Energy-efficiency jobs are booming in Illinois, and the pace is not expected to slow down anytime soon. According to a report released Monday, Illinois added more than 2,500 energy-efficiency jobs in 2018. That’s a nearly 3% increase.
Robert Keefe is executive director of E2, which released the findings. He explained nationally, energy-efficiency jobs grew by 3.4% in 2018, and are projected to increase 7.8% in 2019.
“The number of people that work in energy efficiency are more, believe it or not, then there are waiters and waitresses in America; more than there are people in the legal profession – lawyers, judges, etc.,” Keefe said. “And energy-efficiency jobs employ more than twice as many people as does the fossil-fuel industry.”