Energy Savings Program Intern

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS

The OPP Sustainability Team is seeking an enthusiastic student to support Penn State’s Energy Savings Program (ESP) as a Part-Time Energy Savings Program Intern.

In this role, the intern will directly contribute to supporting energy and financial sustainability at Penn State’s University Park (UP) and Commonwealth Campuses by assisting the Energy Savings Program Manager in evaluating opportunities to increase energy efficiency, avoid costs, and reduce GHG emissions. Example opportunities include increasing energy efficiency in lab spaces, retrofitting lighting to LEDs, verifying savings from building automation system commissioning strategies, and estimating savings and payback from installing high-efficiency equipment.

Job duties to include:

- Collecting, summarizing, and comparing energy data

- Calculating potential energy savings using existing templates

- Supporting the development of facility profile and scoping templates

- Assisting with external funding procurement

- Creating reports and dashboards on energy saving progress

- Communicating program progress to stakeholders within the PSU community and beyond

Qualifications (Required):

- Currently enrolled University student with a GPA above 3.0.

- Organized and capable of working independently

- Strong algebra skills and comfort completing math in Excel

- Ability to communicate when tasks are completed and indicate if deadlines cannot be met

- Experience writing clear, consistent reports, summaries, and communications

- Interest in energy efficiency, sustainability, or systems optimization

- Understanding of basic statistics (sample size, mean and median, standard deviation)

- Comfort with data transformation

Qualifications (Preferred):

- Experience with Power BI and dashboarding

- Familiarity with building energy systems

- Understanding of energy fundamentals

- Engineering economics or financial modeling skills

- Proficiency reading construction drawings

Schedule:

-Spring semester 2027- 8 hrs./ week, 14 weeks

-Summer semester 2027- 20 hrs./ week, 12 weeks

Compensation:

The starting rate for this job is $16/hr.

BACKGROUND CHECKS/CLEARANCES

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