Jay Rutovitz

Jay Rutovitz is a Research Director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney, and has worked in renewable energy and energy efficiency since 1994. Prior to that, she worked as an electrical contractor, before gaining a first-class degree in Environmental Science, and working in the UK as Energy coordinator for a large metropolitan council, a renewable energy consultant, and a science campaigner for Greenpeace UK.

Jay moved to Australia in 2001 and has since consulted to government, environment groups, and the private sector, leading complex multi-stakeholder energy sector research projects. Jay has a particular expertise in modelling energy sector employment outcomes for energy scenarios on a state, national, regional, and global basis, and led this work at ISF since 2009. Jay was a lead author for the 2018 REN21 Global Opportunities report, led the RACE for 2030 Opportunity Assessment on the Future Energy Workforce Development, and led the workforce projection for the 2022 Integrated System Plan.