EDF Climate Corps Blog: Student Stories
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Accelerating Sustainability in Business
EDF Climate Corps fellow | September 12, 2013
This summer, 116 fellows joined the EDF Climate Corps ranks to further energy management within leading organizations. This blog highlights three students from theUniversity of Michigan Erb Institute who worked on a variety of projects from employee engagement to measurement and verification.
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Caution: Wet Paint Consumes Lots of Energy
EDF Climate Corps fellow | September 11, 2013
A few weeks into my EDF Climate Corps fellowship at General Motors, an engineer joked that the “paint geeks” (me and my colleagues) grow egos that reduce cars and trucks to expensive easels for shiny paint. She was partially right.
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Manufacturing a greener product
EDF Climate Corps fellow | September 10, 2013
Did you know that 70 percent of the energy required to put a car together goes into painting it? Read below to learn more about how our EDF Climate Corps fellows are working with General Motors and Ingersoll Rand to identify energy saving opportunities.
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UC Berkeley Students further energy efficiency at Verizon, Cabot Corporation and Springfield Public Schools
EDF Climate Corps fellow | September 9, 2013
Data centers, HVAC systems, manufacturing processes and public school vacations are just some of the things our EDF Climate Corps fellows identified energy efficiency improvements for this summer. Read our interviews with Louis, Xiaoding and Leonardo to find out what they have been working on, what barriers they've encountered and how they are striving to help their organizations overcome inefficiencies in just 10 short weeks.
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EDF Climate Corps "Likes" Smart Energy Management
EDF Climate Corps fellow | September 6, 2013
This summer, EDF Climate Corps placed 116 fellows within leading organizations to identify strategic energy management opportunities. These fellows spent their summer working on a variety of projects from energy efficiency to sustainability planning, employee engagement, demand response and energy information systems.
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In the Age of Sequestration, Knox County Housing Authority Advances Green Initiatives and Saves Money
EDF Climate Corps fellow | September 3, 2013
When I first began my EDF Climate Corps fellowship at Knox County Housing Authority, I remember having two distinct thoughts. First, I was excited to be placed at a public entity. My second thought was where is Knox County?
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Making Energy Efficiency the Norm in Boston
EDF Climate Corps fellow | August 30, 2013
EDF Climate Corps placed almost 20 fellows in the Boston area to help identify energy efficiency opportunities this summer. Read below about Pablo, Derek and Lin and what they learned working for the City of Boston, the Massachusetts Port Authority and Boston Medical Center.
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Minority Serving Institutions Benefit from Energy Efficiency
EDF Climate Corps fellow | August 28, 2013
Since 2010, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the United Negro College Fund Special Projects (UNCF SP) have worked together to place EDF Climate Corps fellows at minority serving institutions.
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EDF Climate Corps Fellow Finds Energy Savings for Darden
EDF Climate Corps fellow | August 26, 2013
In 2009, Darden announced a commitment to reach a 15% reduction in the average energy usage per restaurant by 2015. As of 2012, the company had cut energy use by 12 percent. To reach its goal, Darden wanted to understand what technologies and initiatives could best reduce the company's energy use over the next two years.
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Greening Cities with EDF Climate Corps
EDF Climate Corps fellow | August 26, 2013
Opportunities to save big with energy efficiency are not limited to the corporate world. EDF Climate Corps fellows have found a wealth of opportunities within the public sector as well. Read below to learn about how three of our fellows are identifying energy savings for the cities of Cleveland, Santa Fe and Bloomington.