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  • Incentives Cut Energy Use at Chicago Public Schools

    EDF Climate Corps fellow | August 13, 2012

    Fellow: Tyler Browne, 2012 EDF Climate Corps Fellow at Chicago Public Schools, MPA/MSES candidate at Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs  

    Organization: Chicago Public Schools (CPS)

    The Opportunity: About 675 schools in the third largest school district in the country

    Summary: Chicago Public Schools recognizes the financial, environmental  and infrastructural  benefits of curtailing energy consumption. That's why it's working aggressively to implement the Energy Shared Savings program  at its nearly 700 schools.

  • You Can Always Do Better – Process Improvement at LBA Realty

    EDF Climate Corps fellow | August 9, 2012

    Fellow: Andy Perkins, 2012 EDF Climate Corps Fellow at LBA Realty, MBA Candidate at Yale University School of Management

    Organization: LBA Realty

    The Opportunity: 39 million square feet of industrial and commercial real estate

    Summary: In the world of commercial real estate, Net Operating Income (NOI) is everything. Its focus on operational efficiency and driving down costs is the measuring stick by which a building's value is determined. It drives the entire industry. I discovered that LBA could improve the NOI of its future energy efficiency projects by creating a standard process for vetting vendor proposals.

  • You Can Always Do Better – Process Improvement at LBA Realty

    EDF Climate Corps fellow | August 9, 2012

    Fellow: Andy Perkins, 2012 EDF Climate Corps Fellow at LBA Realty, MBA Candidate at Yale University School of Management

    Organization: LBA Realty

    The Opportunity: 39 million square feet of industrial and commercial real estate

    Summary: In the world of commercial real estate, Net Operating Income (NOI) is everything. Its focus on operational efficiency and driving down costs is the measuring stick by which a building's value is determined. It drives the entire industry. I discovered that LBA could improve the NOI of its future energy efficiency projects by creating a standard process for vetting vendor proposals.

  • Making It Real – Energy Efficiency Upgrade Project Performance In The Real World

    Guest Author | August 7, 2012

    While codes, standards, and an increasingly energy-savvy marketplace push new buildings toward higher energy standards, existing building stock presents a conundrum. Although energy efficiency project performance data is scarce, that which is publicly available suggests variability that is tough to predict at best.

  • Where You'll Find Us in August and a Look Ahead

    Monica Michaan | August 6, 2012

    This cruel, cruel summer has gone by faster than most of us expected, and racing in our direction is a busy fall full of great conferences - take a look at where we’ll be this fall.

  • Saving Energy One Crab At A Time

    Guest Author | August 3, 2012

    By Greg Andeck, EDF Utility Initiative Manager

    Imagine the embarrassment of leaving your office lights turned on and returning to find a giant fiddler crab sitting on your desk.  This fishy situation is all part of a fun social experiment in uptown Charlotte, to remind employees to shut of their lights when leaving the office.

  • Native Philosophies Unite with EDF Fellow’s Objectives

    EDF Climate Corps fellow | July 31, 2012

    By: Erika Dahl and David King, 2012 EDF Climate Corps fellows at Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, MBA candidate at Western Carolina University School of Business and MS candidate at Appalachian State University Department of Technology and Design

    Organization: Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI)

    Opportunity: Impact EBCI's next generation of environmental leaders

    Summary: The cultural values of the Cherokee may leverage energy savings as great as those from a lighting or HVAC upgrade, thanks to a collaboration between Sacred Path – a tribal education group at Eastern Band of Cherokee – and EDF Climate Corps.

  • Native Philosophies Unite with EDF Fellow’s Objectives

    EDF Climate Corps fellow | July 31, 2012

    By: Erika Dahl and David King, 2012 EDF Climate Corps fellows at Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, MBA candidate at Western Carolina University School of Business and MS candidate at Appalachian State University Department of Technology and Design

    Organization: Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI)

    Opportunity: Impact EBCI's next generation of environmental leaders

    Summary: The cultural values of the Cherokee may leverage energy savings as great as those from a lighting or HVAC upgrade, thanks to a collaboration between Sacred Path – a tribal education group at Eastern Band of Cherokee – and EDF Climate Corps.

  • Attention EDF Climate Corps Network, We’re Hiring!

    Katie Ware | July 27, 2012

    EDF Climate Corps is a complex and rapidly evolving program. And we’re looking for someone to run its operations. So the EDF Climate Corps Team thought, “Who better to help spread the word than our loyal blog subscribers?”

  • A Conversation with National Geographic’s Sustainability Trailblazers

    EDF Climate Corps fellow | July 26, 2012

    Fellow: Katie DeWitt, 2012 EDF Climate Corps fellow at National Geographic Society, MBA candidate at University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business

    Organization: National Geographic (Nat Geo)

    Opportunity: A decade of experience in sustainable and energy-efficient operations

    Summary: On my first day at National Geographic (Nat Geo), I was given a tour of the company's extensive sustainability infrastructure. It was immediately clear that my challenge as an EDF Climate Corps fellow wasn't to convince the operations staff the value of energy efficiency, but to identify additional eco-business opportunities for Nat Geo.

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