop
Use Our $200 Million Green to Go Green
Thursday, September 9th from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Save the date for the Green Transportation Financing workshop hosted by the Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition (SVCCC) & the Electronic Transportation Development Center (ETDC) at Breathe California, 1469 Park Ave, San Jose, CA 95126.
This workshop is an opportunity for fleet managers and AFV manufacturers to learn more about how to take advantage of our $200 million green order financing to implement your cleaner emission transportation projects and spread the cost over several years.
The workshop will include examples of green transportation financing in the following areas:
- Solar fueling of electric vehicles
- CNG vehicles
- Propane buses
- Electric vehicles
Also: a $52,000 new CNG vehicle will be on display.
Speaker: D.C. Greer, VP, Government Capital Corp.
Please click here to register or call Patricia Tind at 408-998-5865 or email at
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Featuring SVCCC Member - Synergy Electronic VehiclesSynenergy logo
Photo Bob Garzee, CEO, Synergy EV
Synergy Electronic Vehicles, Inc. is a 19 year old California corporation dedicated to implementing alternative fuel vehicles into fleet service. Synergy helps companies determine the right types of green vehicles for the required duty cycle from their expertise in electric, natural gas, propane, bio diesel, or solar fueled solutions covering patrol, industrial, sports, light duty, heavy duty, trucks and bus applications. They have received the American Lung and Breathe California Green Transportation Industry Leadership Awards and completed contracts for the California Energy Commission and Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
Synergy provides the vehicles as well as the alternative fuel project financing ($200,000,000) for fleets and interfaces with the federal, state and regional agencies for grants. Synergy also provides the support services such as training, mechanics, Silicon Valley technologies, and ROI analysis, as well as green transportation vehicle marketing and investment opportunities. Synergy CEO Bob Garzee is the founder and manager of the Electronic Transportation Development Center (ETDC) located at 1469 Park Avenue, San Jose, California with vehicles on display at The TECH Museum in downtown San Jose. Garzee is also the senior board member of the Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition. Contact: Bob Garzee at www.SynergyEV.com & www.SynergyEVFinancial.com Phone: 408-221-3367; email:
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Clean Cities Stakeholders Meeting
Photo of Meeting
On July 27, the Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition held a stakeholders meeting at the City View Plaza in San Jose. Twenty-four stakeholders attended – a large number of them were also ETDC members. They enjoyed wine and hors d'oeuvres while sharing their role in the green transportation business, and SVCCC Coordinator Margo Sidener (CEO & President of Breathe California) outlined the Clean Cities Coalition’s mission to improve the Bay Area’s air quality through the advancement of AFVs.
The attendees also filled out a questionnaire. Among other things, they were asked what workshop topics they would like to see SVCCC put on in the future. Here are some of the answers given:
Fleet vehicle conversions
Hybrid sports cars
Solar fueling of EVs
CNG infrastructure
Models for life cycle analyses of alternative fuel vehicles
Engaging communities in AFVs
Government funding & grant opportunities
Not Yet a SVCCC Member?
No need to wait any longer! You are only a few steps away from enjoying the following SVCCC membership benefits:
Assistance finding alternative fuel vehicle funding and grants
$200 million order financing funding
Advice on green transportation Silicon Valley technology
Newsletter advantages and networking
Discounted (and first preference) tickets and workshop registration
Sponsorship opportunities
What do transit agencies, refuse companies, food & beverage distributors, municipal governments, private trucking firms, airport shuttle services, courier services, private contractors, school districts and utility companies have in common?
They all can lower their fuel costs by 30 to 50% by transitioning their fleet to vehicles powered by natural gas!
Hundreds of fleets of all sizes have made the move to NGVs. Learn how your business can do the same at “The Compelling Case for Natural Gas Vehicles”
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