Governor Phil Murphy’s Executive Order 315 in 2023 set a goal of ensuring 100% of energy sold in New Jersey comes from clean sources by 2035, and implementing strategic recommendations in the New Jersey Council on the Green Economy’s report Green Jobs for a Sustainable Future, such as targeted job creation, educational ecosystem alignment, and piloted workforce initiatives. Understanding the energy-efficiency sector — its current landscape, challenges, and areas for growth — is critical given these efforts, especially ensuring commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion in workforce development infrastructure. There are two objectives for this study: to better understand and document community needs and areas for growth in training, recruiting, hiring, and retaining students, trainees, and workers from diverse backgrounds in the state; and to produce strategies for improving workforce development infrastructure for state agencies to consider. This report presents 12 strategies for key stakeholders to implement based on eight findings supported by evidence from the labor market and job posting analyses, a survey, and interviews.1 By strengthening workforce development infrastructure, these strategies will support a diverse, skilled, and equitable workforce in ways that help New Jersey achieve its clean-energy goals. For detailed information on strategies and supporting evidence, see the executive summary and main report. This study was conducted by the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in partnership with the Built Environment and Green Building Group at the Center for Urban Policy Research (formerly known as the Rutgers Center for Green Building) at Rutgers University.