Saint-Gobain and CertainTeed Kick Off Green Home Renovation Project
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — Participating young adults from YouthBuild Schenectady (operated by Northeast Parent & Child Society) will take a sledgehammer to the front door of 843 Emmett Street in Schenectady, New York’s Hamilton Hill neighborhood. Students will be joined by Acting Mayor Gary McCarthy and other city officials in a ceremonial kickoff celebration of the sustainable rebuild. During the next year, area youth will complete a green, affordable renovation of the home while gaining in-demand green building job skills and credentials along the way. As part of the ceremony, Saint-Gobain and its subsidiary CertainTeed will present YouthBuild Schenectady with a $100,000 grant in support of the organization’s green building education and job-training program for low-income youth.
The Emmett Street project is part of a three-year national partnership between Saint-Gobain, CertainTeed and YouthBuild USA in support of the organization’s national green building and job training program for out-of-work, out-of-school youth. In YouthBuild programs, low-income young adults ages 16 to 24 work full-time for 6-12 months toward their GEDs, high school diplomas or professional credentials while learning green construction skills by building affordable housing in their communities.