The Center for Energy Education received accolades for its commitment to advancing innovations within the cleantech industry in its local community and statewide.
The Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster named the center its recipient for the 2024 Diversity in Cleantech Award at a celebration ceremony last month at the SAS Institute in Cary.
C4EE Executive Director Mozine Lowe accepted the award.
RTCC, based in Research Triangle Park, is an initiative of business, government, academic and nonprofit leaders focused on accelerating the growth of the regional and statewide cleantech economy.
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The Diversity in Cleantech Award recognizes an organization or initiative that has made significant contributions to ensuring the cleantech workforce reflects the people it serves, pursues organizational approaches that are inclusive of a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives, or actively supports employees’ sense of belonging within the organization.
C4EE was lauded for its emphasis to educate the northeast North Carolina region about clean energy with goals of providing sustainable employment and environmental sustainability within its community by building collaborations that develop a workforce for the future of renewable energy.
The award noted C4EE’s targeted efforts to help underrepresented groups explore cleantech career opportunities, its program offerings designed to recruit and support underrepresented employees and its inclusion-focused mentoring and networking initiatives.
“We strive to shape our initiatives through conversations with our diverse partner stakeholders – academic, business, industry, workforce, associations, elected officials, nonprofits, among others – to meet the needs of rural, underserved communities while accommodating the challenges of populations which are historically marginalized,” said Lowe. “This commitment of collaboration drives equitable participation in clean energy jobs and further advances the economy of the state.”
