2021 Illinois Green Sustainable Facilities Mentor Volunteer Application
Apply to be an Illinois Green Sustainable Facilities Mentor Volunteer today!

Are you interested in helping a nonprofit organization meet their sustainable operations goals in their facility? Or would you like to gain skills in areas like facilitating green team meetings, using ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager to benchmark data, and conducting facilities walkthroughs with water efficiency, waste, and air quality in mind? Then this Illinois Green’s volunteer opportunity could be for you!

As an Illinois Green Sustainable Facilities Mentor volunteer, you will connect with and support a nonprofit building in your community as they make their facility more sustainable. You will guide them through the process of baselining their facility energy and water use, conduct water, waste, and/or air quality walkthroughs of their building, and help start a green team to brainstorm actions they can take to become more sustainable in their operations.

This volunteer opportunity is part of Illinois Green’s Efficient Chicago program (https://illinoisgreenalliance.org/initiatives/efficient-chicago/community-buildings), where staff and volunteers support nonprofit and community buildings with energy and water efficiency, waste management, and air quality. By participating, you will develop professional skills, and help Illinois Green achieve our goal of supporting nonprofits in all of Chicago’s community areas. Additionally, you will be contributing to the greater mission of lowering carbon emissions in the City of Chicago by making buildings more sustainable!

Illinois Green Sustainable Facilities Mentor Requirements:
˗ Volunteer as a Sustainable Facilities Mentor for approx. 1 year following completion of the workshops.
˗ Attend 8 volunteer training workshops (conducted real-time via Zoom until further notice).
˗ Attend monthly check-ins for the remainder of your 1-year commitment.
˗ Connect with and support a local nonprofit in your community (or as assigned by Illinois Green) in the following ways: discuss sustainable operations; review historical energy and water data using ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager; understand current operations; and guide the organization through a process to consider taking action to lower energy, water, and/or waste in their facility.
˗ Be a current member (or become a member) of Illinois Green Alliance; annual membership will be renewed for 1 year following completion of the training workshops.

Key training workshop dates (all held on Zoom starting at 4:30pm):
˗ Tuesday 3/16: SFM Cohort Orientation
˗ Tuesday 3/30: ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Training
˗ Tuesday 4/13: Facility Walkthrough Overview
˗ Tuesday 4/27: Facility Walkthrough Deep Dive
˗ Tuesday 5/11: Facility Walkthrough Demonstration
˗ Tuesday 5/25: Engaging Staff with Sustainability
˗ Tuesday 6/8: Sustainable Facilities Operations Policies
˗ Tuesday 6/22: Cohort Wrap-up!

Sustainable Facilities Mentor Benefits:
- Free membership renewal after completing the training workshops, and for each subsequent year of participation as a Sustainable Facilities Mentor.
- Approx. 13 hours of general CMP hours (self-reported) for LEED GA or LEED AP accreditation renewal (certificate of completion provided).
- Opportunity to attend (1) credentialing course (such as BIT Bootcamp, GPRO, or others) hosted by the Illinois Green Alliance for free.
- Complimentary ticket to Illinois Green’s Annual Meeting and Volunteer Celebration and other events, as applicable.

Please submit your application by Monday, February 22.  If you have any questions about the process, workshops, key dates, or over all volunteer program, please contact Laurel Kruke at 312-245-8300 x 202 or lkruke@illinoisgreenalliance.org.

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First Name *
Last Name *
Street Address *
City/Town *
Zip Code *
Preferred Email *
Preferred Phone Number *
Are you a current member of Illinois Green Alliance? Illinois Green Alliance membership is required prior to the first volunteer training workshop. To learn more about membership, please visit https://illinoisgreenalliance.org/get-involved/member/ *
If you live in Chicago, what neighborhood do you live in?
If you work in Chicago, what neighborhood to you work in?
Age *
I have education or experience in the following areas (you do not need to have education or experience to be selected as a volunteer; we want to understand where everyone is starting from): *
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Please briefly describe your current job, studies, or other work that keeps you busy. *
Please describe why you are interested in being a Sustainable Facilities Mentor. *
How comfortable are you with reaching out to a nonprofit organization and/or building (of your choice) in your community to share sustainable operations information and discuss opportunities to collaborate?
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I am generally available and agree to attend all 8 volunteer training sessions (Tuesdays in the later afternoons/evenings via Zoom). *
If no, please explain, or reach out to Laurel at LKruke@illinoisgreenalliance.org to discuss.
I agree to attend monthly check-ins with other Sustainable Facilities Mentors to share experiences and best practices after the training workshops are over. *
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sustainable Facilities Mentor volunteer program will be *virtual* for the foreseeable future. We will discuss strategies for virtual engagement with community organizations during the workshops. By checking this box, you acknowledge that you understand this is a virtual volunteer opportunity, until it is safe according to CDC guidelines and Illinois Green changes its policy for its volunteers. *
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Illinois Green's outreach and volunteer opportunities are educational programs which are built on trust between Illinois Green Alliance, volunteers, organizational partners, and facilities in need of support. In order to respect the organization's private data and current service contracts, volunteers will agree not use their experience supporting an organization and the data gathered during the experience to approach the facility with sales of products or services without prior discussion and consent. *
As a volunteer of Illinois Green Alliance, during a project/program, you are a representative of the organization. Will you accept responsibility for your actions during your participation with an organization and at a facility/project site (when applicable), both personal and on behalf of Illinois Green Alliance? *
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