What can a group of youth, government agencies, nonprofits and contractors accomplish with the right mix of power saws, hammers, pick axes and work gloves?

They can bring together a community and prepare a new generation of green urban architects.

Several times a week, Oaklanders Ken Carradine and Nekeyra Wells fill their backpacks with compact florescent light bulbs and grab their clipboards to venture through the city performing green house calls. The team conducts free energy evaluations and retrofits as part of a new job training program that started in February.