Edf climate corps fellow brochure

EDF Climate Corps Jump-start your sustainability career

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EDF Climate Corps fellows by the numbers:

9 out of 10

fellows agree they gained valuable skills

80+

alumni mentor new fellows

41%

have engineering degrees

Our impact:

600+

students empowered as sustainability leaders

1000+

energy leaders connected through our network

65%

of alumni fellows work on energy/sustainability issues as part of their full-time job

Real-world energy management experience EDF Climate Corps selects and trains graduate students from a wide range of programs, and places them inside leading organizations around the world for 10-12 weeks during the summer to identify customized energy management solutions. Since 2008, EDF Climate Corps has placed over 600 fellows in host organizations including Yahoo, JP Morgan Chase, City of Boston, JLL, Verizon, General Motors, PG&E, Vassar College and the Chicago Housing Authority. EDF Climate Corps fellows gain access to an exclusive network of Climate Corps alumni and other energy and sustainability professionals, interactive training and access to EDF resources, including job postings.

What EDF Climate Corps Looks For EDF Climate Corps seeks top graduate students with analytical and project management backgrounds who are excited to make an impact through smart energy management.

Fellows are chosen for their ability to do technical and financial analyses, manage projects and help facilitate organizational change.

Success Stories Fatou Jabbie Columbia University Fatou delivered 6 recommendations that will enable Northup Grumman to achieve energy reductions of over 3 million kWh in just one of their data centers.

Farris Galyon Presidio Graduate School Farris devised cogeneration plant efficiencies and new energy procurement methods, as well as a robust stakeholder engagement program for the soldiers at US Army Garrison Fort Bragg.

Pallavi Herekar Deepak College of William and Mary Pallvali developed a toolkit to help the global supply chain manufacturing sites at Colgate-Palmolive with waste-heat recycling. This could reduce the company’s energy consumption, costs, and carbon emissions by up to 10 percent.

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Projects to Match Your Skills and Goals EDF Climate Corps fellows work on a growing variety of project types that include:

Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency Identify energy and costsaving measures in commercial, industrial or municipal settings.

Engagement and Behavior Change Design and sustain programs to advance energy initiatives and cut costs by empowering employees, tenants, suppliers and franchisees.

Sustainability and Energy Management Strategy

What EDF Climate Corps Delivers for You: • Training • $1,250/Week

• Resources & Tools • Publicity

Rigorous Selection

Clean and Renewable Energy

Expert Training

Data Analysis Help organizations better understand their energy usage through data tracking, modeling and analysis.

Financial Evaluation and Planning Create financial planning tools, evaluate financing options for energy projects and analyze energy efficiency investment opportunities.

• Real-world Experience

How EDF Climate Corps Works

Improve performance through benchmarking, goal setting, carbon accounting, reporting and certifications.

Uncover opportunities for demand response, renewable energy generation and procurement policies.

• Extensive Network

We choose top-tier graduate students from our pool of applicants based on the needs of host organizations. We take into consideration student skills, experience and location preference in determining placement.

In May, we host a weeklong training for our fellows with EDF experts and sustainability consultants. The curriculum covers energy efficiency, sustainability strategy, carbon accounting, building systems, financial analysis and more.

Professional Experience Every summer over 100 EDF Climate Corps fellows hit the ground running to work on-site at their host organizations. They spend 10 to 12 weeks on customized energy projects.

Final Deliverables At the end of the summer, each fellow presents his or her findings to their host organization and submits a final, actionable report of their work.

Follow-Up After the fellowship ends, EDF staff follow up with each host organization to find out whether fellow recommendations are being implemented. Also, EDF convenes all of the fellowship alumni and host organization participants for its Annual EDF Climate Corps Network Event.

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What alumni are saying about EDF Climate Corps: “I was able to make an impact at Facebook by working with energy experts, engineers and architects to ensure energy efficiency was incorporated into plans for its new headquarters building and woven into its corporate culture.”

—N aveen Lakshmipathy, 2011 EDF Climate Corps fellow at Facebook, RTP Associate at EDF Renewable Energy

“Climate Corps provided a strong foundation for the work I’m doing now. As a technology company, energy efficiency is a top priority for SunGard, and Climate Corps provides an effective set of tools for tackling the right projects.”

—R yan Whisnant, 2009 Climate Corps fellow at SunGard, Founder and Principal at Coalescent Services

“Through the EDF Climate Corps program, I knew I would get experience implementing energy efficiency opportunities at large and respected institutions -- an excellent start to a career focused on sustainability.”

—T yler Van Leeuwen, 2013 EDF Climate Corps fellow at adidas Group, CO2 Portfolio Adviser at Shell

EDF Climate Corps has placed 600+ grad students with 350+ leading organizations, including: Google

Yahoo!

TD Bank

Sprint

Legrand

Union Pacific

Dunkin’ Brands

City of Los Angeles

Dow Chemical

City of Sacramento

City of Boston

Office Depot

adidas Group

McDonald’s

Williams-Sonoma

Jones Lang LaSalle

Jump-start your sustainability career today!

Questions? Contact edfclimatecorps.apply@edf.org Apply today at edfclimatecorps.org

Earlybird* application deadline: December 8, 2015 Regular application deadline: January 8, 2016 * Apply early to ensure preferred match with a host organization!